Chapter 273


    No. No!


    Give her back her mother! Give her back her little brother!


    She desperately tried to shout, but no sound escaped her throat.


    Just then, the sound of a bell rang, pulling her out of the nightmare.


    Serenity slowly opened her eyes, only to hear an aring voice ask her, “Are you awake?”


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    Het ryes, still disoriented by slumber, were greeted with a strikingly handsome face with shimmering


    eyes that shone with indescribable tenderness.


    “Yeah..she answered nkly, still half–asleep. It was as if the world of her dreams and reality


    intermingled with each other, overwhelming her mind.


    “Answer the phone, then,” he said, then held up the phone to her ear.


    Serenity listened vacantly to the phone, then suddenly heard a familiar voice from the other end of the


    line asking her, Serenity? Is that you? Are you awake?”


    The voce jolted her awake, and she instantly came to her senses.


    Lisa!”


    “Yes, it’s me! Where are you right now? Are you staying with Jackson Valor? I called youst night, but


    he answered the phone. I called you again just now, and it was still him picking up the phone.”


    Lisa was on the verge of losing her mind. She never would have thought that Jackson Valor would


    answer her call twice.


    “Did you call mest night too?” Serenity asked.


    “Yeah,” she replied, “but he told me you were already asleep. What in the world is going on, Serenity?


    Are you guys living together? What’s going on between you two?


    A barrage of questions poured out of Lisa’s lips in quick session. Serenity bit her lips and turned to


    Jackson, who was still holding up the phone for her.


    “It’s a long story. I’ll tell you all about it the next time we meet. Anyway.. Why did you call


    “Well,” said Dis?, “it’s about your case. I identally found out just recently that one of the witnesses


    might actually be in San Marco, which isn’t far from Sria at all. I thought we should talk about this.”


    The news startled Serenity for a moment. She then hastily replied, “Great! Then.. Then let’s meet up!


    When will you be free?”


    “How about today after I get off work? Will you be working at the Sanitation Office today? Should I pick


    you ap there after


    work?


    “No, let’s just meet at our usual ce.”


    “Okay”


    After their conversacion ended, Serenity wanted to get up, but when she pressed her palms onto the


    bed to hoist herself up, she was thrown off by the pricking pain in her fingertips.


    “Ah!” she instantly yelped in a muffled voice. Before she knew it, Jackson had slipped his hands under


    her amplts and lifted her up, just as if he was helping a child sit up in bed


    Serenity was a first mildly embarrassest, but the pain in her lingers suddenly reminded her of what had


    happenedst night. Panic quickly took over her expression, and she asko, “Where’s my photo album


    Where did the photo album gu