Sweet Subterfuge

It was raining cats and dogs outside the window. The rain was accompanied by the rumbling sounds of thunder and occasional flashes of lightning.

The news had reported that this torrential rain was a rare occurrence that would only happen once in a decade, causing severe flooding in many parts of the city and leaving people stranded in their cars.

Gary had returned to the Winston Hotel yesterday to deal with some business matters and he would be back in the morning. Despite that, It was almost noon, but Lewis and Gary were nowhere to be seen.

Larissa couldn’t help but feel worried.

However, her phone was completely destroyed in that accident. Lewis had set up call forwarding for her and settled the procedures of her resignation, but he did not get her a replacement phone or a new number. As a result, she had no way of contacting them at all.

When Mrs. Griffin finished washing the map in the bathroom, she walked past the balcony and peered down below. Shaking her head, she exclaimed with a surprised expression on her face. “Goodness gracious! Even the parking lot is flooded!”

Larissa’s worry intensified and she asked Mrs. Griffin for help, “Mrs. Griffin, can you make a call to Lewis?”

“Sure.” Mrs. Griffin fished out an old-fashioned mobile phone. Squinting as she scrolled down her contact list, she finally found Lewis’ number.

the signal on both ends was weak due to the terrible

repeat himself several times before Mrs. Griffin finally understood what

wrong? Did something happen to Lari?” Lewis

Waving her hands in a panic, Mrs. Griffin quickly held the phone to Larissa’s

“Lewis, where are you now?” Lewis replied with difficulty as his voice wasn’t clear over the phone, “We’re still at the hotel! The heavy rain caused the underground parking lot to be flooded. We can’t get out and we can’t get a cab as well. At this rate, it might

they were sale,

Mrs. Griffin is here with me! Both of you should stay at the hotel and not venture out for

the hospital with Larissa at all times. Otherwise, if an emergency happened, Mrs. Griffin was unable to make any urgent decisions on behalf of

a little. I’ll try

severe flooding had a widespread impact, causing several public bus routes in the city to be suspended, but the subway was still operational

my ward today. I’ll chase you out

and threatened Lewis hall-jokingly.

words seriously. “Of course, I believe you. Alright, I’ll stay put at the hotel.

I want to have a