Chapter 1234

Chapter 1234

"But I just can't shake this feeling." Lydia murmured, anxiety gnawing at her.

"Unfortunately, you can't reach Mr. Quincy right now unless you have someone who can get in touch with him," her secretary suggested.

Lydia's eyes lit up. Why hadn't she thought of that? She could call her father!

Without wasting another moment, she dialed her father's number, heart pounding with worry for both Quincy and her dad. As the phone rang, each second felt like an eternity, and she silently prayed that nothing had happened. Finally, the call connected.

"Hello... signal's bad here..." came Mr. Fay's voice, crackling with interference.

The signal was awful, and Lydia's heart leapt back into her throat. Raising her voice, she tried to make herself heard. "Dad, where are you? I saw a video saying there might be an earthquake in Salt City!"

"What? I can't... hear you clearly," Mr. Fay's voice came in and out, making it hard to communicate.

"I said there might be an earthquake where you are! Don't go outside!" Lydia repeated, louder this time.

as the connection cleared up and Lydia thought she could finally communicate, she heard Quincy's panicked voice on the other end, cutting through the static. "Earthquake! Mr. Fay, get

she could process what she had heard, the line went dead with a

limbs trembled uncontrollably.

it. "Miss Lydia, please, try to stay calm. Think

any loud crashing or chaos, which means the earthquake likely wasn't too

escalated to the worst yet. Until she had concrete news, she couldn't let her mind run wild

immediately called her

Upon hearing that there had

just as worried. They both quickly booked flights, preparing

Lydia and her mother finally found out

called out, "Quincy, are you

arriving, she had braced herself for the

overwhelmed by relief and gratitude that both of

wiped her tears away, his

back slightly. Slowly,

dad?" she asked hesitantly, her voice barely a

voice interrupted, "Doctor, is the patient in

Lydia's face went pale.

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