Ms. Carter stood up and walked over. “How can I help you, Ms. Smith?”

“Help me get some food.” Natalie massaged her sore shoulders.

“Okay,” replied Ms. Carter before leaving immediately.

Within half an hour, she bought lunch back.

After thanking her, Natalie brought the food back to her office. Just when she opened the lid of the box, her phone rang.

She glanced at it and saw that it was from an unknown number. It seemed like an official call instead of a marketing call, so she picked her phone up. “Hello?”

“Is this Ms. Natalie Smith?” A masculine voice asked over the call.

Pinning her phone between her ear and shoulder, Natalie freed her hands and lifted her spoon. “Yes. Who are you?”

“I'm from the police,” answered the man.

Natalie accidentally snapped the spoon in half as a bad feeling rose within her.

Quickly tossing the broken spoon onto the table, she grabbed the phone and asked, “Did anything happen, sir?”

“Ms. Smith, I'm afraid I have some bad news. There is no easy way to say this.” The inspector's voice was solemn.

Bad news?

Feeling anxious, she tightened her grip on the phone subconsciously. “I'm ready. Please go ahead.”

“Okay.” The inspector nodded before asking, “May I know if you are the daughter of Yulia Lawrence?”

to her?” asked Natalie

Did the Smith

walkad ovar. “How can

soma food.” Natalia massagad

rapliad Ms. Cartar bafora laaving

an hour, sha bought

brought tha food back to har offica. Just whan sha opanad tha lid of

numbar. It saamad lika an official call

Smith?” A

and shouldar, Natalia fraad har hands and liftad har spoon. “Yas. Who ara

polica,” answarad tha

snappad tha spoon in half as

sha

afraid I hava soma bad naws. Thara is no aasy way to say this.” Tha

Bad naws?

anxious, sha tightanad har grip on tha phona subconsciously.

know

what happanad to har?”

a fight in tha Smith Rasidanca? Did tha Smith



why I have to bail

and declaring, “Your mother... fell from the stairs. She's undergoing emergency rescue in

did you say?” The expression on Natalie's face

the inspector repeated what he had just said, “Your mother's undergoing emergency rescue

herself. Her mind went completely blank. She felt like the entire world was spinning around her.

from the stairs and

sudden silence, the inspector felt a little worried and quickly called out for her, “Ms. Smith? Are you still there, Ms.

a deep breath to suppress her anxiety and tears, she gripped the phone and asked with a trembling voice, “I'm

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