Justin relaxed against the studio walls with his production crew, they had been recording and editing for the past right hours; he was beyond tired, but after seeing the eager faces of the crew to complete the editing, he kept mute and busied himself with thoughts of Evelyn; his cutie pie, she hadn’t gotten in contact with him all morning, which was quite strange. Considering the passionate way she had made love to him the previous night: immediately he entered his apartment, the sexy kitten was all sprawled out on his bed, a fine sight a man could get used to, but he had noticed some sort of edginess in her while he had made love to her. She had not wanted to release him even when morning had come, then she suddenly disappeared without giving him a single phone call throughout the day, he had called her number earlier only to be told she was busy talking with someone else.

Justin heaved a sigh, Evelyn wasn’t the type to get worried or clingy like she had been for some days now, he really needed to get to the bottom of the situation.

Whatever was worrying her, it was definitely taking a toll on her. Justin thought hard and deep, surely it couldn’t be their upcoming engagement, why would she worry about that? He had assured her there was no need to get worried, he would make sure the media did not publish any article that might question her intentions, or could it be Taylor? Could Taylor be in touch with her? It was highly possible, Justin reasoned. Taylor was a self-centered person and cares about her own happiness only, that’s why their years of relationship had meant nothing to her. She had thrown him away so easily, he was been battling with depression when he found Evelyn.

“Justin boy, we are about to dock” Gary shouted in his face, coming to sit beside him on the sofa.

“What have you been saying? And where are you coming from?” Justin asked letting his eye rake over his friend's rumpled clothes.

“You look like you were lost at sea, so I was trying to bring you back to land. What were thinking about? You know you could always talk to me, we don’t want your handsomeness fading away now do we?" Gary said winking at him placing a hand on his shoulder.

Justin was quiet for a bit, true Gary was his childhood friend and Manager but he had also been criticized by him when Taylor had broken up with him. If he tells him about his worries, he was sure he won’t hear the end of it from Gary. He would no doubt be accused of not attending to Evelyn’s needs because he was still in love with Taylor. No matter how much Justin tells him otherwise, Gary was still under the illusion that he still love Taylor.

“Nothing Man” he replied dismissively.

Gary didn’t probe further but focused his attention on his crew instead; Justin suddenly got up from his seat

“Can I be released? ”

Gary looked over his shoulder, giving the question a little thought “Yes you can, but you have to be here early tomorrow, there is a phrase I would like you to sing again, I don’t like the audio turnout”.

“Alright" He answered gathering his phone and car key in a hurry to get out of the recording room.

“Why are you so much in a hurry? Is it because your little girlfriend is at the hospital?”

“What do you mean?”

“ oh! Ain't you aware? You know how much my wife plagues me about my checkup routines, I went in to the doctor today and I saw your pretty girlfriend getting into the hospital alongside me” Gary explained.

“What was she doing there” Justin was shocked, Evelyn did not mention any hospital or checkup to him, or was she sick? Or Was that the reason why she has been looking worried recently? He asked.

“How would I know? Do you expect me to go after a woman asking her about her hospital affairs? Women do have various reasons to go to the hospital, just a headache and you will see them there, a cold, they are there, so worry not” Gary teased his friend and continued working on his recordings.

Gary looked back at Justin only to see his back view rushing out of the room, he smiled knowingly, the guy was too passionate about women. He loved them too deeply for comfort, the same way Taylor is still rooted deep in his heart, he might love Evelyn but the woman who truly rules his heart is Taylor, he was only hanging on to the sense of security and happiness Evelyn’s presence brought him, if only the guy could ask himself, he would see the truth deep down.

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Justin drove the car like a disturbed man to Houston Teaching hospital, his mind kept flipping through reasons why Evelyn would go to the hospital, she hadn’t complain of being sick, someone who was sick wouldn’t have been so sexually active like the night before though she had been quite tired after, he thought.

He tried calling her again, but her phone was switched off. All of these made his blood shoot up. Had she developed cold feet concerning the proposal? Many soon-to-be-bride do get cold feet but in Evelyn’s case, Justin was sure that wasn’t the reason or could she be pregnant? They used protection always and Evelyn was also on the pill, In fact she takes lots of pills. If that wasn’t the reason then what could it be? He would just have to be patient for her to answer all these questions herself.

A pretty frown formed on his brow, he wiped if off with an exasperated sigh, anyone who saw him now wouldn’t even guess he was a super star in his current stat. Gary was under the delusion that he still loved Taylor, he couldn’t take his mind off her. They had too many memories together to be forgotten so easily though he couldn’t describe his feelings for her as dead but he would choose Evelyn over her any day and time. She didn’t deserve any less after leaving him alone all those years to battle depression. His heart had ached so many times, he had thought he was having a cardiac arrest, gradually it had turn to a dull pain enabling him to love another.

Her innocent beautiful face no longer enticed him, nor did her luscious lips, neither did her soft brunette curls meet his standard anymore. Those flawless skin no longer captivated him, the last time he had seen her, he had even maintained a distance and the sudden heat he had felt while standing close to her was just an illusion, the reaction must have been from Evelyn standing close to him.

He was drawn from his unpleasant thoughts of Taylor by the big bold sign of Houston Teaching Hospital, parking his car by a certain shiny red car at the parking lot. Coming down from the car he saw there was a commotion at the main entrance of the hospital, two ambulances were off loading victims of a car crash into the hospital.

Justin decided to slide into the office through the entrance closest to him, the pediatric optometric departments. He made sure his sunglasses was squarely on his face, he was also wearing a face cap the last thing he wanted was for his picture to be taken at the hospital, Tabloids could be mean, he thought.

He paraded himself to the nurses at the counter who was too busy looking for a drug to bother about the handsome male figure standing in front of her, she did not even spare him a glance.

“What do you want?" She asked without looking up

“Please I will like to know if any Evelyn Stone came in visiting today?”

The nurse stopped what she was doing and gave him a quizzical look before going to check her computer.

“No, no name of that sort”.

"Okay, what a shame” he said making a disappointed face.

“You can always check with the receptionist at the main entrance, you will find that sort of data there. I think you do look familiar, have I seen you somewhere before?” the nurse said coolly quickly gaining interest in her guest.

“I don’t think so” with that he left her presence. Searching frantically for Evelyn on his way to the general reception, as he was half running and walking he collided with a hoodie clouded brunette carrying a baby girl on her shoulder coming out of a doctor’s office.

With shaking fingers, he removed his sunglasses, taking his fill of the demon that torments his dreams giving him nightmares. The little bundle in her arms stirred, mumbling incoherent words in her sleep, the baby was also wearing a hoodie.

“Taylor?” he asked as he reached out his hands to steady them both from falling, her hoodie falling off her head in the process. Due to that, she reached a hand to the baby’s head holding down the hoodie tightly in her hands, it wasn’t like he was interested in her person, why was she hiding the baby from view?

“Who is the little miss? Is she also a brunette? Can I see her?” He asked.