"But I just can't shake this feeling." Lydia murmured, anxiety gnawing at her.

"Unfortunately, you can't reach Mr. Quincy right now unless you have someone who can get in touch with him," her secretary suggested.

Lydia's eyes lit up. Why hadn't she thought of that? She could call her father!

Without wasting another moment, she dialed her father's number, heart pounding with worry for both Quincy and her dad. As the phone rang, each second felt like an eternity, and she silently prayed that nothing had happened. Finally, the call connected.

"Hello... signal's bad here..." came Mr. Fay's voice, crackling with interference.

The signal was awful, and Lydia's heart leapt back into her throat. Raising her voice, she tried to make herself heard. "Dad, where are you? I saw a video saying there might be an earthquake in Salt City!"

"What? I can't... hear you clearly," Mr. Fay's voice came in and out, making it hard to communicate.

"I said there might be an earthquake where you are! Don't go outside!" Lydia repeated, louder this time.

the connection cleared up and Lydia thought she could finally communicate, she heard Quincy's panicked voice on the other end, cutting

could process what she had heard,

collapsed into her chair, her entire body going cold as her limbs trembled uncontrollably. The phone slipped from her hand as waves of fear washed over

several times, trying to snap her out of it. "Miss Lydia, please,

crashing or chaos, which

Things hadn't escalated to the worst yet. Until she had concrete news, she couldn't

that there had been an earthquake in Salt City, Mrs. Fay became just as worried. They both quickly

and making inquiries, Lydia and her mother finally found out that Mr. Fay and

her voice trembling as she called out, "Quincy, are you

into Quincy's arms, her face streaked with tears. Before arriving, she had braced herself for

relief and gratitude that both of

tears away, his gaze

stiffened, pulling back slightly. Slowly, she withdrew from his embrace,

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