From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 539

Back in the day, Sherman was a legend behind the wheel-a real king of the track.

No one expected Anthea to actually beat him.

Anthea sipped her dessert soup, her tone light. "Honestly, it was just luck. I barely edged him out by thirty seconds."

Hector swallowed hard, looking between the two of them.

How could they talk about something so terrifying as if it were just another ordinary day?

...

Daniel took Rebecca for a drive in the countryside, hoping the fresh air would lift her spirits. It was late afternoon by the time he brought her home.

At the curb, Rebecca turned to him. "Daniel, would you mind coming upstairs for a cup of tea? I really have to thank you. You've helped me so much today I feel a lot better."

He smiled warmly. "It's nothing. I promised I'd be your friend for life, didn't I?"

Together, they made their way to the Morris family's apartment.

The Morrises were renting the top floor.

no one answered, even after several tries. "Is Mom

your keys?" Daniel

through her purse.

rummaged for a while before finally pulling out the

open, a

She dashed

on her

hurried to open every window and

broth had boiled over, spilling soup across the burners. It wasn't hard to figure out what happened: the soup had boiled over, extinguished the flame, and left the gas

turned

couch, her face ashen and still, not a sign of life. "Mom! Mom!" Rebecca's panic was unmistakable as she dropped to her knees, her voice shaking with tears. "Mom, are you alright? Please say something!"

out her phone and dialed

them shook his head. "I'm

No vital signs.

let out a

The last thing she wanted was for

the doctor, weeping as she dropped to her knees. "No! Please, this can't be! Doctor, I'm

were anything we could do, we'd do it. But there's

accept it, desperate and wild-eyed. "Doctor, I'll do anything! If you bring her back, I'll spend the rest of my life repaying you! Please, I'm

only shook his