CHAPTER 187: BIG SURPRISE

DAMIAN "Hello, how are you?" I asked after receiving Marie's call while I was at work. "Hey, it's me," Marie said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Are you okay? You don't sound so good," I asked. Then Marie began to sob loudly, her cry echoing through my phone. "Calm down, Marie, what's going on? Where are you? Why are you crying?" I asked, my fingers tingling against each other. I pressed my ear to my phone to hear Marie well enough. "You need to come to the hospital right now. I'm in pain!!" Marie managed to say, "argh!!," Marie screamed out loudly as she broke into another round of tears. Then suddenly, everywhere went silent. "Marie, are you there?" I asked, but I still received no response. I looked at my phone's screen, discovering that Marie had already answered the call. What could be wrong? From the tone of her voice, I knew she needed urgent attention. But what if it was one of those pranks or tricks to get at me? No! Marie wouldn't do such a thing. But then, I ca