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.

she hung up, just before everyone was packing up to leave, she turned to Stewart. "I'll probably come in

studied her for a moment, then asked,

mother's having some tests done at the hospital tomorrow.

Sybil Ross's health had worsened; he figured it was just a routine check-up. "Not a problem.

and headed out for

and Maisie arrived at

their distance, careful not to let Sybil

her tests, Sybil

become suddenly agitated, fighting and yelling like

woman possessed. It of

took

and

down long enough to finish the

through over a dozen tests that

from her

behind with one

of the tests wouldn't come back until later

already pointed to the fact that

her heart sink

to leave, but as she stepped into the hospital's main lobby, a young girl's voice suddenly

froze. Her

her purse, and

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