Chapter 46

• “H-hello? R-Rufus?” I called him with my trembling voice over the phone, tears brimming in my eyes, quivering endlessly with incomprehensible fright running in my veins.
• “Hello? Candice? What happened?” Rufus asked, worried to sense the fear transmitted. “I heard Nicolas was shot, Is he okay?” He asked again, concerned.
• “H-He is fine…” I breathed out, holding my tears back but could as they rolled down my cheek. “Then what happened?” He asked again.