"Oh... I do," Valentina stifled a chuckle. "And rest assured, I'm not judging you. You are doing everything you can to survive and succeed, and that? It's already a great quality on its own."
"Well, thanks for not judging," Avery's somehow excited voice came. "I have to get ready now. Thanks for calling."
"Oh no! I should be thanking you instead, for accepting my apologies. See you later, Av—"
The call disconnected with a beep sound, accompanied by Valentina's hiss as she slammed her hand on the table.
"Proud bitch. She couldn't even say bye and wait for me to hang up first," she said, eyeing the phone. "Well, I won't blame her. I'm the stupid one for going to apologize in the first place."
"You are not the stupid one. We got what we wanted from the call anyways," Brian stated. When she raised her brows in question, he added, "We got to guage her reaction."
