Tracey looked cold and impassive.
"That's not love. Love won't make a man hideous," Tracey snapped.
"Calm down. Anger is bad for the baby."
"I don't believe you didn't feel Vaughn's love at all. He's been so thoughtful to you."
"I'm an engaged woman! How could I know his feelings?" Tracey retorted.
"I know you're not bad. Please let me go." Tears welled up in Tracey's eyes.
"My fiance is waiting for me. My grandma will collapse if I die."
"I'm sorry. Vaughn is strong-headed. No one can change his mind."
"At least allow me to make a call." Her emotions careened from anger to poignancy.
"I beg you. One call."
"I'm so sorry for all this but Vaughn knows only after your fiance is convinced of your death can he forget you."
"Just let it be, would you?"Amiyah sounded woebegone.
"Why are you so cruel," Tracey mused.
"Sorry." Amiyah sighed helplessly.
Tracey flopped down on her knees. Amiyah was stunned and tried to pull her up. "What are you doing? Get up."
"You don't need to let me go, just let me call my family. There is finally phone service here."
"You have families and friends too. You must understand me."
"Why are you so stubborn? Fine, I'll call Vaughn to ask his opinion." Amiyah called Vaughn and told him what happened while Tracey was still on the cold floor.
"Is she crazy? She's pregnant!" Vaughn sounded distraught.
"She wouldn't get up until you allow her to make a call. It's your decision." Amiyah looked at Tracey with a mixture of pity and sadness.
"Give her the phone. She can't say anything about us or you hang up directly." Vaughn relented.
"I see." Amiyah nodded and then said to Tracey, "He agreed, but you have to promise me not to expose us."
"Yes." Tracey only wanted to tell Adam that she was safe.
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