From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 205

I moment the shrill ring of a phone cut through the silence.

Gerard set down his half–eaten bagel and picked up the call

Whatever was said on the other end, Gerard simply replied “Ainght before hanging up, tuming to George, “Hey man, where’s your

ptop? 1 need to borrow it for a BIOCL,”

Sure thing I grab a for you.”

i a flash, George retumed with his laptop and handed it over to Gerard.

Taking the laptop, Gerard plopped down by the floor to ceiling window, his fingers rapidly dancing across the keyboard.

Keamry, curious as ever, muttered, “What do you reckon Gemid’s up to? All cloak and dagger, isn’t he?”

“Who knows?” Healy shrugged helplessly

It wasn’t unusual for Gerard to be all secretive, they never priced too much into each other’s business.

About ten minutes later, Gerard returned, laptop in one hand and resuming his attack on the doughnut with the other.

The others chatted amongst themselves, careful not to disturb Gerard.

After breakfast, they shouldered their backpacks and headed their separate ways.

Gerard got home, he bumped

you last night? Your grandma mentioned you didn’t come home,” Edna inquired, a tinge of concern in

worrying. Edna” Gerard replied

where curiosity peaks. But try not to stay out all night; it really worries your grandma and me.”

voice chimed in from inside,

and headed inside.

on the couch, looking a bit under the weather, “Where were

at a friend’s place.” replied

“Which friend’s house?”

Gerard stayed silent

that George guy?” Janet pressed.

“Yeah,” Gerard nodded.

so hard that the

startled, and quickly reached for

problem with you having friends, but think

before retorting, “Grandma,

her voice, “He’s not from our world!”

— བ ༀ❁ ན ཎ ཞུ རྩ ཇ ཞེན = ཤ གཽ

with a mortgaged house in

be friends

only attract

surrounded by them, just like Jonah, who never learned to choose

to follow in