Whispering Hearts by V.C. Andrews

Author:V.C. Andrews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2020-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

When Leo Abbot first offered me his suggestion for solving my immediate problems, I thought the worst of him, worse than I could think of any man his age. Thinking that all the concern and affection he had shown me was a façade, I nearly jumped up and ran out of his apartment before he could explain further. The expression on my face should have been enough to shatter his bones.

“Just listen,” he said firmly when I started to rise. “I never told you much about my wife. She died twice, as far as I was concerned.”

“Twice?” I lowered myself back to the chair. What did this have to do with what he had just said? Had he gone mad? Was he a closet alcoholic?

“She had heart failure, and she was almost misdiagnosed, and at a big hospital here, too. But a young doctor detected her problem after they had used those paddles and gotten her heart beating again. He was already considered a talented heart surgeon. He told me she needed a heart-valve replacement. My wife was so impressed with him that she didn’t hesitate to say yes, even though it was quite a risky operation back then.

“We kept in touch with this young doctor even after he moved to his hometown of Hillsborough to become the head of the cardiac department there. He lives with his young wife in his family mansion on the shores of Lake Wyndemere, a five-mile-long lake on the border between New York and Massachusetts.”

What a beautiful story, I thought. The way he described it made it sound more like a fairy tale. I smiled like a little girl hearing one for sure.

“Whenever he came into New York City to see a show or be at some medical conference, usually where he was a chief speaker, he’d stop by to see us, even before he was married. We went to his wedding, by the way. He took us to dinner many times, too. He was very fond of my wife, Rose. I think he saw her as the mother he wished he had instead of the one he had. You might say he was her surrogate son.”

“I love happy endings,” I said.

He thought I was getting up and held out his hand.

“Wait. My daughter Toby was always very fond of him. She and her husband don’t live too far from Hillsborough, so they see each other often. Toby is especially friendly with Dr. Davenport’s young wife, Samantha. She knew her before she married Dr. Davenport, because Toby’s husband, Greg, is an executive in Samantha’s father’s company, the Avery Dental Equipment Company.

“Long story short,” he said, sitting back, “is it’s Samantha Davenport, not me, who’d like you to consider being pregnant. Of course, she has to meet you first, and Dr. Davenport has to approve. You’d have to undergo some medical examinations, but I guess I’ve been talking you up so much with my daughter Toby that it was just natural for her to suggest

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