Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 581

By afternoon, the rain did not seem that it would slop any time soon. The gray clouds had hidden the sun. It was only 2 pm, but it was so dark that one would think that it was nighttime right now.

Larissa woke up from her nap and felt around for the remote control Mrs. Grillin left for her near the edge of the bed, turning on the television with it. The TV screen flashed once before turning dark once more. Almost at the same time, the room lights went out as well.

Mrs. Griffin was so shocked that she leaped up from the bedside chair. “The TV can’t have been struck by lightning, right? She was so startled that her eyes widened a great deal.

Larissa was calmer than she was. “It must just be a regular power outage. Even though the timing was too coincidental.

The room was completely dark. Mrs. Griffin felt for her own slippers before she got out of the chair,

“I ask a nurse.”

A few minutes later, she came back and said. “The nurse said that the lightning struck the electrical pole nearby, and the circuit’s malfunctioning. So we need to wait for the electric company to repair it. She even said that the hospital has a backup generator that will

that

Otherwise one would

not a critical patient that needed all sorts of equipment either. Other

have that much effect on

said. “I sleep

Grittin sat back down on the

could really sleep, the hospital’s backup generator was in motion. The room lights flickered on, piercing through Larissa’s eyelids so much that it hurt her eyes. She turned on the television again, and the screen showed the news channel that she had stopped at and turned off

reported anxiously. “Due to the heavy rain, il is

restored latest before tonight.”

“Who knows how long

pressed her lips together and

show reruns. She picked a local tv show that Mrs. Griffin Iked

as if she were watching a livestream. Whenever she said something, Larissa would just echo her sentiments. Back and forth they went and it somehow added