Moran Albright and Granger Harden were both fully aware that Thorne and Charlene were scheduled to finalize their divorce that morning.


    By ten-thirty, Moran couldn''t contain his curiosity and tagged Thorne in their group chat: [Did everything go smoothly with the papers? Drinks at noon to celebrate?]


    The moment the message popped up, Vesta and Granger both saw it.


    Vesta actually held her breath.


    Her family had been anxiously waiting for news since the crack of dawn. Over the past hour, they had relentlessly bombarded her with texts, demanding to know if the divorce was finally official.


    They were all practically climbing the walls with impatience.


    They wanted to be the very first to know the deed was done.


    After all, Thorne and Charlene''s previous attempts to split had failed so many times.


    This was the closest they had evere to actually severing ties.


    In truth, Vesta was even more anxious and desperate for a resolution than her pushy rtives.


    Back when she believed she was vastly superior to Charlene in every way, and felt totally secure that Thorne would never give his wife a second nce after having her, she genuinely hadn''t cared if the divorce took a little longer.


    But...


    Thinking about everything that had transpired over the past six months made her chest tighten with agonizing dread.


    As long as the divorce went through, she and Thorne would finally—


    When several minutes passed without a peep from Thorne, Moran grew confused and tagged him again: [What''s going on? Don''t tell me things went sideways again. Did Charlene pull some kind of stunt?]


    Still, Thorne didn''t reply.


    Getting impatient, Moran tagged Vesta and Granger: [What about you two? Heard anything?]


    Granger chimed in: [Nothing.]


    Seeing the radio silence from Thorne''s end, Vesta was far too anxious to even bother replying.


    To make matters worse, Corinne Lancaster started texting her, prodding to find out if the divorce was finalized yet.


    Tired of waiting, Moran decided to just call Thorne, only to be met with a busy signal.


    Frowning in utter confusion, Moran was still trying to piece things together when a friend suddenly reached out, dropping the bombshell about Lloyd and udia''s ident.


    Moran was dumbfounded. "Are you serious?"


    "Dead serious. It''ll probably be all over the newster."


    Hanging up, Moran quickly typed a frantic message into the group chat, tagging Granger and Vesta: [Just got word that Mr. and Mrs. Henderson were na massive ident. They were just rushed to the hospital. Touch and go right now.]


    Granger stared at the text in absolute shock.


    Vestapletely froze. When her brain finally rebooted, she frantically typed: [When did this happen?]


    Moran: [This morning.]


    This morning...


    Which meant Thorne and Charlene might not have made it to city hall to finalize the paperwork.


    The sickening realization washed over Vesta like a bucket of ice water.


    Moran and Granger, meanwhile,pletely abandoned the topic of the divorce and started calling Thorne back-to-back desperate to find out how Lloyd and udia were holding up.


    It took several tries before Thorne finally picked up.


    Learning that the older couple was currently fighting for their lives in the Emergency Room the two men didn''t waste another second. They hung up and immediately raced toward the hospital.


    Snapping back to reality, Vesta also started blowing up Thorne''s phone. After what


    felt like an eternity of endless ringing, he finally found a second to answer her call.


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