"Hi, you must be new here," a girl wearing an elegant cocktail dress greeted Evan at the bar of their hotel accommodation. Instead of attending to his emails and resting for the night, he drank away his sorrows. Hearing the woman next to him, Evan raised his hand, showing off his wedding ring, sayi
“Shanty, I used to watch you as a child. Did you suddenly forget that?” Clara said. Shantelle felt her colleague’s gaze landed on her. Her superior gave her that look. She knew exactly what Doctor Hale was thinking. “Shanty,” finally Erick Thompson spoke. He forced himself to sit on the bed, pus
“What is it, Shanty? Tell us. Share with uncle and aunt,” Clara pleaded. Shantelle gave them another smile, saying, “I will have another talk with you both, perhaps after the surgery?” “Why, Shanty,” Clara pouted. “You can talk to us anytime. We don’t have to wait for the surgery -” Suddenly, Er
“Mommy, the weekend is coming,” Lucas asked. His eyes gleamed when he turned to her in the car’s back seat. Shantelle faintly smiled and said, “I know.” “Will you tell me about my daddy?” Lucas sought. “Yes, I will,” she replied, but her heart raced at the thought. ‘You might even meet him.’ “
"Are you and Nicole married?" The question made Evan lean back. He sucked in a breath, realizing how the time had finally come. He looked her in the eye and outright said, "No, I did not marry her, and I never intended to marry her." "Then what's that ring on your finger?" She asked. For a flee
He went on, narrating his every effort, including how he slept overnight in the cemetery when Karise's mother died. "Shanty, I did everything possible, but Karise never told me where you were." "Good afternoon," the restaurant's server interrupted Evan's story, serving two plates of green salad. "S
"Doctor Hale, can I take the rest of the day off? The school called. Lucas is sick. I need to make sure he is okay," Shantelle asked, calling her superior. "It's okay, Doctor Shant. You had come in for surgery before five in the morning. Just leave your work phone open in case we have an emergency
'He is yours.' The words that Shantelle said circled in Evan's head a few times. He could not move and simply stared at Shantelle. "Mommy? Who is he?" He heard the young man's voice, and Evan turned to see. He met a pair of brown-colored eyes that were similar to his. He gulped with the realizat