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.

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

for a moment, then asked, "Everything

mother's having some tests done at the hospital tomorrow. I want to go

was just a routine

nodded and headed out

sister Helena, and

their

tests,

become suddenly agitated, fighting and yelling like

woman possessed. It of

took

nurses and orderlies to

long enough to finish the

over a dozen tests that

she left with the staff from her care facility.

behind with one of the doctors to

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

to the fact that Sybil's

the doctor, feeling her heart sink lower with every

leave, but as she stepped into the hospital's

Her grip

her purse, and

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