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00:02in college i was a 200 pound girl who blackmailed the golden boy into my bed
00:07and we dated for six months then two weeks before graduation i overheard his friend ask
00:13get out you're really sticking with that fatty what about ivy avine's voice was flat and different
00:18it's just convenient won't last long anyway my heart shattered i broke up with him the next
00:22morning five years later i walked up to a stranger in a bar and asked if he'd play the card
00:25on lip
00:26game with me he took a sip of his whiskey turned his head slowly hey i lost a bet could
00:32you do the
00:32card game with me lips only i stood behind the man at the bar my heart hammering against my ribs
00:38studying the sharp line of his jaw he was sitting in the sofa a glass of whiskey in hand his
00:43profile
00:43half lit by the dim amber glow black framed glasses high cheekbones the kind of face that made you
00:49look twice before he could respond someone from his table spoke up sorry this one doesn't do those
00:53games yeah he only came tonight because professor morrison invited him the awkward pause stretched
00:57another guy at the table raised his hand i can do it if you want i glanced at my client
01:02team they'd
01:02already nodded fine anyone would do sure thanks how long the low voice cut through the noise like a
01:08blade i turned back the man in glasses had stood up and was walking toward me one hand in his
01:12pocket
01:13his expression unreadable tall shoulders broad he stopped inches away close enough that i could smell
01:19his cologne something clean and expensive excuse me he held the card i'd been clutching i'm asking
01:23how long will the kiss be my brain short-circuited then my eyes locked onto his evan grant the air
01:29went still for a bit given how calmly evan had said it i knew he hadn't recognized me after all
01:35in
01:35college i was the 200 pound girl who'd bribed him into a relationship back then i'd heard he was
01:40applying for judge morrison's clerkship evan grant right i'm lena hart from pre-med i heard you're
01:45applying for the residency at northside my dad has connections there he stopped walking and looked
01:49at me confused and i took a deep breath and said the words i'd regret for years i can help
01:54you get
01:54it but would you go out with me that night the summer cicadas were deafening and after three long
02:00years of secret crush on him from afar i finally got his answer brief flat emotionless okay but our
02:07relationship was a transaction he never initiated never stayed past midnight never looked at me like
02:13i mattered i told myself it was fine if i just held on long enough even the coldest ice would
02:19eventually melt but two weeks before graduation the bubbles were broken i showed up at the bar
02:25where his friends were hanging out his birthday present in my hands i was excited to surprise him
02:30but through the half open door i heard his friend ask evan i heard ivy's coming back soon you're really
02:35sticking with that fatty what about ive silence stretched for what felt like forever finally evan's
02:40voice cold measured dismissive it's just convenience won't last long anyway it felt like a bucket of
02:45ice water had been dumped over my head the blood in my veins turned to frost i don't know how
02:51long i
02:51stood there frozen all i remember is coming back to myself as tears started falling silently soaking
02:58into the collar of my shirt i left the present by the door then i sent him a message i
03:03think we're not
03:03right for each other thank you for everything happy birthday i hope you have a good life after that i
03:08blocked
03:08his number moved to a different city for my summer internship and never looked back evan went abroad
03:14for graduate school and that was the last i ever heard of him a faint ache spread through my chest
03:19i
03:20stared at the face in front of me so familiar it hurt five years have passed i'd gone from 200
03:26pounds
03:26to barely over 100 even old friends from college barely recognized me now of course evan didn't either
03:33but even so i had no intention of playing this game with him and just as i'm about to decline
03:38my client from the other table shouted hey the rules say two minutes not a second less evan acknowledged
03:43it with a low before i could react his hand was already behind my head pulling me in my eyes
03:48flew
03:49open in shock the next second his shadow fell over me and his lips pressed against mine the paper card
03:54between us was barely a millimeter thick but it was there just barely the world around us seemed to go
03:59silent the noise of the bar faded into static all i could hear was my own heartbeat growing faster and
04:05faster until it was pounding in my ears like a drum i don't know how long it lasted the card
04:09slipped i
04:10pushed him away flustered before evan could say anything i muttered a rush thanks and fled back to
04:14my table for the rest of the night i went through the motions with my clients nodding smiling saying the
04:19right things but my eyes kept drifting back to the table across the room under the dim bar lights evan
04:24sat in
04:24corner sipping his whiskey quietly occasionally exchanging a few words with the professor beside
04:29him that face still as striking as it had been five years ago too bad it had never really belonged
04:34to me the bar crowd was thinning i said goodbye to my clients and walked out into the cool night
04:39air
04:39my heel caught on a crack in the pavement and i stumbled backward right into a solid chest i spun
04:45around
04:46the decorative buckle on my dress caught his shirt and tore a clean line down the front i froze evan
04:52stood behind me looking down at the damage his shirt was ruined sorry i'll pay for it he caught
04:56my wrist his fingers were warm too warm forget it his eyes dropped to my broken heel but can you
05:02even
05:02walk before i could answer a black bentley pulled to the curb he opened the back door and looked back
05:06at me his gaze unreadable if you really want to make it up to me let me drive you the
05:12car was warm city
05:13lights blurred past the windows his hand found mine somewhere and i didn't pull away maybe it was the
05:20whiskey maybe it was five years of pretending i'd forgotten what his touch felt like i didn't ask
05:25where this was going i didn't care that night we ended up at his apartment
05:33a sleek high riser with floor-to-ceiling windows
05:41i woke up the next morning my eyes blurry and unfocused when i saw the person lying beside me
05:48i shot up from the bed so fast i nearly fell off used condoms scattered across the floor the thick
05:55unmistakable scent of what we'd done hanging in the air something inside me snapped thread by thread
06:01until i was completely undone
06:05i didn't know if evan had recognized me the thought of him waking up and treating me with the same
06:11cold
06:12indifference as before looking at me like i was a stain on his life made something in my chest twist
06:17painfully before i left i pulled the last hundred dollars from my wallet and placed it on the night
06:23stand i found a piece of hotel stationery and scribbled a note sorry i'm getting married this
06:28should cover your shirt morning light spilled across the sharp lines of his face in the soft glow
06:33he looked different from the man i remembered last night i'd seen something in his eyes i'd never seen
06:37before something almost tender something i'd never once gotten in the six months we'd been together
06:44i didn't know why my chest felt so hollow this was probably the last time i'd ever see him
06:49i allowed myself one small bitter smile then i turned and walked out the door
06:54the room closed behind me with a soft click stirring a faint breeze it carried away the last
06:59trace of our tangled history the next few months were a blur of non-stop work
07:09one morning i was suddenly hit with a wave of nausea and nearly passed out in the bathroom
07:17as i got out of the elevator in the hospital i ran into him again evan he broke the awkwardness
07:24first
07:25what brings you here um just normal checkup i have to go later i fled like i'd done something wrong
07:33not realizing what was coming for me people are crowding outside the doctor's office
07:42lena hart my name was called entering the room a sudden jolt of nervousness hit me out of nowhere
07:51then i knew the reason i stared at the ultrasound report at the words confirmed pregnancy printed in
07:57black and white and my mind went completely blank i was pregnant with my ex's baby and he clearly
08:04despised me i stood up clutching the paper about to leave and the door in front me is opening you
08:10pregnant i stood in the room for a while waiting for that sudden panic pass
08:19then i walked out of the hospital in a daze drifting aimlessly through the streets
08:26back home i called my best friend chloe
08:31wait you're pregnant with evan grant's baby how did you two even he barely looked at you in college
08:38are you keeping it or not i was quiet for a moment then i let out a bitter laugh
08:47chloe i want to keep this baby but i'm not sure if i can handle as a single mom
08:52the line went silent after a long pause she finally spoke lena if this were anyone else i'd tell you
08:59to
08:59terminate but with your health i can't make this decision for you whatever you choose i've got your
09:05back and anyway single mom please she's got me as her godmother maybe it was because i'd been alone for
09:11so long but when i heard those words the tears i'd been holding back finally spilled over my parents
09:17had split when i was young i stayed with my dad he remarried and had a son and all the
09:24love and
09:24attention went to my little brother every time i watched the three of them laughing together at the
09:31dinner table i'd felt like an outsider i was always on my own and this time though i was carrying
09:38evan
09:38grant's child i had no intention of telling him i went to my next appointment alone the clinic was
09:45crowded i checked in sat down and waited for my name to be called i followed the staff member into
09:50the room the staff member handed me a gown and left me to change i was pulling the curtain closed
09:56when the door opened and a male voice said take your time i'll be right in my blood turned cold
10:02i knew that voice i looked up at the eyes above the surgical mask and froze they were identical to
10:09evan grant i yelped covered my face and nearly rolled off the table sorry i think i'm in the wrong
10:14room
10:15i scrambled to leave wait he said behind me i think you forgot something i froze you're a pants i
10:24stood there
10:25pinned to the spot like my feet had been nailed to the floor i closed my eyes as gritted my
10:29teeth and
10:30turned back evan didn't look at me he sat down at the desk his long fingers flipping through my chart
10:35you're in the right room dr thompson had an emergency surgery so she asked me to cover her patients
10:40i wasn't sure if if he'd recognized me his voice was too calm too controlled i pulled all my clothes
10:46and walked toward him it's fine i can come back when dr thompson is available but i'd recommend sooner
10:50rather than later the infection could affect the baby okay i nodded and reached for my chart he pulled it
10:56back
10:56i looked up his eyes met mine hesitant as if he wanted to say something and underneath that
11:04hesitant something else something that looked almost like suppressed anger lena since you're
11:11getting married the father should be here with you he let out a cold laugh a man who won't even
11:19show up for this what are you getting yourself into something lodged in my throat i couldn't speak
11:28so he had recognized me that night i just didn't understand why after everything he'd agreed to that
11:34game at the bar why he was saying all these to me my chest felt heavy like a stone was
11:40pressing down
11:40on it i even let myself imagine just for a moment did he feel something now because i'd changed
11:45because i wasn't fat anymore did that mean he wouldn't mind this baby i was about to spill the
11:50words then a knock cut through the silence the door swung open a young woman in a white coat walked
11:56in her hands tucked into her pockets she smiled easily at evan evan your mom called she wanted to
12:04know when we're coming over tonight the words i'd been about to say died in my throat at the same
12:10time
12:10i caught a glimpse of the nameplate pinned to her chest dr ivy white that name i knew it too
12:18well
12:19during the six months evan and i were together his friends would occasionally joke about it
12:23how evan had two girls home and abroad he told me to ignore them said they were just messing around
12:30but it wasn't that simple i never told evan that ivy had followed me on social adm
12:37that i'd seen the photos of their families together dinners holidays everything they looked
12:43like they belonged together and now here they were together my hand drifted to my stomach the irony
12:51stung evan pulled out his phone and held it toward me his number the screen dr thompson's schedule
12:58fills up fast save my number if anything urgent comes up i can help i looked at him his expression
13:04was perfectly composed perfectly professional like there was nothing strange about offering
13:08to stay in touch with me right in front of his fiancee i laughed quietly to myself shook my head
13:14and
13:14turned away thanks but no i said i won't be needing anything from i avoided him after that switched
13:22appointments luckily the infection wasn't serious my company was launching a new cardiac drug and need to
13:30connect with doctors i'd arranged to meet with a cardiologist at a coffee shop near the hospital
13:35i arrived early a few minutes later someone appeared slightly late mrs hart from orion pharma i stood up
13:42extending my hand then i saw her face my hand froze midair ivy white smiled at me shook my hand
13:48anyway
13:48and sat down with practiced ease dr clark couldn't make it today so she asked me to come instead
13:54you're lena right i remember you throughout the conversation she kept circling back to evan
14:00casually like she was just making small talk i heard you and evan dated in college
14:08he was so clueless back then when we were kids he'd make me turn down his love letters
14:13for him i never thought he'd actually figure out how to date anyone
14:18she laughed my chest tightened but i managed that was a long time ago i said right a long time
14:25ago ivy tilted her head studying me i think when we're young we chase whatever feels exciting
14:32relationships back then they're almost like games i was the same way so was evan but eventually
14:39reality sets in people figure out who they're really meant to be with she smiled a little sharper
14:44now our families are old friends the grants care a lot about reputation they've always been
14:49particular about who enters their circle i froze the grants ivy blinked genuinely surprised wait evan
14:57never told you his father is the chief at north side hospital it hit me like a thunderbolt i sat
15:04there
15:04stunned as the pieces rearranged themselves in my head the residency the connection i'd use to get
15:11him to agree to date me if his father was the chief he'd never needed my help in the first
15:16place
15:16i must have looked like a complete fool to him barging in with my offer like i was doing him
15:21a
15:21favor while he already had everything i was promising after we started dating i'd asked him about the
15:26residency a few times he never once mentioned his family maybe ivy was right when something is just a
15:31game you don't bother explaining the rules i blinked hard against the sting in my eyes outside rain had
15:37started falling thick and sudden ivy answered a call and gave directions to the coffee shop
15:41a moment later the door chimed we're here i turned evan grant was standing in the doorway
15:47his eyes locked on me the door chimed again carrying away the few remaining customers
15:53plans eyes swept over me then narrowed as he turned to ivy did you say something to her ivy's face
15:58flickered
15:59with discomfort but her voice stayed light almost teasing what are you talking about i just mentioned
16:05your father i don't know why she got upset honestly evan you two dated for six months and
16:11you never told her you really kept her in the dark something shifted in evan's expression a flicker of
16:16panic he couldn't quite hide before he could speak i cut in i'll follow up with dr clark about the
16:21drug
16:21myself i should go i gathered my things shoving them into my bag with trembling hands
16:28and push through the door outside the storm had gotten worse my uber showed a 30 minute wait
16:40i opened my umbrella
16:44just as a gust of wind ripped it from my hand sending it skidding across the wet pavement everything was
16:49falling apart whether i was the fat girl everyone laughed at back then or the woman i was now every
16:55time even grant appeared my carefully built walls came crashing down i crouched to grab my umbrella
17:00a warm hand caught my arm i'll drive you evan was standing behind me ivy hadn't followed him out
17:07rain dripped from his hair his expression unreadable in the shadow of the storm no we're not going the
17:13same way i pulled my arm back he grabbed it again firmer this time whatever i'm taking you home lena
17:19his
17:20voice drawn you're carrying a baby don't be stubborn something twisted in my chest i met his eyes and let
17:25out a bitter no need really dr grant don't act like we're close besides someone's coming for me
17:35really he glanced at my phone screen still showing the ride hailing queue lena
17:41you're a still bad liar his words landed like a blow evan bent down picked up umbrella and handed it
17:49to
17:49me his voice softened i need to tell you something my father is the chief yes but it's not what
17:58you think
18:02i wasn't trying to hide it from you neither to embarrass you i didn't understand why he was
18:07bothering with this now those days were long gone now i know i said flatly and the embarrassment is
18:16still there his jaw tightened he changed the subject you're upset let me take you home where
18:22do you live now before he could finish a car screeched to a stop in front of the calf the
18:27window rolled
18:27down sam my childhood friend grinned at me from the driver's seat his face as annoyingly smug as ever
18:33lena get in we'll miss the reservation evan's face went cold he looked at sam then back at me he's
18:40the one who knocked you up and won't show up i should have said no but he'd asked twice now
18:45and i was tired of explaining yes i said his expression darkened fine i hope you're happy
18:52he turned and walked back into the cafe without looking back
19:00i didn't know how sam had suddenly showed up to pick me up he was in town for work
19:07and we'd planned to grab dinner i must have accidentally sent sam the cafe's location
19:17that guy back there sam nodded toward the calf is he the one you had me look for that watch
19:22for
19:22back in college evan's birthday i'd seen him looking at a watch online once not sold at home so i
19:29asked
19:29sam to get one overseas i planned to give it to evan on his birthday night instead i was ready
19:35you
19:36really sticking with that fatty what about ivy it's just convenient won't last long anyway that was
19:42the truth of our relationship yeah i said em was quiet for a moment then his voice turned light again
19:53hey you'll find someone and if you don't he added with a grin there's always me
20:01that night i was lying in bed when a message popped up on my phone
20:17i'd cared less but i borrowed it from a co-worker i had to get it back
20:31i stared at the screen strange i set the phone aside and didn't reply
20:40i went back to the hospital for another checkup early pregnancy symptoms had killed my appetite
20:45and i'd lost weight after the fasting blood draw my head started spinning the edges of my vision went
20:51dark i felt myself falling and heard a nurse shout footsteps rushed towards me through the haze i was
20:58lifted into a pair of steady arms a familiar voice cut through the fog low controlled urgent get her
21:03to an exam room lay her flat get her some glucose after i'd rested for a while my vision slowly
21:08cleared evan was staring at me lena you've lost weight i took a sip of water morning sickness has
21:15been bad i can't keep much down thanks for today by the way i looked up and caught the flash
21:22of anger
21:23in his eyes morning sickness isn't an excuse to skip meals you need nutrients try pregnancy
21:28formula if you can't eat solid food and this morning's exam the doctor would have recommended
21:33having someone with you his jaw tightened where is he i realized who he was i swallowed hard he's
21:40he's been busy with work evan let out a cold laugh busy and who's taking care of you how can
21:46you
21:46marry someone like him and let him be the father of your baby then his anger defaded into something
21:50quieter something almost like worry the word stung something hot and defensive rose in my chest for
21:56one thing sam was only taking the fall for me because i'd let him he'd never done anything wrong
22:01even if i were actually married even if i'd chosen the wrong man evan was the last person who had
22:05any
22:05right to convenience to criticize a man who treated me like i was nothing the man who'd said i was
22:10just
22:11convenient and now he was acting like i'd been the one to leave him for someone else who should i
22:15have
22:15chosen instead i held his gaze you evan froze something flickered across his face surprise
22:21maybe or guilt he swallowed whatever he'd been about to say forget it it doesn't matter now he
22:27turned and called to a nurse bring me her intake forms i'll make a call no wait i scrambled to
22:31stop
22:31him but he'd already dialed the call connected i watched his brow furrow slightly he turned to look
22:38at me slowly his eyes unreadable something cold settled in my stomach when i'd filled out the
22:44emergency contact form i'd put down my best friend chloe there was no time to warn her what if she
22:49let something slip what if she told him the baby was his every worst case scenario raced through my
22:54mind at once my fingers twisted into the hem of my shirt evan ended the call and walked back into
23:01the
23:01room a strange smile tugged at the corner of his mouth lena are you sure you're getting married
23:10why would i list my best friend as my emergency contact instead of my fiance evan wasn't stupid
23:16chloe must have said something something that tipped him off i met his searching gaze and swallowed hard
23:22fine i'm not getting married but that doesn't mean i can't raise this child with someone evan's eyes
23:26stayed on me dark and unreadable then out of nowhere he said he's too busy to help you raise this
23:31child
23:32that much is clear lena if you're open to it you could consider me it hit me like a thunderbolt
23:42my
23:42brain went completely blank when i finally found my voice i stared at him in disbelief what he cleared
23:48his throat looking almost embarrassed but when he spoke his voice was steady i'm saying if you don't
23:53mind i can raise this child with you he was insane he had to be who volunteers to raise another
24:00man's
24:00baby especially the child of an ex he'd never even liked i opened my mouth to refuse evan cut me
24:07off
24:08like he already knew what i was going to say i know this is sudden but don't say no yet
24:13being a
24:14single mom is stressing just think about it he said softly take your time i'll wait
24:22over the next few days i turned it over in my mind again and again
24:25i still couldn't figure out why evan would make this offer i called chloe to double check
24:33she confirmed she hadn't said anything about who the father was since evan hadn't brought it up again
24:38i decided to let it go then one night i came home late from work i stepped out of the
24:45elevator and saw
24:46a familiar figure waiting by my door under the dim hallway light evan leaned against the wall eyes
24:51closed he looked exhausted next to him on the floor sat a full bag of groceries he heard my footsteps
24:56and opened his eyes pushed off the wall in an instant he was back to his usual composed distant
25:00self i was in the neighborhood got you something i glanced at the grocery bag at the logo on the
25:06side
25:08that supermarket is on the east side it's a 20 minute drive from here and i looked up at him
25:13i don't
25:13remember ever giving you my address he paused caught off guard then he lifted the bag slightly can i come
25:19in
25:20that night i watched him move around my kitchen for a fleeting moment it almost felt like we were
25:25really together but that was just an illusion after we'd eaten evan packed the lust overs into my fridge
25:30and couldn't help commenting your fridge is empty really he turned to me a hint of hope in his eyes
25:35have you thought about what i said not really i didn't want to admit that i was afraid he'd try
25:39to take the baby away if he ever found out the truth and even if that weren't an issue there
25:43was
25:44no way ivy would ever agree to this i looked at him exasperated evan did you even talk to ivy
25:50about
25:50this the room went quiet for a second in his eyes i saw genuine confusion then he said his tone
25:58almost
25:58bewildered what does ivy have to do with this evan and i stared at each other something was off
26:04but i heard you at the hospital i said slowly she was dining with your family you two must be
26:09engaged by
26:10now evan blinked then he let out a short laugh almost like he was caught off guard that's what
26:15this is about it was just a dinner nothing else i must have looked unconvinced he stepped closer
26:21his presence warm and close i instinctively edged away our parents have known each other since we
26:27were kids but we're just friends nothing more the guys assumed there was something between us
26:32but i always denied it he looked at me his voice softer now lena ivy and i are just friends
26:37i didn't know what to believe ivy had always been the thorn between us since college and now he was
26:43telling me it had all been a misunderstanding i let out a bitter laugh evan on your birthday i heard
26:50everything your friends asked you about us and you said and you said it's just convenient won't last
26:57long anyway he went completely still his face drained of color he opened his mouth but nothing came
27:03out he knew exactly what i was talking about then slowly painfully he said so that's why you broke
27:10up with me he let out a hollow laugh and shook his head what if i told you it was
27:14a lie a stupid
27:16impulsive lie that morning i saw some guy gave you a gift you hugged him the past was like a
27:21tangled
27:21ball of yarn but once you found the right thread and pulled everything unraveled that day sam had handed
27:26me the watch i'd asked him to get evan had seen it he thought i'd accepted a gift from another
27:30man
27:30right before his birthday when his friends asked about me the jealousy got the better of him he'd
27:34said those words out of hurt and pride he never expected me to hear them i broke up with him
27:38the
27:38next day but from his perspective i dumped him because i'd chosen sam instead after that i moved
27:43to another city and evan went abroad for graduate school one mistake after another and somehow we'd lost
27:49five years to a misunderstanding back then i thought about going after you but i was scared seeing you
27:57with someone else his voice trailed off self if you were happy the kindest thing was to let you go
28:04i couldn't hold it in anymore everything i'd buried for five years came rushing at the person who gave
28:09me that gift was sam he's my childhood friend i asked him to bring back that watch for you could
28:14have asked please leave i need to be alone now that night evan said a heavy i'm sorry before i
28:22shut the
28:22door in his face a lot of messages which i let unread the next morning i was jolted awake by
28:30chloe's
28:31frantic calls lena ivy posted a video she's accusing evan of having an affair with a patient is she talking
28:38about you i hung up and opened the app i didn't know what evan had said to her but whatever
28:42it was
28:43it had pushed her over the edge she'd posted a video holding up her id crying on camera hello i'm
28:50dr ivy white a cardiothoracic surgeon i'm filing a formal complaint against dr evan grant for misconduct
28:58our families had discussed marriage between us but dr grant used his position to get involved with
29:03a pregnant patient i'm asking everyone to share this i won't let north side hospital's reputation
29:11be destroyed by an unethical doctor the video had been posted at 8 a.m by the time i woke
29:17up at 10
29:18it had already been shared over a million times people claiming to be insiders from the hospital
29:24were adding fuel to the fire in the comments i remember that patient she passed out during a blood
29:29draw dr grant carried her to the exam room himself they seemed close with each other
29:33definitely closer than a normal doctor patient relationship someone said she's his ex-girlfriend
29:38the internet erupted i'm so tired of the first love trope just disappear already pregnant and still
29:44messing around good for her just as the situation was reaching its peak my phone rang evan
29:53i'm sorry lena i didn't expect this to happen but don't worry i won't let them drag you into it
29:59before
29:59i could ask what he was planning to do he hung up that afternoon north side hospital's official
30:03account posted an announcement dr evan grant had been suspended pending investigation
30:08i tried calling him it went straight to voicemail i sent messages they went unanswered
30:13and through all of this my name hadn't been mentioned no one from the hospital had contacted me
30:20the knot in my stomach tightened what was he planning to do take all the blame himself i stared at
30:27the
30:27contact number on the hospital's announcement i dialed hello i'm the patient involved in the
30:32complaint against dr grant i have information that might be relevant he wasn't having an affair and
30:37the baby i took a breath the baby is his it wasn't until we were sitting in the hospital that
30:44i saw the
30:45look of dr grant the man who'd spent his entire career building the hospital's reputation completely
30:49undone are you telling me he stared at me that the baby is evans i nodded silently yes dr grant
30:54he
30:55turned to his son and you you had no idea the child was yours and you were planning to raise
30:58another
30:59man's baby evan couldn't hide the smile spreading across his face he glanced at me and let out a quiet
31:05yes his father's pawl slammed against the table are you playing some kind of game here
31:11the board is asking questions the ethics committee wants answers what am i supposed to tell them evan didn't
31:20flinch he reached over and took my hand tell them the truth it's ridiculous sure but it's the truth
31:30his father pinched the bridge of his ned massaging a headache that was clearly building evan pressed on
31:37and besides this whole thing started because someone posted an accusation online without verifying the
31:43facts without going through proper channels dr grant he said looking at his father with sudden
31:48syrianus if i decide to press charges for definition i hope you won't let old loyalties get in the way
31:57then he stood up pulling me with him
32:01where do you think you're going his father called after us
32:06evan raised our joined hands
32:09i'm suspended anyway so i'm taking your daughter-in-law out on a date
32:15he glanced at me his voice soft i failed her enough this time i'm not letting her go
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