Chapter 10

But the voice on the other end wasn’t Everett’s. It was his assistant returning the call.

Dorothy felt a tad bummed, but she still gave it a try. “I’m Dorothy Sanchez. A classmate of Mr. Lopez. Could you please relay a message to him? I’d like him to call me back.”

“Alright, Ms. Sanchez. Is there anything else?”

“No, thank you.”

After hanging up, she suddenly felt a twinge of understanding towards her mother’s desperate leap from the building.

When you’re backed into a comer by all sorts of unexpected events, you really just feel like throwing in the towel.

The hospital was frigid.

By the wee hours, Dorothy jolted awake on the patient’s chair, realizing she had dozed off out of sheer exhaustion.

She checked on her sleeping mother and tucked her in.

Her phone was flooded with messages from Karen.

“Dorothy, don’t worry: I’ve already called my parents. They agreed to lend you another 200k, so you’ll have 400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit. 111 reach out to some other friends tomorrow; we’ll definitely reach our goal.”

me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t

I’m in Eldorria City, and I’m going to my parents’ place to

left the ICU

were about to scare me to death,

I was in the ICU,

Who said there’s no hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it’s

about to respond, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing

was like a deity had descended.

out, “Hello? Dorothy!

his coat and

cold at night. You’ll catch

voice was as icy as ever, and his deep

thought she was hallucinating out

Dorothy!” Karen was still talking on the other end.

told Karen that she had something to deal with

Why are you here?”

call for me?”

moistened her dry lips, instinctively smoothing her hair. “Yes, I did… I needed

it, Dorothy realized she didn’t know what to

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