Raeleigh looked at the pair of siblings in front of her for a while. Finally, she settled on reading her book quietly. The doctor examined Raeleigh again that night to make sure that everything was alright before they left.


    After the doctor left, Raeleigh’s gaze flitted to her phone. If she did not return that week, what would happen on the weekend when she was supposed to visit her grandmother?


    Novalie would be worried.


    Raeleigh picked up the phone and made a long-distance call to Novalie. Novalie wouldunderstand if she exined it to her.


    The call connected. Although it was 4 a. m. in Tambend, Novalie had already woken up by that time.Raeleigh knew that she usually went to bed early and got up early too.When Novalie was young, she would go and collect recybles to earn a living. If she got upte, those bottles and cans would be picked up by others.


    Novalie had a habit of getting up early since her youth. It was an unbreakable one whichshe could not change afterwards.


    However,after she woke up, Novalie had broken her habit of going out to collect those recybles.After adopting Raeleigh, she did not collect recybles anymore for Raeleigh’s sake. Children grew up too fast. If, after Raeleigh grew up,people found out that she had a grandmother who picked up recybles for a living,it would not reflect well on her.


    Even though Novalie did not care about the nature of the job, she was obliged to create a good environment forRaeleigh to grow up in. To that end,shewould do as much as she could.


    Novalie was resting with her eyes closed when her phone rang. No one else would call her other than the welfare institution of the districtmittee, andRaeleigh.


    Novalie fumbled to get her phone and answered the call.


    “Grandma.” When Raeleigh talked to Novalie, her voice was child-like, like she was dependant on Novalie. It wasn’t the same asDeanna’s tone towards Zorion, but a softness and weakness within Raeleigh. Zorion never heard Raeleigh speaking that way usually.


    Zorion quietly watched Raeleigh.She was smiling blissfully.


    “Something came up, so I went abroad with my friend.” Raeleigh paused for a moment after saying that. She was waiting for Novalie’s reply.The reply seemed to havee, andRaeleigh uttered a sound of agreement. Then,she continued, “I didn’t want toe at first, but there were some matters that led to this..”


    “Yes,I know. You may not be able to go back this weekend. Please take good care of yourself. Don’t skimp when you want to buy anything; I have living expenses now.”


    Raeleigh was on the phone for a while. Novalie had absolute faith in Raeleigh, and reminded her to look out for herself. After hanging up, Raeleigh was mainly worried about the cost of the long-distance phone call.


    Sure enough, when the call ended, a text message came in.The phone was out of credit.


    Raeleigh held her cellphone. She was d that she had called Novalie.


    Zorion watched asRaeleigh let out a sigh of relief, then returned to being silent.


    Raeleigh put away the phone. Then, Scarlette walked over and asked, “Is the phone out of credit?”


    Scarlette understoodRaeleigh well. Thest time she traveled with Jepherson, she did not top up her phone credit either. Scarlette really could notment much onRaeleigh. All she could say was, she was grateful that Jepherson gave her the phone.


    “I don’t make calls, so we won’t need to worry about the credit yet.I’ll top it up when we get back to Tambend,” Raeleigh replied Scarlette as she sat on the bed. It was dark outside, and Raeleigh did not give a second thought to the matter. However, her phone began ringing in the middle of the night.


    It was midnight, and the phone was going off in the room where everyone was asleep.Moreover, the ringtone was a luby. Anyone would be rattled by it.


    Raeleigh sat up, groped for her phone, and checked it. A notification showed that 500 dors had been credited to her number. Raeleigh held the phone, suspecting that it was Jepherson.


    Then,Raeleigh receivedanother message. It was another 500 dors. Raeleigh’s cellphone kept ringing. Ten minutester, it amounted to 20, 000 dors.


    Sitting up on the bed, Raeleigh crunched the numbers and concluded that it was indeed 20, 000 dors.


    Everyone in the ward woke up due to the noise. Thest one to get up was Deanna. She rubbed her eyes, plopped onto the bed, and kicked her feet around,asking Raeleigh, “Raeleigh, is your phone broken?”


    Raeleigh forced a smile. “No.”


    “Thenwhat happened?” Deanna stood up, trying to get a look. Raeleigh put the phone aside immediately. “Don’t worry, it’s nothing.”


    Scarlette knew what was happening. After all, she was the one who texted Jephersonabout it.Jepherson was really impressive. It was the middle of the night…


    Oh, right. It was daytime where Jepherson was.


    “If it’s nothing, then let’s rest.” Deannay down again and pulled the quiltover herself.Raeleighy down as well, but she could not fall asleep.


    She set the phone to silent mode so that it would not make any sound. However, it kept going off,so Raeleigh had no choice but to check it again.


    Only then did she realize that that some of the money credited to her was from a different number.


    The number was familiar to Raeleigh, but it was not Jepherson’s.


    Afterying down for a while, Raeleigh looked at Zorion, who was on the bed opposite her. He was awake and fiddling with his mobile phone.


    Raeleigh wanted to peek, but by then, Zorion had put it away,id down, and covered himself with the quilt to rest.


    Raeleigh did not fall asleep until the morning. Her phone was set aside.


    Deanna got up, took Raeleigh’s cellphone and asked as she looked at it, “Raeleigh’s cellphone looks so new. Did she just buy it?”


    “It’s been around for years.” Scarlette had just gotten dressed and came out of the washroom.Deanna turned around to look at her, and questioned again, “How did you know that?”


    “I asked her and she told me that.Look at it. The brand isn’t viable anymore. You only think it looks new because she’s frugal and barely uses it.” Scarlette did not hold back with her words.


    As soon as Deanna thought of her own expenses, she immediately looked up at Zorion and softly called out to him, “Zorion.”


    “Yeah.” Zorion also wanted to get dressed. Since the room was unisex. they would need to go to the washroom to get changed.


    Zorion went to change, and Deanna followed him to the door of the bathroom. The door was closed, but not locked.Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org.


    “Zorion, can I go in?” Standing outside the washroom, Deanna queried politely.Since they had been together since they were little and took baths together then, the siblings did not mind being exposed each other.


    However, when they were ten years old, Hannah had ordered that they were not to look at each other when they were undressed, especially if it was Deanna. If they did not properly wear their pajamas and pranced around in their underwear, they would be thrown into the sea to be shark fodder. Deanna had been very sorrowful because of that arrangement. Her sorrow persisted for a week. She even went to ask Rayan about it.


    Rayan did not exin it to her. He merely told her that it was a matter of courtesy. Even her parents would do the same thing.


    Later on, after Deanna grew up, she finally understood.


    However, Scarlette thought that it was extremely bizarre. There was a great possibility that this pair of siblings had some unspeakable secrets between them.


    Nheless, Raeleigh saw through it clearly.There was a line that could not be crossed, even between siblings. As the older brother, Zorion would take great care to observe those boundaries.


    “Not yet. I’m changing into my pants, wait a minute.” Zorion’s calm voice sounded as if he was coaxing a child.


    Scarlette stood aside and cast a coquettish nce at Raeleigh, “It would be great if I also had such a brother.”


    It was a pity that Hadrian was mean! She could only envy the rtionship between Zorion and Deanna.