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.

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

He studied her for

having some tests done at the hospital

had no idea Sybil Ross's health had worsened; he figured it was just a routine check-up. "Not

nodded and headed

and Maisie arrived at the hospital bright

keep their

tests, Sybil

suddenly agitated, fighting and yelling

woman possessed. It of

took

and orderlies to

enough to

a

left with the staff from her care

behind with one

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

they did have already pointed to the fact that Sybil's

doctor, feeling her heart sink

as she stepped into the

Her

purse,

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