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.

turned to Stewart. "I'll probably come in later tomorrow-maybe after lunch. Can you

He studied her for a moment, then

some tests done at the hospital tomorrow.

he figured it was just

nodded and headed out for

morning, Charlene, her sister Helena, and Maisie arrived at the hospital bright

keep their distance, careful not to let Sybil

her tests, Sybil

fighting and

woman possessed. It of

took

and orderlies to

down long enough to

went through over a

with the staff from

Charlene behind with one of the doctors to wait for the

back until later that afternoon, or

to the fact

doctor, feeling her

but as she stepped into the hospital's main lobby, a young

froze. Her grip

purse, and

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