Inside a small house in the city center, Mrs. Flores stared blankly at the phone as the dial tone
repeated itself.
Seconds later, she finally furrowed her brow in realization.
Yannie must have gotten in trouble–she and Thomas had probably run into some danger at Howard
Mansion, and she was calling for help!
At the thought of this, Mrs. Flores let out an exhale and dialed Luna‘s number.
At this moment, Luna and Rachel were busy coaxing Gwen to eat.
Gwen had already gone a day without eating anything , and if this persisted, she would eventually wind
up with stomach problems.
“Do you guys think... I should give up?” Gwen said, her voice shaking as she nibbled at her hamburger.
“If Steven doesn‘t want to have anything to do with me...
“Every time I think of the fact that his body belongs to Luke, I can‘t help wanting to give up. Even if
we‘re not together and he no longer remembers me, I think I can live with that. As long as he‘s still
alive, I‘ll be content.
“Perhaps forgetting everything about me isn‘t a bad thing to him at all, is it?
“I can still pretend that Luke is still alive and pretend that he‘s a version of Luke who lost all his
memories of me...” Gwen murmured as tears slid down her cheeks.
After all, she had initially planned to leave Luke so that he would forget her and be able to start his new
life afresh.
Even though things did not turn out the exact way she wanted them to, it was still a similar situation.
“Gwen.” Luna pursed her lips, suddenly unsure of how to console her best friend. Just as she
contemplated this, however, Mrs. Flores‘ call came.
Luna furrowed her brow as she took out her phone and glanced at the caller ID.
Why was Mrs. Flores calling at such a time?
Luna took a few steps back and went out onto the balcony. She picked up the phone and dubiously
spoke,” Mrs. Flores?”
“Yes, it‘s me,” Mrs. Flores‘ shaking voice rang out. “Ms. Luna, can you help Yannie and Mr. Howard? I
think – they‘re in danger!”
Luna frowned when she heard this. “Mrs. Flores, please calm down first, and tell me what happened to
them.”
Had Yannie and Thomas not gone out together? How could they have gotten in danger?
Mrs. Flores sighed and relayed everything that she had heard through the phone to Luna. “Ms. Luna,
Yannie has always been a good child, and she‘d never come to me for help unless it‘s something she
has no solution to!
“She knows full well that I‘m all alone here in Saigon City and that I won‘t have any way of helping
her...so I had no choice but to call you...”
“Mrs. Flores.” Luna let out an exhale when she heard this. “Don‘t worry; I‘ll do my best to help Yannie.
Please don‘t overthink this. I‘m going to tell Joshua right now, and we‘ll leave immediately for Howard
Mansion. I‘ll be back with good news!”
Then, she hung up and immediately called Joshua.
Joshua picked up after the first ring. “What‘s wrong?”
Luna pursed her lips and gave him a brief description of what had happened. “Are we going to Howard
Mansion now?”
“I‘m already on the way.” Joshua furrowed his brow as he explained, “When Thomas first arrived at
Howard Mansion, he texted me saying that if I don‘t receive a call from him in half an hour, it means
something bad has happened, and I‘m supposed to go rescue him. “Lucas and I are already on our
way to Howard Mansion.“
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