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.

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

Dorothy! Don’t do anything

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

quickly left the ICU

me

sorry… I was in the ICU, so my

money can solve the problem, it’s not

her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing at the other

like a deity had

out, “Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why

strode towards her, removing his coat and

at night. You’ll catch a

as ever, and his deep eyes were focused

momentarily thought she was hallucinating out of despair.

still talking on the other end.

she had something to

Why are

you call for

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