Chapter 9

She thought about what Everett had said to her..

He said he could cover her mom’s medical bills and even find her the best doctor.

Now, this was her only option.

Dorothy started frantically searching for her middle school classmates’ phone numbers like a madwoman. Thankfully, she found one and begged him to add her back to the WhatsApp group. But to her shock, after she left the group, so did Everett.

“Can anyone get in touch with Everett now?”

She quickly sent a message in the group, not caring about the gossip that might follow.

Soon, her classmate Mason replied, “Eh? Wasn’t he in the group before? I saw him just a few days ago. Why did he leave?”

“Isn’t it normal for him to leave? He’s now the CEO of the Lopez Corporation. His life is way different than ours; he’s got nothing to chat about with us common folks.”

“Haha, listen to how sour you sound.”

from the topic,

was racking her brains for another plan, someone in the group mentioned her.

haven’t contacted him for years, though, so I’m not sure if he’s changed his number. I saved it

president. He quickly sent her the number in a private

number like she had found

got was a cold, female voice. “Hello, the number you have dialed is

bucket of cold water splashed on her face, waking her up instantly. She even left the

was she

taking Everett seriously?

someone he loved. Maybe he proposed to her because he had a quarrel with his girlfriend.

could she forget the huge gap between them? Now she couldn’t even see him, and she actually fantasized that after rejecting him, he would still agree to help

put down the phone and went back to the

She didn’t know if she was asleep

whispered to Dorothy, “Have you decided? Are we going

can I pay the money in installments to the hospital?”

was dry. Because she hadn’t eaten or drunk anything all day, her lips were cracked and bleeding. She

messy.

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