Beyond the Divorce

The chaos in my mind made it impossible to focus on anything else. I grabbed my bag and told Carol I was going to ATL Empire. I had to find Atlas and get some answers. I needed to know exactly what Atlas was hiding in this tangled web.

However, when I arrived at ATL Empire, he was nowhere to be found. Apparently, he had gone to Rivendell.

I called him right away, but on second thought, I realized this situation would take some time to unravel. It wasn't something that could be clarified in a brief phone conversation. Forget it. I hung up the phone and decided I would ask him when he came back.

I dialed Lauren's number instead to check if she had arrived. I was concerned about her emotions from last night.

After a few rings, she answered. "Why are you calling so early? Are you worried about me?"

"What do you think?" I replied.

"Please, Ms. Chloe, I'm already studying!" Lauren teased with a lingering tone, sounding quite cheerful.

Hearing her voice, I couldn't help but smile. It seemed I worried too much. Atlas was right-she was indeed resilient.

I asked, "Where are you now? ATL Empire?"

"Yes! Don't you believe me?" She questioned me with a hint of doubt. "Am I that unreliable? Mr. Atlas personally arranged this excellent learning opportunity! I'm basking in your glory!"

at ATL Empire. However, on second thought, I refrained. She was busy studying,

what I initially wanted to say. "Okay, I was just checking

where are

of going to the

beings. Go ahead then," she said before hanging

looking at the phone in my

ATL Empire, everyone treated me with

the hospital,

enter, she motioned for the nurse to raise her

Is this how friends behave?"

You've already turned the incident into a friendship argument. Don't I have other things

"Of course, engagement is a big

and laughed. "You know about that too? You're like a private investigator in the hospital." "The entire city