Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 581

By afternoon, the rain did not seem that it would slop any time soon. The gray clouds had hidden the sun. It was only 2 pm, but it was so dark that one would think that it was nighttime right now.

Larissa woke up from her nap and felt around for the remote control Mrs. Grillin left for her near the edge of the bed, turning on the television with it. The TV screen flashed once before turning dark once more. Almost at the same time, the room lights went out as well.

Mrs. Griffin was so shocked that she leaped up from the bedside chair. “The TV can’t have been struck by lightning, right? She was so startled that her eyes widened a great deal.

Larissa was calmer than she was. “It must just be a regular power outage. Even though the timing was too coincidental.

The room was completely dark. Mrs. Griffin felt for her own slippers before she got out of the chair,

“I ask a nurse.”

A few minutes later, she came back and said. “The nurse said that the lightning struck the electrical pole nearby, and the circuit’s malfunctioning. So we need to wait for the electric company to repair it. She even said that the hospital has a backup generator that will

soon and that we don’t

that it was not summer. Otherwise one would not survive

equipment either. Other than the fact that she might

did not have that

said. “I sleep for a little while

back down on the bedside

on, piercing through Larissa’s eyelids so much that it hurt her eyes. She turned

the live news. The news anchor reported anxiously. “Due to the heavy rain, il is difficult for repair work to be put in motion. Therefore, it can

sighed heavily. “Who knows how long this rain wil pour! This

together and changed

normally only be TV show reruns. She picked a local tv show that Mrs. Griffin Iked and watched it with

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