Bab 16: An Impromptu Brainstorming Session
'Useless.' Boston harrumphed at the sheepish gaze he had just witnessed before urging his friend to speak up.
Thankfully, their annoyed glares had worked wonders in sending the message across to Lance who now was hastening to disclose what he had been intending to but was interrupted, one way or the other until now.
Making sure that his voice wasn't too high this time, the young man rubbed his nose before getting right to the point.
"This place uses different colors as a sorting system," Lance whispered with that mysterious, toothy grin from earlier reappearing once again.
While Boston had no clue why he had mentioned this right now, Jacob had a faint inkling but remained silent to allow their friend to continue.
"Each department of the hospital uses a different color for the report files they give to their patients." He added as he alternated his gaze between the two friends who were now paying attention to every word he uttered.
This time, Boston too had a look of understanding which flashed across his eyes, finally grasping why Lance had mentioned something which he had thought to be unrelated earlier.
"So what department does the blue file belong to?" He questioned, connecting the dots from what he had just heard.
Since the woman had exited the hospital with President Christopher Lin then that blue file in the assistant's hand must have been a report they had received here.
Hence, his query was a valid one that even Jacob shared but had been unable to voice out as Boston had beaten him to it.
Therefore, the two friends now waited in silence to hear what Lance, the one who seemed to know more about this matter than them, had to say.
"That baby blue color…" The knowledgeable one drawled out his word to intensify the suspense his friends were feeling but his actions only earned their ire as he was granted another set of vicious glares soon enough.
Therefore, Lance put an end to his theatrics and decided to reveal the answer before he got thrashed by them.
"OB/GYN" He finally disclosed the name he had been keeping a secret until now.
A complicated expression formed on Jacob's face the moment those letters were said out loud but Lance had no time to notice this abnormality in his friend's appearance as his attention had already been fixed elsewhere.
"Fool! It stands for Obstetrician and gynecologist." He chortled while pointing a finger at Boston's clueless face which he found to be absurd and amusing.
Earlier, when he had disclosed which department the baby blue file belonged to, there was an obvious look of bewilderment that flashed across his best friend.
This sight made Lance snicker as it was clear that despite surrounding himself with women for a major part of his day at work, Boston was quite ignorant of most things related to them.
"Do you want me to explain what they do too?" He continued and did nothing to control the mocking smirk that had formed on his lips, making Boston leer at him without concealing his anger.
However, that leer did not faze Lance as there was also embarrassment hidden behind those fierce eyes which were now making Boston appear like a disgruntled yet utterly harmless child.
"So she's pregnant?" Their other friend who had been silent until now muttered to himself yet managed to attract their attention.
Jacob's head was lowered as his gaze was fixed on his intertwined fingers hence they weren't able to observe the kind of expression he was making right now.
Nevertheless, they each had an answer to the question that he had just put forward.
"Who knows? Maybe President Lin is finally going to become a father." Boston shrugged as it did not matter to him whether that woman was pregnant or not.
However, considering the fact that she was accompanied by the man who was well-known in their social circles for staying away from women, it was obvious that the older man had some role to play in her pregnancy.
'Why else would he visit the hospital with her?' He added in his mind that no man would work so hard for another man's child.
"Or maybe she was just here for a routine check-up with a gynecologist." Lance chimed in during this impromptu brainstorming session they were having about an unknown woman they had seen only today.
His words also made sense as both the departments had the same color for their patients so her appearing at the hospital could just be for a check-up and their speculation of her pregnancy was a far cry from the truth.
Giving this notion some thought, Boston soon had a rebuttal.
"Then why would Prez Lin have to accompany her?" He retorted with a challenging smile, signaling his friend to explain this aspect to him.
Stumped for words, Lance scratched his neck to find an appropriate justification for the older man's actions but soon realized that there was none.
After all, it was so late in the night and President Lin, who was known to be an extremely busy workaholic just like a certain friend of theirs, had left his job to accompany a woman of unknown origins to the hospital.
If it had been a routine check-up then there was no reason for it to take place at such late hours of the night.
Hence the more Lance thought about it, Boston's deductions began to gain more weight in his mind.
Noticing his expressions shifting from confidence to doubt and later deliberation, Boston smirked as it was clear that he had won this round.
The two men were so lost in their thoughts that they had failed to notice the furrowed brows of their silent friend whose head remained lowered even now.
'So it can't be her…' Jacob declared once he had sorted out the plethora of thoughts that had passed through his mind.
Earlier, when he had first laid eyes on that woman, in his mind, it seemed to have overlapped with the image of a certain figure that resided within his memories.
Thus he had been eager to figure out what her purpose here at the hospital was and why exactly was she with the other man.
He too had witnessed just how President Lin had protected the woman until they entered the car which sped away.
Hence, Lance's revelations about the blue report combined with Boston's reasoning only strengthened the speculations that she was pregnant and the man who accompanied her was responsible for it.
Seeing how close the pair had been while they walked along, Jacob finally shook his head, refuting the idea of her being the same woman who had been appearing in his mind every so often.
'I must have mistaken it.' He assured himself, easing his furrowed brows as he sat up straight and reclined on the couch in a leisurely fashion once again.
With his eyes now shut, he continued to mull over what he has witnessed tonight.
President Lin was not someone who indulged in illicit acts so the woman by his side must have been someone he had known for a long time.
She could be pregnant now and he had accompanied her to the hospital which only reflected the close relationship they shared.
Therefore, these discoveries helped Jacob shake the thought of her being the woman he had been thinking of, out of his mind.
'So who was she…?' He sighed as the initial question in his mind concerning the woman from his memories had not yet been answered.
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ObsidianOrbs Any clue who the mystery memory woman is~? xD
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