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On the day Bruce was meant to resign, I noticed that I wasn't feeling well. To be honest, I had not been feeling well after the betrayal. But that morning was different. I felt very dizzy, and the urge to throw up was heavy. In fact, I gave up and threw up on the floor of my bedroom.
I dragged myself to the bathroom and continued the rest there. I had an idea of what was going on. I felt that it couldn't have come at a worse time. As I got to the hospital, I searched for pregnancy test strips. I ran the test in my office and stared at the bright red stripes that announced my incoming motherhood. I was indeed pregnant.
It was part of the reason I didn't want to look at him when he came to the office to resign. If I saw his face, I would have told him that he was about to be a father. Part of me wouldn't want him to leave. I would forgive him immediately on the spot just to have him by my side so we could watch over our baby together.
But I couldn't do that. Despite how my heart screamed for him, my brain had finally regained control. If I were going through with it, I was going to do it alone. I didn't need him around for me to be a good mother.
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Chapter twenty-three
I Call Foul
Bruce
Two weeks passed, and I had yet to return to my usual work. The incident at her boardroom and the one in her office kept replaying in my mind. No matter how hard I tried to forget, it returned. I had created my own Hell, and there was no way for me to leave it.
“You still not feeling it today?” Mark asked. He had remained by my side throughout the process.
I could not attend to the children the way I used to, so I stayed with administrative work instead. Mark and other people on my staff had taken over completely, giving me the chance to heal correctly.
“I'm not feeling it today either,” I admitted as I reviewed the records.
“This might not be a good idea, but have you tried calling her?” he asked. “Maybe if she heard your voice and forgave you, everything might be better again?”
“I wish it were that easy, but guilt wouldn't even allow me to call her,” I responded. “Trust me, I tried to work up the courage.”
“And all this because you were too late to tell her the truth,” he said.
“Yeah, if only Shawn didn't tell her before I did,” I said.
And that's when something clicked. I found it odd how Shawn knew I was Philbert but didn't tell Tabitha on time.
“If he knew who I was, why didn't he just tell her?” I asked.
“Are you talking about your former friend from medical school?” Mark asked. “In that case, maybe he just wanted to gather enough evidence before he could approach her.”
“I don't think that's the case,” I said. “It was too convenient how he had found out that I was the same person. He might have already known it from the beginning.”
Wait…
The event at his hospital lunch was strictly by invitation. The organization had gotten me an invitation to the place, but there was no way they would have gotten me the card without Shawn's approval.
Meaning that he was aware that I was at the launch. Even when he came to the hospital, he was aware that I was there, even though I was trying to hide.
The organization had mentioned that once I was in charge. I was to help sell the hospital to someone else.
That was another odd part of the plan. He was too quick to realize who was involved and exactly how everything was to go. I didn't have enough evidence, but the theory forming in my mind was making me panic on Tabitha's behalf.
I relaxed when I fired the board members, thinking that the organization would no longer have its hands on Tabitha's properties. But what if the plan was to remove everyone and place a permanent figure? Someone who would make sure the company got sold. Especially now that Tabitha might be suffering an emotional relapse.
I was probably overthinking things, until my phone started to ring. It was Alex calling.
“Hello?” I answered.
“Dr Jericho, are you there?” he asked.
