Chapter 282

When Daphne walked in looking as pale as a ghost, everyone in the room knew something was wrong. “What’s the matter? Did something happen?”

“Yeah.”

Daphne nodded, her expression growing more worried. “Sherilyn’s got a nasty case of food poisoning. It looks pretty bad. I’m not sure if the meds will do the trick.”

If the medication doesn’t work, with the storm raging outside, getting her to a hospital would be a nightmare.

“Don’t worry too much, young folks bounce back quick…”

Mrs. Brooks was trying to lighten the mood when her phone rang. She glanced at the screen and couldn’t help but let out a half–laugh, half–sigh.

Sliding to answer, she teased, “My little troublemaker, do you even know what time it is? Should I be calling your mom?”

“Sorry, sorry, my bad.”

On the other end was Derek.

Derek was in Vancouver, calling for afavor from his mom. “Mom, could you check something in the study for me…”

“Can’t help you there.” Mrs. Brooks cut in, “I’m not home. I’m with Ms. Hansen at Ironforge.”

“Oh, gotcha. I’ll call Dad then…”

“Son!”

Just as she was about to hang up, Mrs. Brooks stopped him, “Oh, just to let you know,. Sherilyn’s sick with food poisoning and has really bad stomach cramps. Gilbert should probably be told, right?”

This…

that, Derek figured that little tidbit

Whether he knows or not, he can’t exactly fly to Ironforge, can he? The roads are closed.

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“Hello?”

and Gilbert’s laid–back voice came through, “What’s

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“Well…”

to be upfront, “Sherilyn’s

“You bored or something? You think I don’t know that?”

food poisoning, severe stomach cramps?” Derek pressed,

“What?”

vanished,

said, “My mom’s there to see

meant it was serious!

threw off his covers and jumped out

up, I’ll call Edgar too. Can’t play

ends up winning Sherilyn’s

teeth, “Got it!”

hanging up, Gilbert quickly changed

to come to the Johnson Mansion. Bring your pilot’s

“Understood, Mr. Gilbert.”

Ironforge were closed because of the storm, Gilbert realized driving there was out of the question. Luckily, he and Charles knew

his brother Francis had invested

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