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"Huh? Why?"
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I missed Richmond. Downtown wasn't that far from Glenn Allen, which explains why people from there wanted to come down here instead. There had to be a way to fix things. As we arrived, our first stop was Ben's hospital.
"Well, there's a face I've only seen a few times," Olivia said as she put down her notepad.
She was dressed in casual clothes and her stomach was swollen.
"Are you here for antenatal care or today is D-day?" I asked.
"Yes and it's not for another four months," she said. "You look good."
"Thank you," I said. "You remember Stacy?"
"Hello," Stacy greeted her warmly. "It's good to see you again. I trust you had a wonderful exchange experience."
"Wonderful is an understatement," Olivia said as she rubbed her baby bump with a proud look on her face. "Are you here to see him?"
"Yes, I need his advice on something," I replied.
She exchanged glances between the two of us, "Oh…"
"Not like that, Olivia," I sighed.
"My, my…whatever do you mean bynot like that," she teased.
"It's nothing," I sighed. "Is he around?"
"Yes, you can't miss him," she replied. "You might want to knock first, though."
"Huh? Why?" I raised a brow.
"Oh, I understand," Stacy said and pulled on my hand. "I'll handle it."
After knocking and getting the affirmation from my brother to come in, I found him with his hair in a mess and his first two buttons undone.
"What happened to you exactly?" I asked as I sat and motioned for Stacy to take a chair.
"Pregnancy," he replied. "Maybe because it's been so long. I had completely forgotten that it sometimes happens like that."
Now I understand why she said we should knock.
It was strange seeing the upright and focused Ben acting differently. I guess love just had its way of changing people.
"So what can I help you with?" he asked.
"Oh it's nothing much," I replied. "I just wanted your opinion on how we can help Stacy's hospital."
"You're not buying it anymore?" he asked.
"I don't want it," Stacy said. "Even if he were to buy it and let my father and I run it, it would still feel like I had lost sight of what my mother had built."
"There's a form of sentimental attachment to the building," he remarked. "But if he doesn't buy it, and you don't have the means to make enough money to buy equipment, so how do you plan on raising funds?"
"I…" she stopped speaking as her shoulders dropped.
Ben could be a combination of all three brothers at once, so we were just witnessing the manifestation of Ian.
