Chapter 52

Erica heard the commotion on Yvonne's end. Blanching, she asked in a trembling voice, "Y-You're not Samantha?" Yvonne let out an exasperated but humorless laugh. "I'm Joseph's sister! Don't you check the caller ID before picking up a call?" Erica retorted, "Joe didn't save your number, so how was I supposed to know who's calling? Yvonna fell speechless. She had never been so dumbfounded in her entire life. She snapped impatiently, "I have to go. Tell Joseph that Grandpa has ordered him to come home immediately!" With that, she hung up and walked over to Harold's side. "Grandpa, are you all right?" Harold's chest was heaving, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence. He raised his hand weakly and pointed at Samantha, guilt and pain flashing in his eyes. It was his fault Samantha had to put up with Joseph's nonsense. He never should have set them up in the first place. Harold opened his mouth and poured his strength into each word. "S-Samantha… Why didn't…you tell me…about this?