Chapter 1454: Chapter 1454: Where Have You Been?
Hearing the sound, Belinda Howard stopped in her tracks, glanced at the towel in Uncle’s hand, and finally took it, “Thank you.”
Her current appearance was indeed miserable, wet all over from head to toe.
If she went back like this, Brother Luke and the others would definitely ask her what happened, wouldn’t they?
But she didn’t carry money with her now, nor could she change into a set of clean clothes. If she went ho, it would be strange if her parents weren’t scared to death by her state.
After thinking it over, Belinda Howard still felt it was better to return to her apartnt.
After drying her hair a bit, Belinda Howard returned the towel to Security Uncle, saying again, “Thank you.”
After leaving the campus, although it was only about a ten-minute distance from the school to her apartnt, Belinda Howard still had not gone back.
She turned on her cell phone, and as soon as it got signal, it started ringing non-stop!
Upon closer inspection, she realized there were several missed calls – from Sister Briana, as well as from the ho landline number and Father’s mobile number.
Belinda Howard was montarily stunned, wondering how to return the calls when her cell phone rang again at this mont.
It was from ho!
She quickly picked up the phone, trying to sound as calm as possible, “Hello?”
“Belinda? Where are you? Why aren’t you answering your phone? Why has it been turned off?” As soon as the call connected, Camila’s very worried voice ca through.
She had made no less than ten calls, which had all gone to the turned-off cell phone. She had not been able to reach her daughter and was already thinking of calling the police!
Hearing her mother’s concerned tone, Belinda Howard felt a pang in her heart, and her eyes started to feel hot.
But she knew very well that if she started crying, it would definitely raise her mother’s suspicions.
“Mother, I…”
“Where are you now? Tell quickly; Brother Anthony said you didn’t return to the apartnt, you scared to death!”
“I, I’m at a classmate’s house. She asked to help her with so tutoring after school, so I ca here, I forgot to tell Brother Anthony and the others…” Belinda Howard made up an excuse, just to avoid worrying her mother.
On the phone, Camila paused. Was her daughter telling the truth?
“At a classmate’s house? Then why didn’t you answer Brother Anthony’s calls?” Camila Walker asked, surprised.
Belinda Howard was taken aback. She didn’t an to ignore the call on purpose. It was that when she wanted to answer it, Nathalie Juan snatched the phone away from her and she ended up turning it off.
But how could she be honest about this to her mother? Of course, she could only find another excuse.
“No, it’s because my cell phone ran out of battery. Just as Brother Anthony was calling, I was about to answer when the cell phone turned off. I just charged it for a bit and turned it on right now,” Belinda Howard said, and to make her mother believe, she forced a coquettish smile and pleaded.
Listening to her explanation, Camila, at this mont, finally put her mind at rest and naturally didn’t think too much of it.
If it was a visit to a classmate’s house, coupled with the cell phone being out of battery, then it made sense.
“What about now? Have you finished tutoring your classmate? Did you eat dinner?” Camila Walker asked again.
She knew that her daughter’s grades had always been excellent, and it was only natural for classmates to ask her for tutoring help.
Belinda Howard lifted her gaze, glanced at the neon lights crisscrossing on the Main Street, and eventually smiled, “I’ve eaten, and I’ve finished tutoring too, now getting ready to go ho; I’m on the way.”
“On the way? Did you bring an umbrella?” Camila’s tone beca worried again, she glanced outside the window, where heavy rain might soon fall.
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