Chapter 176

The call got through and, within moments, was connected.

“Hello?” said Sunny, his voice barely above a whisper. “Jeremy, I’m doing my homework. What’s up?”

“It’s me,” said Corinne.

“Corinne?” blurted Sunny, his voice raised in surprise.

He quickly cleared his throat and talked proudly, “Corinne, why are you calling me with Jeremy’s phone?”

“Is your sister at home?” she asked.

This baffled Sunny. “Why? Why are you looking for her?”

Corinne knew she should not talk with Sunny about Jeremy’s condition because he was still a child. “Umm… Jeremy needs her badly now. Can you ask if she’s free to come?”

in the country now. It’s probably going to be a while longer before she

sister could never help out Jeremy in time, not when she was out of the country!

“Nothing. Bye!”

evidently displeased Sunny. “Hey, you! Wait, answer my

apple of Jeremy’s eye and let them have an enjoyable night, all

been the case if Sunny’s sister was not out of the country.

again. She thought Sunny had called back, but looking at the screen,

to call Jeremy out of the bathroom to pick up the phone, but the moment she opened her mouth, she remembered the complication Jeremy was in and quickly closed her

she answered the call on Jeremy’s behalf in case it was

and it did not sound like he had

me,” Corinne

it’s you!

the shower right now, and he can’t answer the phone,”

chuckled. “Oh, I

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seconds before realization dawned on her what Zeke meant. Her face blushed. “Wait!

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