"The Lugar family? You mean the Lugar family from Ferrond?"
Yorick replied, "Yes."
On the other end of the phone, Urs denied. "No, I don''t know them. What''s up?"
The heir to the Lugar family? How could she possibly know them? When she was in Ferrond, she had fancied the idea of making their acquaintance. But she never had the chance. Yorick frowned. "You don''t know them?"
"Nope, don''t know them."
"Really?"
"Of course, it''s true. What''s with all the sudden questions?"
The Lugar family. If only she really knew them. In Ferrond, they were practically nobility. Many of the elite there sought alliances with them, a pity she never had the chance. Yorick exined, "My family is nning a major coboration with the Lugar family."
"Oh, is that so? Sorry, can''t help you there."
Hearing Yorick, Urs thought he was enlisting her help.
Yorick sighed, "It''s okay."
Urs couldn''t care less about whom the Quarry family wanted to coborate with, only asking, "Are youing to pick me up tomorrow in person?"
She hoped Yorick woulde himself. After all, Thane''s men were still lurking outside, and she feared they might intercept her.
Yorick felt a pang in his heart as Urs steered the conversation back.
Seeing Yorick fall silent, Urs grew anxious. "What''s wrong?"
Usually, Yorick would respond quickly to anything she said. What was happening now?
Yorick finally spoke, his tone heavier than usual. "Urs, you might not be able to leave the hospital tomorrow."
"What?"
Urs''s face froze. Her breath hitched at the thought of not being discharged. What did it mean?
Was it because of the Larkin family, or Ste?
Urs panicked. "No, Rick, you said I could leave tomorrow. You promised."
He had promised, so why was he now saying she couldn''t? She had even made a bet with Ste, 100,000-dor bet! If she could move to Mist Bay tomorrow as nned, she''d win the money from Ste. Why was it all falling apart now?
Yorick hesitated. "I''m sorry, but the situation at Mist Bay isn''t settled yet."
"Not settled? What do you mean?"
"The owner doesn''t want to sell."
Urs went silent, her mind reeling.
Not selling?
"So, Wave Residence... you never actually bought it, did you?"
Was the promise of letting her recuperate there just empty words?
Urs felt like she was suffocating. She gasped. "So, can I still be discharged?"
Yorick fell silent again.
Could she?
Of course, but...
"Yes, let''s see if your family has a suitable ce for you to recuperate."
Urs couldn''t help but repeat, "My family?"
Did he not own a single suitable ce himself?
Urs couldn''t believe what she was hearing. Yorick had promised to discharge her tomorrow, and now he was saying she could be discharged but had to recuperate on a property owned by the Larkin family? "Urs, let''s not see each other for a few days. Let''s leave it at that."
With that, Yorick hung up the phone, his manner more that of a man fleeing than anything else.
Urs felt a cold chill run through her. For a long time, she couldn''t feel any warmth in her body.
When Cloudia returned, she found her daughter looking lost and despondent. "Urs, what''s the matter? Why aren''t you asleep? It was alreadyte."
Urs looked at Cloudia with a choked voice, "Mom, Rick just said we shouldn''t see each other for a few days."
Cloudia stiffened at the words, then her expression softened with realization. "He did mention that the Quarry family has a big coborationing up. He''s busy."
"No, it''s not just about being busy. He didn''t actually buy Wave Residence."
A week had passed, and in that week, he hadn''t done anything for her?
Hearing that Wave Residence wasn''t actually bought, Cloudia was taken aback. "Not bought? But he said it was. He even talked about changing the curtains to your liking?" Urs fell silent, her thoughts racing.
Yes, wasn''t it supposed to have been bought? And the curtains changed to her liking?
So what was going on?