Chapter 426

"No sign of him at all?"

"Exactly." Another colleague chimed in, "That's why a lot of us think Ms. Ross must be divorced already. I mean, it's been more than half a year-if she wasn't, how could she go this long without ever mentioning her husband?"

"Yeah, that makes sense."

If that's the case, it did sound plausible.

If Charlene was still married, how could York openly, almost brazenly, pursue her like this?

Still, Gaylord couldn't shake off the unease inside him.

He'd never considered that Charlene might have already been married.

Noticing how lost in thought he looked, Charlene glanced up from her desk. "Something on your mind?"

Gaylord wanted to blurt out, "I heard you've been married before-is that true?"

But peppering your boss with personal questions at work, especially more than once, was crossing a line. He caught himself just in time.

"It's nothing," he replied, quickly looking away.

Later that afternoon, Charlene received a phone call.

up, just before everyone was packing up to leave, she turned to Stewart. "I'll probably come in later tomorrow-maybe after lunch. Can you take

for

some tests done at the hospital tomorrow. I

no idea Sybil Ross's health had worsened; he figured it was just a routine check-up. "Not a problem. Go ahead-I've

nodded and headed out for the

sister Helena, and Maisie arrived at the hospital bright and

all they could do was keep their distance, careful not to

her tests,

agitated, fighting and

woman possessed. It of

took

nurses and orderlies

down long enough to finish the

went through over a dozen

with the staff from her care facility.

one of the doctors to wait for

of the tests wouldn't come back until later that afternoon,

did have already pointed to the fact that Sybil's condition was

doctor, feeling her heart sink lower with every

took the elevator down, intending to leave, but as she stepped into the hospital's main lobby, a young

Her

purse,

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