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“Don’t bother, I’m not going to agree to this,” Samuel replied, his tone dead serious.

“There was an accident at your mom’s company’s anniversary party tonight. She got seriously hurt,” Jeffrey said. “She came home and didn’t get any treatment.”

Samuel’s heart clenched. “Wait, weren’t you there?”

“A crystal chandelier fell from the ceiling, but I was too far away to do anything,” Jeffrey said, voice tense.

Samuel fell silent. Normally, he would quickly spot the flaws in the situation. But right now, his mind was filled with images of Rebecca being injured, making it hard for him to think as clearly as usual. “Really?”

Jeffrey nodded seriously. “It is.”

Samuel hung up on Jeffrey and immediately dialed Rebecca’s number. Her phone, left buzzing on the couch, went completely unheard by Rebecca, who was in the shower. But Jeffrey, standing right by the door, caught every single ring.

His hand unconsciously tightened around the phone. He prayed that Rebecca was either in the middle of washing up or blow–drying her hair and hadn’t heard anything.

This time, fate was on his side. The call rang a few times and then cut off. Just then, Samuel’s call popped up on his phone. “Alright, you can come in, but you better not be mean to Mom.”

“Sure, your rules,” Jeffrey replied, keeping a straight face.

“Don’t get handsy with Mom,” Samuel warned, tossing off his blanket and hopping out of bed to pull on his shoes.

“If your mom passes out, how am I supposed to get her to the hospital without touching her?” Jeffrey, sly as ever, shot back. “And who’s gonna take care of her wounds if I can’t even help?”

Samuel froze on the stairs. Jeffrey kept going. “If you keep hesitating and something actually happens to your

mom.”

down the stairs, his little legs thumping with every step. “But once you go in, you have to keep me updated about Mom. Better yet, do a video

“What’s the door code?” After Jeffrey had used a key to get in

told him anyway. He could always change it

up. To make sure he wouldn’t be bothered when

Garden ASAP. Victor tried to call Jeffrey to ask what was

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patching Mom

moment, but with Jeffrey ignoring

anyway.

Samuel, sitting in the back seat, called his dad. He couldn’t believe him.

on the keypad and slipped through the door. He

to listen, she couldn’t detect anything. Just to be safe,

all alone on the couch. Jeffrey sat right beside

door swung open. Rebecca stepped out in her pajamas, totally on guard, clutching a glass

creeping around like a burglar in your own house?”

irritation as she snapped, “What are you doing here?” She couldn’t

the landlord to swap out the old lock for a smart one, all just so Jeffrey couldn’t stroll in with a key whenever he

gave me the code himself,” Jeffrey said, handing over her phone. “Seriously, if you

him warily and took the phone. Sure enough, there was one missed call from Samuel. She dialed Samuel back,

out, filled with

what Jeffrey had told Samuel. “Huh?”

I got worried, so I gave him the code to let him in,”

not hurt at all,” Rebecca said, shooting Jeffrey a look full of annoyance.

where glass shards had cut her. Even

just treat the wound first. I’m coming over

Samuel hung up the phone. To case her

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