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.

that Thorne was supposed to make a trip to Goldland soon. He told the person on the other end

on for

car was nearly at PrimeStar that Thorne finally hung

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


at her, but didn't argue, simply told the driver to stop

Before closing the door, she offered a polite, "Thank

said nothing more,

Elsewhere—

long after Thorne and Charlene left the

It was Vesta calling.

that morning. Seeing the caller ID,

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

"She did, she did!"

up on Jasmine's happy tone. "First day

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

"He did!"

smile faded a little. "I


wouldn't

my things ready to go to my great-grandmother's, Dad suddenly said he wanted to take

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