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“Not yet,” Linda said, shaking her head and folding her arms. After a beat, she admitted, “I just felt awkward
around your brother, so | wandered over.”
She and Ernest had grown up together, entwined as partners for over ten years before their split. Now, they were
slowly drifting apart.
Eric paused, then ventured, “You holding up alright?”
“Huh?” Linda blinked, caught off guard, but then laughed. “I'm good. Why wouldn't | be? It's just a breakup—half
the world’s been through one. It's not Armageddon.”
She then turned the spotlight on him. “Aren’t you in the smess?” Her tone carried a hint of skepticism.
“Hadley toldyou two split, and you were the one who pulled the plug. Is that true?” Eric couldn’t dodge it.
He had ended things with Hadley over a misunderstanding, believing she'd terminated her pregnancy... It was
his call, and the regret gnawed at him. “Yeah,” he admitted with a nod.
In the bathroom, Hadley stepped out of a stall and rinsed her hands at the sink. She hadn't left the hospital—just
taken a quick break to change her tampon since her period had started that day.
Hands clean, she exited and made her way back toward the exam room where Eric had been waiting. The
hospital corridors were quiet at night, especially around the testing areas.
As she reached a corner, she overheard a conversation between a man and a woman, causing her to stop
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“That clears it up...” Linda was saying, referencing the crew dinner from earlier. “She swapped Whatwith
that driver, saying she didn’t have a boyfriend.”
She let out a sudden laugh. “Aren’t we both in the ssituation?” Linda’s pulse quickened as she spoke,
though she kept her cool, her voice laced with a playful edge. “So, what do you think of me?”
“What?” Eric faltered, thrown by her shift.
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“Eric,” Linda said, her smile dimming as nerves crept in. Her eyes shimmered faintly. “If | had known it would end
up like this, | would've picked you back then. We get each other, rarely clash, and we'd probably get along well.”
She held his gaze, summoning her resolve. “Eric, if | choose you now, is it too late?”
Around the corner, Hadley’s breath hitched, her eyes widening as she instinctively retreated. She'd just caught
Linda laying her heart bare to Eric!
This wasn’t the tto barge in. Maybe she should just leave.
A night-shift janitor, busy cleaning the floor, looked up in mild surprise at Hadley’s sudden backstep. “Miss, could
you please lift your foot? You're standing on my mop.”
Hadley spun around, raising her foot with a sheepish chuckle. “Oh, sorry.”
“No worries,” the janitor replied.
“Hadley?”
Eric, still reeling from Linda’s words, caught the exchange nearby.
That was Hadley’s voice!
He darted over and spotted her. Relief flooded him. “Hadley, you didn’t leave? Where did you...”
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