“I’ll go check on Rosalynn.”
He had to help his friend, after all.
Rosalynn walked to the window and answered her phone.
Brian’s pleasant voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Are you having dinner with Hutton and the others?”
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“Why is your phone turned off?”
Her phone was turned off?
Rosalynn was taken aback.
She retrieved her phone from her pocket and examined it.
Her phone’s screen was completely black.
No matter how many times she pressed the button, it remained unresponsive.
“Maybe it ran out of battery.”
It turned out that he had called Sanford because he couldn’t reach her.
Her earlier sense of gloom seemed to dissipate slightly.
“Is everything all right?” Rosalynn asked.
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“I didn’t make it to Hutton’s party today. Please apologize to him for me. I promise to make it up to him
when I’m back,” Brian said.
Rosalynn reassured him.
“Don’t worry, he won’t mind.”
There was a moment of silence on Brian’s end.
Rosalynn clutched the phone tightly, listening to his faint breaths.