Shane nodded, “That's good to know.”

Silas left after that. He waited in the car outside the villa for a while until Shane made his way over. After that, they left to inspect the company.

The family of four left the house together after they had their breakfast. They parted ways at the entrance of the villa, where Shane got into Silas' car and left early.

Natalie took her kids and left them with the driver, who was responsible for dropping the kids off. She waited until the driver had left with the kids before she got into her own car and left the Thompson villa.

She had just sat down in front of her computer at work and had just turned on the computer when her phone rang. The poor lady never even had the chance to begin working.

Natalie didn't check the screen of her phone. She picked the call up right away. “This is Natalie.”

“Nat,” said Caitlin on the other end of the line. She sounded terrified, and her voice was thick with tears.

Natalie stiffened and sat up immediately. “Mrs. Rivers? What's wrong?”

“Nat, it's Joyce. S-She...” It sounded as though Caitlin was dealing with something terrifying. She stuttered so much that she couldn't even get a full sentence out of her lips.

Slow down and

too much on the other end of the line, heard what Natalie said. The former knew that she couldn't keep crying like that because she wouldn't be able to say anything under those circumstances. Hence, she took a few deep breaths and

force a bit of sanity back into herself and

Natalie was so shocked that

her desk, causing it to flow all over

be bothered about any of that anymore. She gripped her phone. In a trembling voice, she asked, “Mrs. Rivers, a-are you talking

nodding as her

going dark. Her entire body swayed,

on her desk

did that happen? W-Why would Joyce do that to herself?” asked Natalie. She had turned pale, and

house. My husband and I suddenly remembered that we forgot our wallets, so we went back. That was when we

moment there, she couldn't get herself to calm down. “Is

couldn't bring herself to finish that sentence, but Caitlin knew what she was

asking if Joyce was

returned and found her in time, so we call the emergency line. The ambulance came to take her to the hospital quickly, and

sighed a huge breath of relief when she heard that. “That's good.

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