Sandwiched in the middle of a dilemma, Kevin was definitely feeling the pinch.

"Everett's not picking up his phone." "Then keep calling until he does. Mr. Lopez is holding onto his phone." Dorothy's brows knitted in frustration. "Alright, I got it." She ended the call and switched to texting on Everett's WhatsApp.

[Call me back, or you can forget about seeing me again!] True to form, less than a minute after she hit send, her phone rang with Everett's name flashing on the screen.

Taking the call, Dorothy made her way to the CEO's office door and punched in the code - 0825.

The lock beeped affirmatively.

Sure enough, the office code hadn't changed.

voice came through. "You're in my office?" He could tell just from the sound! "Yeah," Dorothy didn't bother hiding it, "Aren't you supposed to be at the company? And making Kevin keep secrets from me, what's that about?" "You care?" "Don't give me that!" Dorothy

Everett would

the office for you." Everett still didn't

Dorothy was persistent. "No, I'll come to you! Tell me where you are.” "You don't want to know." "I do want to know! Everett, you better think carefully before you speak to me!" The line went silent, and after a few seconds, he

"I'm at the cemetery gate, but I haven't gone up. Don't worry, I didn't disturb your mom." By the time Dorothy drove to the cemetery, dusk was already

together, only to realize that Kevin had followed Everett due to sensing something was off. Not

got out of her car and

stood straight at the cemetery's

to count, and as she approached, the unmistakable smell

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