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.

packing up to leave, she turned to Stewart. "I'll probably come in later tomorrow-maybe after lunch.

for a

some tests done at the hospital tomorrow. I want to go

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

headed out for

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

was keep their distance, careful not to

tests,

agitated, fighting and yelling

woman possessed. It of

took

nurses and orderlies

long enough

through over a dozen

the staff from

Charlene behind with one of the doctors to

come back until later that afternoon, or even

pointed to the fact that

feeling her

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

froze. Her

purse, and

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