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.

200k, so you’ll have 400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit. 111 reach out to some other

scare me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t

City, and I’m going to my parents’ place to get the money.

the ICU

scare me to death, you know!”.

was in the ICU, so my phone was on

Remember, if money can solve

respond, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing at the other

like a deity had descended.

out, “Hello? Dorothy!

strode towards her, removing his coat and draping it around

cold at night. You’ll catch a

as ever, and his deep eyes

thought she was hallucinating

Hello, Dorothy!” Karen was still talking

had something to deal with

Why are you

call

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