qJust when Francesca was in deep thought while relaxing in her recliner, her phone vibrated once more. It was Layla trying to reach her. In a haste, she answered the call. “Ms. Layla!”

“Are you back in H City already, Francesca?” When Layla was speaking, Anthony's voice could also be heard rather faintly on the other end of the line. “Let me talk to her. Give me the phone—”

Layla bellowed right away, “Zip it.”

“Yes, I just reached,” replied Francesca with a grin. “I'm at the beach. It's so beautiful here...”

“Have you contacted your master? When's your surgery?”

As always, Layla cut straight to the subject.

“Gordon will sort that out for me. I told him the clues, so I suppose he'd find out soon enough.”

once.” Anxious, Layla added, “I've got wind that you-know-who was

“Wasn't he sentenced to life imprisonment? How

“That person's a highly dangerous lunatic. He'll definitely

for words

Are you listening to me?” questioned Layla

not that worried. This is a critical juncture, so you make sure to dismiss any thought of escaping again. Don't fret. Continue your daily activities under their protection. When Dr. Felch arrives, you can then undergo the treatment. Your recuperation comes first.

“Even so, I'm the one responsible

it that way. It was an

rate of success was eighty percent. That means there's still a twenty percent probability

her forehead. A stinging pang of

candy, she wouldn't have been shot. It was all my fault that she got hurt in the first place. I've given her my word to cure her wound, yet I failed in the end. All I could do was watch her breathe her last in front of me. I... That child's so young and adorable. Her

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