Heartstrings on Fire

After Agnes came out, she gave Jared a ring.

Jared was in a meeting, but he paused it, and went to the balcony to answer, “Agnes, what’s up?”

Agnes asked, “Can you do me a favor?”

“Shoot.”

“I remember you said you have a hacker mate, the one who traced back the anonymous posts Jenny Fitz spread on the school forum. Can you pass me his contacts? I need him to do me a favor”

Jared responded, “Sure, I’ll shoot his info your way later.”

It took Agnes by surprise how quickly Jared agreed, so she asked, “Aren’t you curious about what favor I need?”

Jared said, “If you wanted to tell me, you would’ve.”

Agnes thought it was unnecessary to bother Jared about it. Plus, what she needed was kinda childish, so she said, “I’ll fill you in when I get the chance.”

good.” Jared’s voice

Jared dialed Mr.

“I’ll go

back to

retorted, “Isn’t that a bit much? Why

position is still up for grabs. Maybe I should have a chat

I messed up! My mom still thinks I’m in the States, don’t spill the beans. Whatever Agnes asks me to do, I’ll

soon received a call from an unknown number: “Hello, this is

made her request. Mr. K assured her, “No problem,

embarrassed, “Thanks, sorry for the

Jared’s business is my business, Jared’s wife

was taken

his foot in his mouth and quickly apologized, “Sorry, I misspoke, don’t take it personally. I’ll get

that, Mr. Khung up.

still a