Chapter 10

But the voice on the other end wasn’t Everett’s. It was his assistant returning the call.

Dorothy felt a tad bummed, but she still gave it a try. “I’m Dorothy Sanchez. A classmate of Mr. Lopez. Could you please relay a message to him? I’d like him to call me back.”

“Alright, Ms. Sanchez. Is there anything else?”

“No, thank you.”

After hanging up, she suddenly felt a twinge of understanding towards her mother’s desperate leap from the building.

When you’re backed into a comer by all sorts of unexpected events, you really just feel like throwing in the towel.

The hospital was frigid.

By the wee hours, Dorothy jolted awake on the patient’s chair, realizing she had dozed off out of sheer exhaustion.

She checked on her sleeping mother and tucked her in.

Her phone was flooded with messages from Karen.

400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit.

scare me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t do anything

I’m in Eldorria City, and I’m going to my parents’ place to get the money. We’ve

ICU to call Karen back.

me to death, you know!”.

I was in the ICU, so my phone was on silent.”

Remember, if money can solve the

her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing

like a deity had descended.

out, “Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why

her, removing his coat and draping it around

cold at night. You’ll

was as icy as ever, and his deep eyes were focused on

thought she was hallucinating out

still talking on

something to deal

are

call for me?”

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