Chapter 374


    "Wow, you finally remembered I exist!" Catherine''s voice carried a hint of annoyance.


    "Hey, I''ve been running around like crazy all day. It''s a miracle I can even dial your number. Be grateful,


    will ya?" I retorted with a smug sense of pride before asking, "So, what have you been up to all day?"


    "Sleeping, mostly. Just horsing around with the kids this evening," Catherine drawledzily. "I''m on


    vacation, remember?"


    I snorted, "Sleeping all day, doing facials, too. What''s the matter, getting old?"


    "What do you think? Sleeping is exhausting, you know?" she argued with conviction. "I''m not getting


    any younger. Got to take preventative measures so I don''t age faster than I didst year."


    Her words nearly had me hanging up the phone, ready to call her out, "You sound like you''re freaking


    out over a crisis. What''s going on?"


    "Nonsense!" She snapped back, though I couldn''t see her face.


    "Logan''s heading back to Goldenvale Town tomorrow. You nning on joining him?" I threw out a little


    bait, testing her reaction.


    Sure enough, she gasped, "What? Who said that?"


    "I''m not even done talking. What''s the rush?" I teased, eyeing her mask-covered face as if it were the


    gospel truth. "Didn’t he ask you?"


    "No... He said he''d be staying for a few days!" Catherine sounded utterly suspicious.


    I almost burst outughing but held it in, continuing, "We had dinner together tonight."


    "What?" She eximed again, a mix of shock and irritation in her voice. "He told me he was busy.


    What''s he ying at?"


    Internally I was scoffing at her obvious concern, thinking, ''Well, well, the cat''s out of the bag now, isn''t


    it?''


    "What''s he ying at?" I echoed, feigning ignorance. "Since when do you schedule Logan''s ns?"


    "Drop it," she retorted gruffly. "I couldn''t care less about him. Who is he to me?"


    "Sure, whatever you say," I goaded her. "You im you don''t know the guy, yet you''re all up in his


    schedule? What does it matter to you who he eats with? And another thing, you never take a break, but


    the minute you hear he''s in Silverdale City, you''re back here vacationing like there''s no tomorrow. You


    sure you''re noting down with something? Might need to take you to the hospital tomorrow!"


    At that, Catherine lost her cool. "Aaliyah Wilburn, seems like you''ve forgotten your own troubles the


    moment you''re back on your feet, always picking on me! Are you even making sense? What exactly


    am I being hard about?"


    She ripped off her face mask, no longer pretending, and red at me through the screen with righteous


    indignation.


    "You''ve got no idea what it''s like to be alone, do you? You''re still shaking off yourst fling, and you''ve


    got a line of suitors at your door. Why don''t you talk about that?" she used me outright.


    Her words hit me hard, and I was taken aback. She was genuinely upset now, letting everything out.


    She wasn''t done yet, "I''m practically an antique at this point. It''s bad enough you don''t help, but then


    you have to make your snide remarks. Don''t you dare call me your bestie ever again. After all these


    years of putting up with you, do you think it''s been easy for me?"? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.


    I quickly tried to smooth things over, "Not easy at all!"


    "Save it. If it weren''t for you, would I even know him? He can have dinner with whomever he pleases.


    Indeed, what''s it to me?"


    I couldn''t hold back myughter any longer, and she immediately turned sour, "What''s so funny? Go


    ahead,ugh!"


    "I... he..." She realized she''d let her guard slip and struggled to find an excuse. Co?tent of


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    After my relentless teasing, her defiant spirit seemed to fizzle out, and shey on her bed, tossing and


    turning, sighing in despair.


    Seeing her like this, I realized something wasn''t right. Had I hit a nerve?