But the voice on the other end wasn't Everett's. It was his assistant returning the call.

Dorothy felt a tad bummed, but she still gave it a try. “I'm Dorothy Sanchez. A classmate of Mr. Lopez. Could you please relay a message to him? I'd like him to call me back.”

“Alright, Ms. Sanchez. Is there anything else?”

“No, thank you.”

After hanging up, she suddenly felt a twinge of understanding towards her mother’s desperate leap from the building.

When you're backed into a corner by all sorts of unexpected events, you really just feel like throwing in the towel.

...

The hospital was frigid.

By the wee hours, Dorothy jolted awake on the patient's chair, realizing she had dozed off out of sheer exhaustion.

She checked on her sleeping mother and tucked her in.

Her phone was flooded with messages from Karen.

you another 200k, so you'll have 400k. We'll piece it together bit

Reply, Dorothy! Don't do

City, and I'm going to

the ICU

were about to scare me

in the ICU, so my phone was

no hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it's not a

she spotted a tall figure appearing

like a deity

was calling out, “Hello? Dorothy!

towards her, removing his coat and

night. You'll

and his deep eyes were focused

thought she was hallucinating out

Dorothy!” Karen was

told Karen that she had something

Why are

you call for

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