"What? Is this some sick joke?!" Eric asked angrily as Katerina placed a hand on his shoulder in an attempt to calm him down.
"Eric, we need to wait for Mae to get back." Cedric explained calmly. When she had read the news himself he had already expected the others to be angry and confused. "I am as confused as you are but I would like to hear the details."
"I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for this, dear." Katerina told Eric as she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him.
"Mae is calling." Ian said as he handed Cedric his phone.
"I'll take this call in the bedroom." Cedric said as he nodded at his friends and gestured to Ian to go with him.
The reason why he didn't want to take the call in front of everyone was because of how the Chan siblings were reacting. They weren't as calm and collected as they normally were, and this worried Cedric.
"Mae?" Cedric asked as he answered the call and placed it on loud speaker.
