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.

to Stewart.

her for a moment, then

tests done at the hospital tomorrow. I want to go

Ross's health had worsened; he figured it was just a routine check-up.

and headed out for

sister Helena, and Maisie arrived at the hospital bright and

all they could do was keep their distance,

her tests,

fighting and yelling

woman possessed. It of

took

nurses and orderlies to

long enough to finish

over a dozen tests that

left with the staff from

wheeled away, leaving Charlene behind with one of the doctors

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

did have already pointed to the

feeling her heart sink

took the elevator down, intending to leave, but as she

froze. Her grip

purse,

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