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I answered. I was surprised to see who it was.
Taylor hated me.
“What is it?”
:
There was no answer.
“Taylor, are you there?”
More silence.
I started to get annoyed.
Maybe she wanted to yell at me.
Every time I upset Penelope, she would call
me and yell.
I was about to hang up.
Then she said something, her voice heavy.
“Penelope is dead.”
I laughed. “She’s just mad at me.”
She couldn’t be dead.
She was fine a few days ago.
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“She’s not mad! She’s dead!
“Penelope died of her illness. She was in
pain.”
“How?”
“She was fine.”
“You spend all your time with that starlet.
What do you know?”
“Penelope was sick. She couldn’t sleep. She
was in so much pain! Did you know that?”
“She told you! She told you! But you didn’t
believe her!”
I almost fell. My hands shook.
Г
I had never believed her.
I thought she was trying to get my attention.
I didn’t want to give in.
“When did it happen?”
“This morning.”
She cried. “She was at the Sinclair mansion,
alone.”
I fell to the floor.
The assistant and the guards ran to help me.
“Don’t touch me!”
く
I got up. I stumbled.
I ran to the airport.
I had to get back and bring Penelope home.
