Chapter 7

For a long time after that, no matter what methods I tried, even waiting at the hospital for Rosie, she refused to see me. She kept repeating that she would not divorce me and would not sign any papers.

I grew impatient and turned to a lawyer to handle these matters. That day, I was still waiting at the hospital for her, but she was not in her office.

“Excuse me, are you Dr. Rosie’s husband?”

A young girl approached me cautiously. She looked around as if afraid of being discovered. I glanced at her and realized I had seen her before. She was Liliana Pump, an intern working under Rosie. It seemed she had been trying to talk to me.

“I am. Can you tell her I need to talk to Dr. Rosie?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Liliana hesitated and stood still.

“She is not in the hospital right now...”

Liliana hesitated. It seemed as if she was making up her mind. After a moment, she pulled me aside to a quiet corner.

“Sir, you’re Ev’s dad, right? Ev wasn’t actually sick. I noticed somethin