CHAPTER 466: INFECTIOUS COUGH

"Pick up, pick up," Lauretta muttered under her breath as she paced around her room in her pajamas. She was getting ready for bed when her thoughts drifted to her brother, Stanley. Despite his mistake that caused their company to crash, she wanted to reconcile with him. She had heard that he was recovering from the burns he got in that fire accident caused by Lillian in his office. Stanley had been too ashamed to come home, afraid of what their older brother Lorenzo and their father Gabriel would do or say. Lauretta felt uneasy thinking about Stanley and decided to call him. After the phone rang several times, a husky, familiar voice finally answered. "Stanley! You finally decided to pick up your calls," Lauretta said, relief and happiness in her voice. Despite everything, she couldn't believe how good it felt to hear from him. "Yeah," Stanley replied, but his voice was emotionless. He sounded bitter and depressed. "I didn't think you'd still reach out to me after everything I've do