After a tiresome day, Karen headed straight to her bedroom to catch some z's.

She wove through a tapestry of bizarre dreams, only to be jostled awake by the persistent knocking of her dad, Derek.

Bleary-eyed, her hand instinctively searched for her phone to check the time, but then it hit her that her phone was busted.

"Karen?" Derek's knocks continued, a steady rhythm against her door.

She quickly ran her fingers through her hair, "Coming, coming!" Swinging the door open, she found Derek with a box in hand, "Karen, someone dropped this off for you. He said your phone got busted by accident, and this is the replacement.” Karen bit her lips. She knew in a heartbeat it was Jeffrey’s doing. And what did he mean by "by accident"? "Is it for you?" Derek asked. Sensing her silence, his voice was tinged with caution.

"Yeah, someone wrecked my phone and mentioned something about a replacement." She took the box without ceremony.

After all, it was indeed Jeffrey's fault, and he wasn’t hurting for cash. But she was.

A new phone would set her back a few hundred bucks.

a heart attack. I thought it was some scam," Derek chuckled; he didn’t give much thought

a few laughs in return before taking the new

she could set up her WhatsApp and the

most expensive model

the film had already been peeled

Her brows knitted in displeasure, but upon booting it up, she realized it was new—her card had already been

her smashed phone with him when he left? That was

flabbergasted at the time,

and began downloading her go-to apps. Before

to be transferred, the

tone was less than

The voice on the other end was

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