Chapter 543
On Thursday.
Sherri Landor wanted to ask Natalie out for a meal at the base again. It was not that the food at the base made her want to go there. After all, she had grown up in a wealthy family. She just liked the feeling of three people and two little guys eating together.
She acted upon her thoughts immediately.
During lunchtime, Sherri sent a message to Natalie, but there was no reply after an hour. It was as if a small stone had been thrown into the lake and there was no reaction at all.
Sherri, who was resting in the consultation room, began to wonder. She muttered to herself, “It shouldn’t be. Natalie should be free at this time. Why isn’t she replying to my message? What happened?”
Sherri had a lot of responsibilities. She had to take responsibility for her brother every day. Other than working hours, she was inseparable from Rose.
Rose Roberts, who was sitting in front of her, petted her belly. This was a habit that she had developed recently. It was as if her belly could grow bigger just by touching it. “Why don’t you call and ask? What if anything bad happened? Wait, no, what am I talking about? It’s definitely nothing. She’s probably a little busy today.”
Sherri was also quite worried. Natalie who had contact with her often had stopped communicating with her now. She started having all kinds of thoughts. She said, “Let me call her.”
As she spoke, she took out her phone and began to make a call. The call went through, but it was hung up. Sherri called a second time, but the call was still cut off.
Sherri looked at the records of hung-up calls one after another in disbelief. Her eyes were widened. “Could Natalie’s phone have been stolen? Why did she keep hanging up on me? If it wasn’t stolen, I suspect that she wants to cut ties with me. This is strange. This is the first time such a situation has happened.”
Sherri fell into deep thought. A series of question marks floated above her head.
Rose shook her head in disapproval. She placed her hands on her stomach and straightened her legs. She tried to make herself more comfortable. “How is that possible? Didn’t you say that your bodyguards were all knocked down by her one by one when they fought before? Any thieves that dared to mess with her definitely had a death wish.”
After listening to Rose’s analysis, Sherri felt that it made sense. If a thief tried to steal Natalie’s phone from her treasure bag, their wrist might have been broken by her. She shrugged her shoulders and indicated that she was very confused.
Half an hour later, Natalie called Sherri back. Tomorrow was Lena’s surgery. She was listening to a few senior doctors discuss tomorrow’s surgery. That was why she hung up on Sherri.
The phone on Sherri’s table vibrated. She grabbed it and swiped the answer button and speaker button. “What are you doing? I was going to call the police if you disappeared for another half an hour.”
Natalie did not plan to bicker with Sherri today. “It’s nothing. I just had something to do. I was discussing a surgery with some doctors. What do you need?”
Sherri was very carefree. Sometimes, she acted faster than her brain could think. She often could not grasp the main point of conversations. However, when it came to serious matters, she would consider it very carefully. For example, when Natalie
hung up on her a couple of times just now, she would start to think about it carefully.
Ker interarding with Matalie for a long time, Sherri could feel what Natalie was
thinking no
1ow she tried to cover it
with words. She felt that her friend was currently not in a good mood. Sherri asked, “What’s the matter?”
“It’s fine. What can happen to me?” Natalie lied. She didn’t want Sherri to worry.
If it was any other day, Natalie would say, “You just want something bad to happen to me, right? Can’t you hope something
nice for me?”
Sherri realized that Natalie was being elusive. She was even more certain that something was not right with Natalie. She repeated, “What’s the matter?”
The two sentences were exactly the same. Natalie obviously knew she couldn’t hide it from Sherri anymore. She said, “Find, there is something wrong. Lena is sick. She needs to have surgery tomorrow. I was just listening to the doctors discussing the surgery.”
Sherri stood up and immediately became irritable. “I knew something was up. How could I not tell when something was up with you? Is it bad?”
After a moment of silence, Natalie’s muffled voice came from the other end of the phone. “Yes, mid-stage stomach cancer.” Rose heard everything through the speaker and gasped. She was extremely nervous. She clasped her hands and raised her chin to signal Sherri to come back to her senses and respond to Natalie.
Sherri was also shocked by this sudden accident and could not react in time. She couldn’t settle on how to react to the news.
She knew too well the importance of Lena to Natalie. She adjusted her breathing to prevent her emotions from affecting her best friend. “Natalie, don’t worry too much. It’s fine. Lena is a good person. She will definitely recover from it. What time will the surgery be tomorrow?”
Natalie didn’t want them to worry, that was why she deliberately didn’t say anything. “It’s tomorrow morning. You don’t have to come here. Trevon and the others will be here. Also, you have to keep an eye on Rose. She is pregnant. I don’t want her to worry.”
Sherri thought to herself, “Too late. She already knew.”
Rose shook her head at Sherri and asked her to lie. Sherri understood and hurriedly agreed. “Got it. I won’t tell Rose. Don’t worry. It’s fine.”
“Okay.”
After a few more words, Sherri hung up. The happy atmosphere inside the office was gone. Both of them had complicated thoughts and were very worried.
Rose spoke first, “What are we going to do tomorrow? We still have work. I kind of want to accompany Natalie. I think Natalie must be very worried and sad now, but she doesn’t show it.”
Sherri thought about it. It was unrealistic to ask for leave. After all, She had just started work. “I’ll call Hackett.”
She picked up her phone and dialed Hackett’s number. “Hackett, will you be busy tomorrow morning at your company?
On the other end of the phone, Hackett was extremely flirty. “What are you talking about? As long as my baby needs me, no matter how busy I am, I will be free for you. Tell me, what you do want?”
Standing in the distance, Rose could feel how flirty Hackett was on the phone. Goosebumps broke out all over her body. She couldn’t bear to stand this conversation. She really couldn’t.
She was wondering if She should ask Edward Landor to check on the surgery tomorrow. She decided that she was going to ask him at night.
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