ythm of her heart, as she lost herself in the wilderness of h

ed from the other end of the ca

"Girl, are you crying?

trouble people with her own prob

up. Minutes later, she arrived at Ariel's place. "You can s

--

A call buzzed from her phone. It was Mrs Garre

lapsed!" S

d for support." What happened to Max, where is he!?" Arie

ospital

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tal" The woman resp

le, heading towards Mrs Garrett. "Wh

fine now, but the doc

the doctor's office. He ushered he

" He took off his glasses, w

e okay?" She wiped off her tea

o tell you that your

.what did

tor reiterated. "He needs to be ope

wasn't a dream. Where was she supposed to find

se Max's health will deteriorate."

y best. Can I

you

iped her tears-stricken face, and curled

appened to me,

troking his hair." My ba

rse who was inspectin

rged for now?" Arie

ut he needs to

ry. Some minutes later, Ariel signed fo

sank into the sofa

heck if you can be offered a positio

you s

reason with her. "You never know what

ered on the card. Below it was a telephone number and an e

ry

gonna email

mail, call," A

ked around to pick up her phone. She

s interrupted by a buzz fro

to answer the

aid. His voice was calm, yet intimidating. Minutes l

restaurant," Ariel sai

et, going through the wardrobe. "I wil

in a brown button-down shirt paired with cream pai

later, she arrived at the restaurant. A man whom she instantly r

ng her CV tight to her chest. There was no one aside from

y blue tuxedo said. "Move closer and have your seat," Joh

arrested his fork halfway,

Richmond." S

s get straight to business." He pic

something came up

on the table and slid it across, followe

ent. She shifted her gaze up and locked eyes with him.

d, his eyes remained calm and emotionle

b and not get entangled with a stranger. She skimmed throug

yourself." Her eyes scrolled down the contract to read fur

Johnny

le. "I came here to get a

ly at her expectation.

a detective which made Johnny chuc