Carl said nothing.
His fingers lightly tapped on the armrest of the chair. No one could guess what he was thinking about.
Jayvion thought, 'is this a difficult question?'
'Or I shouldn't ask him this?'
But it seemed he wasn't angry.
As Jayvion thought about it, he suddenly understood something.
Jayvion tentatively said, "You and Jessica..."
But the phone rang and interrupted him.
It was Carl's phone. He lowered his head and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He wanted to hang up, but he finally answered at the thought of something.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Carl?" A middle-aged woman's voice came from the phone.
Carl said, "Yes."
"It's Jessica's teacher..."
Upon hearing Jessica's name, Carl immediately sat up straight and said, "What happened to her?"
Perhaps Carl overreacted. The teacher paused for a moment, "Mr. Carl, don't worry. Jessica is fine. It's just a slight injury. I just thought that you grew up with her. Perhaps you know how to contact her parents..."
"Where is she?" Carl stood up with a cold voice.
"You..."
"Which hospital?" Carl interrupted the teacher.
His tone became stronger, and it sounded unfriendly.
The teacher was experienced. She recalled that Carl had just come to see Jessica yesterday. 'They had dinner together, so they must be friends.' So she told him the address of the hospital.
After Carl heard what he wanted, he hung up the phone.
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