Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 54 Two Possibilities

I binge-watched dramas till the wee hours of dawn at home since I had nothing better to do. Consequently, I never got up before ten in the morning.

I was rudely woken up by the ringing of my phone one night.

Fumbling for the offensive device on my bedside table, it took a while for me to crack my eyes open and look at the caller ID.

Louis Zanetti, you little asshole! Why are you calling me at such an ungodly hour?

Accepting the call, I immediately bellowed into the receiver, “Dude, what’s wrong with you? Why are you calling me in the middle of the night? If you can’t fall asleep, don’t drag others down with you!”

There was silence on the other end of the call. It lasted for so long that I had to check my phone to see if the line was still connected.

I raged at his seemingly senseless prank.

“Louis Zanetti, you-”

“Hello ma’am, am I speaking to Liliana Zanetti?”

My brain screeched to a halt at the voice that greeted me. Pulling my phone away from my ear, I confirmed that the number was indeed Louis’, despite the stranger who had just spoken to me.

The stranger continued asking about my identity. Confused, I inquired, “This is Liliana Zanetti speaking. Who are you, and where is my brother?”

I got an explanation immediately. “Ms. Zanetti, your brother’s run into some trouble. Could you make your way down to the station? I’m referring to the police station, by the way. It’s the one near your brother’s school.”

My sleepiness was gone once I heard about the police station. I sat up in a rush.

Having been detained in one myself not too long ago, I knew firsthand how devastating it felt.

How did Louis get himself stuck in the police station? He’s been a straight-A student since young, and his track record is squeaky-clean.

he had fallen for a scam. They’re getting

please?” I had to figure this

the other end was hesitating. Eventually, she agreed to my

other end of the line fueled my

the police station? What

Mom and Dad know, please.” His request made my heart

the person who had spoken to me earlier had come

“Ms. Zanetti, please hurry.”

with no other choice, I could only agree to go

hung up and hopped off the bed, getting dressed and packing as fast as

Louis did not want to worry my parents, and

into a tizzy before

coffee table,

brother was a university student at the Jadeborough Institute of Science and Technology. To get to Jadeborough

Jadeborough once I arrived

touched down two hours later and took a cab to the Jadeborough

my brother’s university, so I had

had to ask several locals before

a Louis Zanetti here? I’m his sister,” I asked a young woman clad in

mouse rapidly like she was checking

later, she said, “Yes, he came in yesterday, right? You

and walked in the

a set of office doors and pushed them open. Two policemen were sitting in the office. Confused about

up once I finished my question. He approached me and said, “Ms. Zanetti, we’ve been expecting you for

his voice as

I was dying to meet Louis, and I felt

brought me to a room and

opened the door, I saw Louis slumped in a chair. The lights

lights were meant to