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Chapter 3: Even more worries

At the Collins residence

Paige her phone was on vibrate on her desk, but she could still hear her phone and someone was calling her. ''Ugh Evan.'' Paige climbed out of the comforts of her bed and walked to her desk. The phone was still vibrating and this annoyed Paige, someone really wanted to call her and today was not a day that Paige desired attention.

A quick look at her phone and Paige knew that Divya was calling her. Divya was maybe not as worse as Hank, but she would also mother over her and order twenty medical tests.

Paige was glad that she could still think straight, Evan would have spread the news of her emergency meeting and that meant that Paige could not answer her phone. So Paige waited for Divya to quit calling, so Paige could send a message. The light that came from her phone was bugging her and the tissues were not doing the job they were meant to do, dripping snot onto her phone and pyjama sleeves.

''I hate having a cold.'' Paige was mocking, she was sick and tired of being sick and the headache was not making things better. Paige was still having a difficult job in typing the message for Divya. Since she was unable to read the message, she just pushed send and hoped that it was somehow readable. The message that Paige was trying to send was simple and short and Divya would understand that.

At the guest house

Evan was still worrying and Hank was calling patients for their results and Divs was outside apparently trying to call someone.. Hank had just returned from Boris and that did not make his mood better and Evan was still moping around.

Divya heard the familiar tone of her phone and she saw she got a text message from Paige. The text message was kind of weird, weird as in how it was written. Divya knew that auto-correct made weird things sometimes, but this text message was just one bunch of mistakes. The text message said: 'Cannnt talj noe mertinf'. Divya walked back into the house and sat right next to Hank, her phone still opened in her hand and on the screen was the text message.

Hank would never look at a phone that was not his, but Divya made it very hard not to look. Being as tempted as he was, he gave the screen a quick glance revealing a really mistyped text message. ''Divya who send you that.'' Hank pointed at Divya her phone.

''Paige did'' Evan shot up by hearing his girlfriends name. '' She send you a text message and all I got a lousy email.'' Evan accused the Personal assistant and looked at her with his I mean business look.

''I do not think that you can call this a useful text message.'' Evan eased a bit and looked at the text message, something was wrong he could feel it.

''Paige would never send that, she rereads her text message fifty times.'' Hank knew that Paige was trying to be perfect and good in everything and that this was clearly not her.

Even Hank was now on edge, he knew that Paige would never send such texts and if she would send one by accident she would call that she had send a wrong message.

Evan wanted to take his car and drive to his girlfriend house, but they were both adults and he trusted Paige in everything.

Hank was already searching for the main number of the Collin Residence and after he found it he decided it was time for a call. Hank was pretty good with numbers and he remembered the number instantly.

Evan who was one step behind, was not getting the plan of calling the Collin Residence. ''Why would you want to call the house, there are not home since they have an emergency meeting remember?''

Hank nodded and dialled the number after ten seconds Paige her mother answered the phone. ''Hello Ellen,'' Hank had treated Paige her mother for little things and Hank was one first name basis with her. It was weird that Ellen was not on the meeting. ''Hello Hank is there a reason behind this call?'' Ellen even sounded on edge and Hank was now thinking the whole thing smelled fishy.

The answer that Ellen gave was setting Hank even more on edge, he was not used to this wall between Ellen and him. ''No there isn't, can I talk to Paige for a second? '' Hank decided to just go straight to the point and the whole meeting thing was not true in Hank his eyes. Evan was watching Hank closely and face palmed himself when Hank asked for Paige.

At the Collins residence

Ellen was holding the phone in her hand and even she knew that Paige had a date today with her boyfriend Evan. Ellen was tempted to ask Hank for medical advice for her daughter, but Paige said there was nothing wrong and Ellen believed her daughter.

''Ehh, Paige cannot answer the phone know, she is busy.'' Ellen sighed and took a large breath. ''I have to go now, bye.'' Ellen quickly hung up the phone and walked up the stairs to find her daughter in bed. A layer of sweat was covering her fragile body and two tissues were sticking out of her nose.

''Paige honey, Hank called I think they are one to you and now I have seen you I think that is a good idea.'' Paige was turned around and looked into her mother's eyes. ''No, It is just a cold they don't need to worry so much and you don't have to do it either.'' Paige her voice still sounded weird and that was something new for Paige.

Ellen stroked the blond hair of her daughter and left the room, Ellen knew that her daughter had more than a cold, but she knew that sometimes a mother did not have to interfere.

Paige was stuck in the middle of a coughing spree and know she had to think about it she sounded and looked like someone who smoked forty packages of cigarettes a day.

At the guest house

''She hung up on me,'' Hank was shocked that Paige her mother hung up on him.

''She was not your type, Hank.'' Evan tried to lighten the mood, but he was still very worried and he wanted to take his car and go to his girlfriend.

''Not now, Evan.'' Hank was thinking about driving to the Collins Residence, but he did not want to interfere with personal problems in the family.

One thing was clear as water, Paige had lied to all of them, but why?

Paige tried to send: 'Can't talk now meeting.''

So this was the end of Chapter 3 already! I love writing for Royal Pains. I know that there are some mistakes here and there, but I am always trying to improve.

I had a bit of writers block while writing this chapter, so it is not as good I think. This was more of a filler to the big storyline. I like to see more reviews I have one so far! Review please and you will get a cookie? *Puppyeyes*