Charlene finished up at work, left the research center, and returned home. When she finally checked her phone, she saw that Thorne hadn't replied to her message until more than an hour after she'd left for the center.

His reply to the text she'd sent before heading out was nothing more than a curt, "Okay."

Maybe it was because he'd already missed one of their meetings; apart from that single word, he hadn't called her once in the past two weeks.

In contrast, Jasmine had phoned her four or five times in the last ten days.

With this in mind, Charlene typed out a quick message to Thorne: *"I'm done for the day. I'm free on Monday."*

She sent it and, after waiting a while with no response, gave up and set her phone aside.

As for the missed calls from Jasmine... Charlene figured Jasmine probably just missed her and didn't have anything urgent to say.

With that thought, she decided not to return the call.

It had been nearly two weeks since Charlene last visited Sybil in the hospital.

After taking a shower and having breakfast, she headed to the hospital with her family to see Sybil.

organ failure seemed to be steadily improving. Charlene, deeply grateful, said, “Thank you,

a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "No need to thank me. It's what I'm

the elevator down. Just as they stepped out, they

them, but quickly composed themselves and walked out

Leah, however,

of divorce, rumor had it

divorce paperwork had already been delayed for over two weeks due to Thorne's business trip. Everyone assumed that once Thorne was back last Monday, the two would

somehow, Charlene had pulled a

at night, refusing to answer

Leah and the others, it was obvious Charlene was deliberately dodging them, hoping to run out the thirty-day waiting

first, they hadn't even realized what Charlene was up to. They only found

this, Leah shot

look was equally

a cool,

darkened, but before she could

calm but firm, and Leah understood: Vesta

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