Chapter 5 Rumors
Emelie returned to the house she was renting to pack her bags.
“Emelie, you’re finally back? I was about to search every hospital in town for you tomorrow if you hadn’t shown up today.”
“Well, everything’s fine now,” Emelie replied.
Emelie’s roommate, Mona Hardy, who was also her college dorm mate, had lived together with Emelie for six or seven years. Their relationship had always been good.
Throughout her hospitalization, Mona had been the only one genuinely concerned for her.
Yet, Emelie had not disclosed the full truth to her, merely mentioning
id fallen ill and refusing visits.
Mona slipped into her slippers and approached Emelie’s room, only to find her squatting on the floor, folding clothes.
“Preparing for another business trip? You’ve just recovered from your illness, and now a business trip? Is your health up for it? William, that jerk, why does he always have to push you so hard?”
Mona was aware of the strain in Emelie’s relationship with William and had never approved of him.
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Emelie didn’t know how long she would be away, so she told Mona the truth. “I’ve been assigned to a project in Vinetown. Mona, I’ll extend the lease for another quarter.
“If I can’t return in three months, you might need to find someone else to share the rent with, just let me know, and I’ll come back to take the rest of my stuff.”
Mona was startled. “What? Why so sudden?”
Emelie–replied, “It’s just a shift in position, happens all the tim
It would be normal for anyone else, but with Emelie’s relationship with William, how could she be sent.
away?
Mona wasn’t fooled as she asked, “Did you have a fight with William?”
However, Emelie didn’t really want to discuss it.
As she stood up to get something, a piece of paper accidentally fell from her pocket.
She was about to pick it up when Mona snatched it up first and unfolded it.
It was a report from her D&C surgery.
Mona was stunned and paused.
Silently, she lifted her gaze from the report to Emelie. She noted that the dates matched the days of Emelie’s unexplained absence.
Mona quickly connected the dots. “Were you hospitalized because of an abortion? The child must have
Chapter 5 Ruinart
been William’s. Did he make you abort the child and then drove you away? Damn him, how could he treat you like this? I’m going to find him and settle this right now!”
Despite Mona’s soft and sweet name, she possessed a core of steely determination. Unlike others, she wouldn’t hesitate to directly confront William
Emelie quickly held her back. “Mona! He doesn’t know about this! It was an accident, an unintentional.
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