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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...

sidewalk, he looked back up,

her to leave this

was but a minor episode for Sherilyn, like a small pebble

her priority

much deliberation, Sherilyn thought of someone. She had told

her child, she had

deep breath and called

all these years, she wondered if

a familiar voice answered, "Hello?

heart racing, making her words stumble,

the other

excited, yet in disbelief. "Sherilyn? Is that

one hand gripping the phone, and the other clenched on her knee, she

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weak, "Yeah, it's me."

"Ал."

sounded thrilled. "You reached

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

the bush, she got straight to the

I'll

her outright, "Sure, how much do

grand." Sherilyn threw

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