'Is he a ghost?' she wondered.
Minutes later, she was lying on her bed and buried under multiple layers of sheets, her phone in hand. Her finger was hovering over the search bar on the screen where she had typed in Avery McCAllum. Even though she had successfully restrained herself from doing that for days now, it was particularly hard this night.
'I just want to know what they are saying about me. If at all there's anyone who suspects that family...' she thought, trying to convince herself it was alright to click on the search button.
However, her deliberations were soon cut short when an email notification dropped in from Leroy James. She clicked it immediately and read through the content, sitting up as she did.
The moment she read to the last line, a video call came through from Jodi which she picked immediately.
"Did you receive the email too?" the both of them asked simultaneously as soon as the call connected, surprising themselves.
