Monica seemed regrettable when she replied, “It’s quite bad timing, then. Are you guys there now? I’m not home at the moment.”

Rose paused for a moment before she replied, “I see. Then we–”

She was about to say, ‘we will visit you another time,’ but Linda cut her off.

“Mrs. Wickam, I’m Linda.”

As the call was put on speaker, it was not weird for Linda to interject.

“Oh, hey there, Linda,” Monica replied kindly, without any hint that something was wrong. “Unfortunately, I’m not home. What brought you guys here today? Perhaps you can visit again.”

Linda’s expression changed upon hearing that. Initially, she wanted to tell her they could wait for her to return.

But…

She has already made her intentions clear that she wants us to leave. What else can we do?

Linda shot a panicked look at Rose, asking her to think of an idea.

breath before saying, “I see. Well, I guess we have

Let’s meet

was polite, they could feel the thick rejection in

“Alright,” Rose replied.

Mrs. Wickam.” Linda tried to

a

after that, Linda grabbed Rose’s hand.

darkened, and

now, she was not

“But–”

as soon as she said the word, Rose immediately looked at her

Do you want to barge into her home to wait

she spluttered, not knowing how

it didn’t change the fact that she felt

“Let’s go home.”

that, they went

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