Chapter 273

Avery heard his question. She slightly sobered her up.

Did he think that she would spill the truth simply because she had a bit too much to drink?

He had underestimated her.

She had drunk a little too much, but it was only beer and not wine. Beer would not completely make her lose her mind.

She decided to ignore him and go to sleep.

Elliot listened to her breathing and stared at the screen of his phone, reluctant to hang up. She would have never called unless she was drunk.

Avery jolted awake at eight in the morning. It was a nightmare that had woken her. A nightmare about the time when her father had just passed away.

With his death and the company declaring bankruptcy, Avery and her mother had wandered the streets like homeless strays. She had been thirsty and dying for water, but they had not a penny to their name, so they could not buy water.

familiar sight of her bedroom and

came from her

and stared at her phone, thinking, “What‘s going on? Is my phone possessed? Why is Elliot‘s voice coming from it?”

down, ghosts don‘t appear during the daytime.” She took a deep breath to prepare herself, before picking up

herself. He looked forward to

and saw the screen, her face stiffened. The screen showed that she had

tossing her phone away.

phone dazedly. She flushed. She wanted to ask about what had happened, but she could not bring herself to ask. “Avery,

gasped and massaged her temples. “I’m sorry… I didn’t say anything weird

he said, “you did.”

to hurt even more as she tried her best

me happy birthday,” he said calmly, “and then you wished that I would get a

“Huh?”

his way back to the

eight in the morning, and according to the

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