Sandwiched in the middle of a dilemma, Kevin was definitely feeling the pinch.

"Everett's not picking up his phone." "Then keep calling until he does. Mr. Lopez is holding onto his phone." Dorothy's brows knitted in frustration. "Alright, I got it." She ended the call and switched to texting on Everett's WhatsApp.

[Call me back, or you can forget about seeing me again!] True to form, less than a minute after she hit send, her phone rang with Everett's name flashing on the screen.

Taking the call, Dorothy made her way to the CEO's office door and punched in the code - 0825.

The lock beeped affirmatively.

Sure enough, the office code hadn't changed.

could tell just from the sound! "Yeah," Dorothy didn't bother hiding it, "Aren't you supposed to be at the company?

Everett would never lie

office for you." Everett still didn't disclose

persistent. "No, I'll come to you! Tell me where you are.” "You don't want to know." "I do want to know! Everett,

gate, but I haven't gone up. Don't worry, I didn't disturb your mom." By the time Dorothy drove to

to realize that Kevin had followed Everett due to sensing something was off. Not daring to get too close, he just sat in his car,

out of her car and jogged

at the cemetery's main gate, indeed

orange-red cigarette butts lay at his feet, too many to count, and as she

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