"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.

as the connection cleared up and Lydia thought she could finally communicate, she heard Quincy's panicked voice on the other end, cutting through the static. "Earthquake!

could process what she had heard, the line went dead

into her chair, her entire body going cold as her limbs trembled uncontrollably. The phone slipped

to snap her out of it. "Miss Lydia, please, try to stay calm. Think positively! They could be

any loud crashing or chaos, which

flicker of hope to Lydia. "She's right", Lydia thought. Things hadn't escalated to the worst yet. Until she had concrete news, she couldn't let her mind run wild

and explained the situation. Upon hearing that there had been an earthquake in Salt City, Mrs. Fay became just as worried. They both quickly booked flights, preparing to leave

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

trembling as she called out, "Quincy, are you okay? What about my dad? How

arriving, she had braced herself for the worst, thinking

of them were alive,

tears away, his gaze downcast, remaining

Slowly, she withdrew from his

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