Chapter 296
Why would Conrad call me this late at night?
I was still questioning the odd timing when Brandon said, “Oh, he sent you a text, too.”
I blinked as he handed me the phone. I was still drained and admittedly out of it. Noticing this, he pointed out helpfully, “You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”
I was in the middle of deciding when the phone went silent after the call was automatically declined. I took the phone and scrolled through the messages, the ones I had left unread since morning.
“Maddie, can we meet?”
“There’s something I need to tell you, but I don’t know I should.”
“Text me back when you get this.”
Conrad followed up with two texts in the afternoon.
“I’m still waiting for your text, Maddie.”
“Are you busy, Maddie?”
I could feel his anxiousness through these messages and that he had been waiting for me to reply. If there was something he needed to tell me and he wasn’t sure if he should, chances were he didn’t know what to make of it, either.
In the years since I had known Conrad, he had protected and watched over me like an older brother. He wouldn’t tell me anything if he thought he could handle it himself. I wondered what had happened for him to be caught in such a dilemma.
After a moment of hesitation, I returned his call. He picked up almost instantly. “Maddie, where are you?” “Conrad, what’s wrong?” I cut to the chase.
He was quiet for a beat or two. I was about to repeat my question when he asked, “Are you all right?”
He must have heard how weak I sounded over the phone, but I was more anxious to know what he had to say. “I’m fine, Conrad. What did you want to tell me?”
“Can we meet?” he asked.
I was lying in a hospital bed, so meeting him was an impossibility for now. Just as I was about to ask him to tell me over the phone, the door opened.
Lisa came in and snapped at me when she saw me speaking on the phone. “What business could be so important that you simply must get on the phone the moment you wake up? Are you trying to work yourself to death?”
He hung up after that. I had no choice but to set my phone aside, only to find Lisa already pulling out her stethoscope.
“Dr. Carline, last I checked, you were a gynecologist,” I joked.
After that, she shot me a dirty look and retorted, “Also, just because I’m a gynecologist, it doesn’t mean I can’t handle minor conditions like yours.”
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