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    Lana sensed the tension and dropped the subject. After a quick look around the room, she frowned. "Why are you in a standard room? Didn''t my nephew-inw arrange a VIP suite for you?"


    Her question struck a nerve, and both women''s faces soured.


    A nurse knocked on the door. "Has the colonoscopy been done yet?" she asked. When Bianca said no, the nurse pressed, "You need to get it done soon. The doctor is waiting for the report."


    "Can''t you just schedule me for the painless procedure?" Yvonne pleaded. The thought of a standard colonoscopy made her stomach turn.


    "I''m sorry," the nurse said apologetically. "The painless procedure requires an advance booking. Since you don''t have one, you''ll have to do the standard one."


    Lana turned to Bianca. "You didn''t make a reservation?"


    Bianca''s expression stiffened. "No," she admitted. How was she supposed to think of that? Previously, whenever she or her mother had been hospitalized, Seth had handled everything. They were always in a VIP suite with special care; appointments were never an issue.


    "Well, the standard one is brutal," Lana said with a grimace. "Why don''t you call Seth? I''m sure he can arrange it. He''s an investor in this hospital; it would only take one phone call."


    "Yes, call Seth," Yvonne urged. "I really don''t want to go through the standard procedure."


    With a sigh, Bianca dialed Seth''s number, but it went straight to voicemail.


    "He must be busy," she told them. They didn''t doubt it; Seth always answered Bianca''s calls unless he was in a meeting. Bianca assumed the same.


    "So what now? Should we wait until he''s free?" Lana asked.


    "Forget it. Let''s just get it over with," Yvonne said, deciding to tough it out. "They aren''t officially married yet, and things haven''t been going well for Bianca. If we keep bothering him with little things like this it''ll leave a bad impression. Besides Wade was still in the hospital f word got back to him, it would only make it harder for Bianca to win him over.


    Bianca agreed with her mother''s logic. She didn''t call Seth again. Instead, she helped Yvonne change and took her back down for the colonoscopy The line was long, and by the time they were done, Noreen had already returned to pick up Rosalind''s test results.


    She found Yvonne hunched over a trash can, vomiting violently, her face a deathly


    pale. Bianca was rubbing her back while Lana stood by, handing her tissues.


    Just then, ire arrived to meet Noreen for dinner. "Noreen, over here!" she called out, waving.


    Her voice drew the attention of Bianca and Lana. Lana, who recognized Noreen and was still stewing over what Yvonne had told her about the VIP suite, decided to stick up for her family.


    She raised her voice, her words


    dripping with scorn. "Some people truly have no shame! Dumped by


    one man, so shetches onto met


    father it''s so obvious what she''s trying to do, throwing herself at the Harcourt family like that."


    Noreen was focused on theb report and didn''t even register the snidement. But ire heard it loud and clear. She wouldn''t let anyone talk about Noreen like that in her presence. Anyone.