Ashandra Knightson called next. Like the others before her, she wished for Iris' grandmother-in-law to get well soon.
"I had been looking forward to you coming to the academy after so long and hanging out together with our other friends, but such an unfortunate thing just had to happen," Ashandra said with a sigh. "I don't know what's going on with us lately. First, something happened in Paris that prompted me to end my art exhibition ahead of schedule. And now, something also happened to your family member needing you to leave Munich and rush back to China."
Iris also sighed. Now that Ashandra mentioned it, Iris realized that her friend was right.
"It should just be a coincidence," Iris said.
"Should be," Ashandra echoed.
Iris didn't believe that they were having bad luck. There were so many good, exciting things that happened to her and her family and friends. Perhaps this so-called bad luck was simply an unfortunate coincidence.
