Chapter 536

But now, it was rush hour. As soon as she tried to book a ride, the app told her there were over two hundred people ahead of her in line.

Plus, it was the first day of school, and the streets were packed with parents dropping off their kids. Traffic everywhere was a mess.

Seeing this, Charlene stopped in her tracks.

Thorne noticed she wasn't following and turned back. "What's wrong?"

Charlene hesitated. "...Nothing."

In the end, she got into Thorne's car after all.

Once inside, Thorne turned as if to say something to her, but before he could speak, his phone rang.

"Sorry, I need to take this," he said.

"Go ahead," Charlene replied, her tone casual.

The call was clearly international-he spoke entirely in a foreign language.

Goldland soon. He told the person on the other end that he had urgent matters to

call went on for quite a

the car was nearly at

glanced out the window and spoke first. "Could you have the driver pull


He looked at her, but didn't argue, simply told

out. Before closing the door, she offered a polite, "Thank you." Thorne gave a faint

said nothing more, and walked

Elsewhere—

Thorne and Charlene left the school, Jasmine's smartwatch began to

It was Vesta calling.

Seeing the caller ID, Sally called out cheerfully, "Ms.

me," Vesta's voice came through, warm and caring. "Did Minnie make it

"She did, she did!"

up on Jasmine's happy tone. "First day of school, and

brief pause, Vesta finally got to the real reason for her call. "By the way Minnie, did your dad

"He did!"

a little. "I thought since your mom


your dad wouldn't need to come

after dinner last night, when I was getting my things ready to go to my great-grandmother's, Dad suddenly said he wanted to

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