Ms. Carter stood up and walked over. “How can I help you, Ms. Smith?”

“Help me get some food.” Natalie massaged her sore shoulders.

“Okay,” replied Ms. Carter before leaving immediately.

Within half an hour, she bought lunch back.

After thanking her, Natalie brought the food back to her office. Just when she opened the lid of the box, her phone rang.

She glanced at it and saw that it was from an unknown number. It seemed like an official call instead of a marketing call, so she picked her phone up. “Hello?”

“Is this Ms. Natalie Smith?” A masculine voice asked over the call.

Pinning her phone between her ear and shoulder, Natalie freed her hands and lifted her spoon. “Yes. Who are you?”

“I’m from the police,” answered the man.

Natalie accidentally snapped the spoon in half as a bad feeling rose within her.

 

Quickly tossing the broken spoon onto the table, she grabbed the phone and asked, “Did anything happen, sir?”

“Ms. Smith, I’m afraid I have some bad news. There is no easy way to say this.” The inspector’s voice was solemn.

 

Bad news?

the phone subconsciously. “I’m ready. Please

nodded before asking, “May I know if you are the daughter of

what happened to her?”

Smith Residence? Did the Smith family call the

have to bail her out at

for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and declaring,

The

she did not hear him clearly, the inspector repeated what he

She felt like the entire world was spinning around her.

the stairs and is undergoing

sudden silence, the inspector felt a little worried and quickly called out for her, “Ms. Smith? Are you

of her rationality. Taking a deep breath to suppress her anxiety and tears, she gripped the phone and asked with a trembling voice, “I’m here. Sir,

replied

It’s Jackson’s hospital!

sir.” Natalie did not even have time to ask about how Yulia fell down the stairs. She immediately ended the call, grabbed her bag, and rushed out of

her, it was not important

fine. Before that, she wouldn’t have

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