Chapter 61: Exposed Chapter 61: Exposed The woman entered the restroom and disappeared into a stall.

Nnenna slipped in after her, positioning herself carefully beside the stall, out of direct view.

She couldn’t risk her shadow or feet being seen from below.

Then, she waited.

The silence in the restroom was thick, charged with tension.

‘Would Nurse Courage open it?

Would she finally learn the truth?’ Nnenna wondered Inside the stall, Nurse Courage hesitated.

Something about this felt wrong.

Her fingers trembled slightly as she peeled open the envelope.

A nagging sense of dread settled in her chest, because nothing good ever came from finding an anonymous envelope on your desk minutes after you left.

Taking a deep breath, she tilted the envelope.

Photographs slipped out.

Her heart pounded as they scattered onto her lap.

At first, she looked away, unwilling to face whatever truth was staring back at her.

But avoidance wouldn’t change reality.

Better to see it now than regret it later.

Slowly, cautiously, she forced herself to look.

Her breath hitched.

The image before her sent a jolt through her system.

Reuben.

He was in a cramped janitor’s closet, sitting stiffly on a bucket.

Wearing a janitor’s uniform.

The logo on the upper right side of his vest was unmistakable, the same company name he had claimed to work for.

The first picture showed Reuben staring at his phone, completely absorbed.

The second picture was different, he looked caught off guard.

But the third one… Nurse Courage’s breath hitched.

His eyes.

A dangerous glint lurked in them, something she had never seen before.

like he had just realized someone was

had spotted the

the

lied to me.’

matter to her

cared about things

he had just told her, she would have accepted

wasn’t about his

This was about trust.

had lied

For years.

the very beginning of their

the edges of the photos,

had he

more lies had he told

she accepted as truth, never once questioning

there, unmoving, as

betrayal pressed down on

the pictures slid from her trembling hands, scattering

stall, Nnenna had been

minutes passed, then

Then she heard it.

Soft sobs.

a hand through her hair,

It worked.

she turned and

the stall, Nurse

She was breaking.

minutes, the tears

left to give, her shoulders still shook, silent, empty tremors of

sniffled and wiped at her face, then

might still be in the office.’ Her hands clenched into

A man she had called her

had trusted with her

pictures told her almost everything, but she refused to believe them

Not yet.

benefit of the doubt,

her face with a tissue, she grabbed her things and stormed out of the hospital,

Finding Reuben.

like a woman

journey that should have taken an hour was cut to

red lights, ignored speed limits, and didn’t care about the tickets piling up

mattered

a halt in front of the towering company

No parking.

No hesitation.

stepping out with nothing not even her

floor of the reception as she

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