Chapter 224

They finally picked up. She knew that they were going to, but she didn't know when they were finally going to do that. She didn't want to smile, but she couldn't help herself. She had missed them because they were a constant reminder that she needed to work out so they would respect and value her. They saw her face and were surprised and happy to see her. She knew she told them that she was in the hospital, but they didn't know the extent of how she was. She knew how they were thinking.

If she were in their position, too, she was going to feel that way. She wasn't here to look at their faces; she was here to tell them how things were supposed to be. She didn't want them making mistakes because she wasn't around; it wasn't supposed to be like that. Nobody was supposed to feel that she was absent. She told them they should sit down, that she needed to talk to them, and that it was important.

She didn't want them to think that she was joking; she told them to bring the repo