"Arianna, are you listening?" Freya, who was on the other end of the line, asked.

"Yes!" I answered after a pause, "Now that the wedding's over, where are you going for your honeymoon?"

She thought for a moment and said, "Zachary and I talked and we're going to the Maldives. The weather's nice there."

"Alright then, take care of yourselves. I've got to go. Anne is waking up, so I'll need to check on her," I responded after I heard some sounds from the bedroom.

She responded with an "okay".

Then, she ended the call.

Anne woke up and was still a little tired. The little fellow curled herself up in the blanket. When she saw me, she called out to me softly, "Mommy, I am thirsty!"

I poured her some water and rested my hand on her forehead. I was relieved to find that her fever had finally resided.

"Mommy!" Anne called out to me again when she saw how distracted I was as she handed me the

empty cup.

and took the cup

in and asked,

little girl shook her head. "I'm not sleepy anymore. Did Mr. Saunders

said, "Yes,

got out of bed. Although her fever was gone,

stopped, and I looked at the vast expanse of white

did Irvin and Hendrix talk about that caused Hendrix, who was always calm and composed, to

was always emotionally stable and was not easily

hour later, Shirley called. "Arianna,

I could tell that she was anxious.

able to

She was curled up on the sofa, looking fatigued and drowsy. She was probably going to fall asleep again soon. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh

"I can't right now!"

paused briefly then said, "Hendrix bought off more than half of the Granger Group shares and caused the stock market to plummet. Using the rumor about the three of you, he joined forces with other companies to attack Granger Group. I don't get it. Why is he doing

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