Chapter 216
Evangeline checked the time on her phone and frowned.
It was way past late, and Walter was still grinding away at work. Did he forget he was nursing an injury?
“How’s Walter’s injury doing?”
They were on the brink of divorce, so whether Walter was kicking or not should not matter to her. However, his injury was no ordinary scrape, and if she did not at least pretend to care, it felt sort of apathetic.
What she did not realize was that her words just jogged David’s memory.
The boss playing knight in shining armor for Evangeline? That had to up the odds of a reconciliation, right?
With that, he started to spice up the tale, mixing a bit of truth with a healthy
dose of fiction.
“He ignored the doctor’s orders and checked himself out of the hospital. He spent the whole night by a patient’s bedside, no rest for the weary.
“And talk about timing, today the big shots showed up and raised hell. I’m not sure about how the boss is holding up, because he’s tight–lipped. But ever since the suits left, he’s been looking like a ghost. Maybe he’s hurt worse than he lets on, toughing it out for the job’s sake!”
‘So, Evangeline, better hurry and give him some love.”
Bluffing was not David’s style, but after years at Walter’s side, he knew just how to play it.
Woven a tale that was
He had craftily more fiction than fact, glossing over the gritty details and painting a picture of Walter’s sorry state.
Evangeline’s heart skipped a beat when she heard about Walter’s ghostly pale face. Panic set in before she could even wonder if David was spinning
tales.
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