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.

to lend you another 200k, so you’ll have 400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit. 111 reach out to some other friends tomorrow; we’ll definitely

me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t do anything

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

the ICU to

to scare me to death,

was in the ICU, so my

Who said there’s no hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it’s

of her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing at the other end of the long hospital

was like a deity had

ear, Karen was calling out, “Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why can’t I hear

her, removing his coat and draping it around the frail

night. You’ll catch a cold.”

and his deep

was

Hello, Dorothy!” Karen was still

that she had something to

are you here?”

call for me?”

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