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Not wishing to appear too weak in front of Harry Hall, she mustered up her spirits, raising her voice slightly as she said:
"Mr. Hall, is there something you need?"
The distant, nearly indifferent tone caused Harry to fall silent for a few seconds before he finally spoke slowly:
"I heard you were hospitalized."
Helen Melendy's expression turned stern, and then she said indifferently, "Yes, acute enteritis. Do you have anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
As she was about to press the red button, she heard Harry's cold voice coming from the other end of the phone, "Helen Melendy, have you no conscience?"
Helen's hand tightened around the phone as she pressed her lips together for a long time before saying, "Yes, it was eaten by a dog."
Having said that, she hung up the phone and took the opportunity to add that number to the blacklist.
