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.

and advised, “Calm down, Mrs. Rivers. Slow down and

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.

later, Caitlin managed to force a bit of sanity back into herself and said, “Joyce

shocked that she

the cup of coffee on her desk, causing it to flow all over the table. The blueprints sitting on the desk

gripped her phone. In a trembling voice, she

while nodding as her heart

body swayed, and she almost

she reacted quickly enough and managed to put her hand on her desk to support herself. That was the only reason she

asked Natalie.

don't know either,” replied Caitlin between sobs. “Everything was fine this morning. We had breakfast together, and Joyce smiled when she walked me and her dad out of the house. My husband

she couldn't get herself to calm down.

to finish that sentence, but Caitlin knew

former was asking if Joyce was

and shook her head. “No, she's not gone. She survived. We returned and found her in time, so we call the emergency line. The ambulance came to take her to the hospital quickly, and she survived. However, she is

huge breath of relief when she

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