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Chapter 102

Sherilyn frowned. Or what? Got someone else hiding in here?"

Cheapskate." Gilbert chuckled, "I'm breaking my back here for you, and you're gonna get mad over a sip of water?"

Just as Sherilyn opened her mouth to retort, Gilbert's phone rang.

He glanced at the screen, and his expression turned serlous. "Yeah, it's me, go ahead-"

Seemed like business.

"Alright, I'm on my way."

He looked at Sherilyn. "Something's come up, I gotta go."

"Sure." Sherilyn nodded, walking him to the door, "Take care, drive safe."

"Yeah, will do."

Gilbert nodded slightly and turned to leave.

For a moment, he had this odd feeling-it was as though a wife was seeing her husband off to work...

the sidewalk, he looked back up, his

her to leave this

minor episode for Sherilyn, like a small pebble tossed into

her priority was getting

deliberation, Sherilyn thought of someone. She had told herself, even

child, she had

deep

all these years, she wondered if he'd changed his

familiar voice

opened, hér heart racing, making

the

excited, yet in disbelief. "Sherilyn? Is

the phone, and the

1/2

weak, "Yeah, it's me."

"Ал."

sounded thrilled. "You reached out? Sherilyn, you... you need

if you don't need anything. I mean, you can call

the bush, she got straight to the

borrow some money. Is that okay? I'll pay you back. It

man paused, not rejecting her outright, "Sure,

threw out the

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