"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.

up and Lydia thought she could finally communicate, she heard Quincy's panicked voice

could process what she had heard,

limbs trembled uncontrollably. The phone slipped from

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

chaos, which means the earthquake likely wasn't too severe. They could very

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

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

mother finally found out that Mr. Fay and

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

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

of them were alive, she broke

tears away,

back slightly. Slowly, she withdrew from

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