"What’s happened to Lucas? Why did he—" Isaac’s words were interrupted as Henry’s cell phone suddenly rang, surprising them both.

Isaac narrowed his eyes at Henry. "Who’s calling you? Your father?" He felt tense as he noticed Henry’s shocked expression.

Henry shook his head. "Not my father, but my sister," he said, stunned, while looking at Be’s name on the phone screen.

Henry found it hard to believe that his sister was finally calling him after so many unsessful attempts to reach her. He failed every time he tried to call her because the phone number no longer existed.

"Be called you?" Isaac was surprised.

Henry, wearing the same expression as his Grandpa, nodded, "Y-Yes... Yes... my little sister called me. Why did she suddenly call?" he was utterly dumbfounded now.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up! Pick up. Let’s hear what she wanted to say," Isaac urged Henry. He also wanted to know why Be wished to speak to Henry. Is it rted to Lucas’s disappearance?

After Henry set the speaker on, he picked up the phone call.

"He-Hello...Be, is it you?" Henry asked, slightly doubting that Be had called him.

Henry tensely waited for Be’s voice on the other end, but it never came. He pulled his cell phone away from his ear just to check if the phone line was still connected.

"Is the signal bad here?" Henry said softly, bringing the cell phone back to his ear. "Hello? Little sister, are you there? Is it really Be?" He asked again.

"Yes—" Finally, Be’s voice was heard. "If not me, who else has this number?"

Henry gritted his teeth, holding back his emotions to scold her. He didn’t want to vent his anger on her, not when their grandfather sat across from him.

He knew that his grandfather was more partial to Be than to him. He feared his Grandpa wouldn’t help him talk to Aunty Emma if he expressed anger.

Enduring his anger toward Be seemed to be the only option for him. His smile slowly emerged from the corners of his lips.

Now that he was talking to her, he would try to get her to help him and their father.

Henry also suspected that his mother was currently with her. Almost a month after his mother left, he still couldn’t find where she was now; they were not evenmunicating via phone.

"You finally remember you have a family, Be. Where are you? And why did you suddenly call me?" he asked, trying to maintain a calm expression, but his high pitch betrayed him.

"I heard you wanted to see me," Be said. "Why do you sound offended that I called you now?"

"I’m not offended," Henry hurriedly corrected her. "Yes. Yes, I want to meet you so bad, little sister. But you seem to block my number." He awkwardly smiled before continuing, "Ugh, where are you? Let me go there and see you." He said politely, not wanting his sister to be angry, and block his number again.

Henry maintained his smile, but inwardly, he cursed her a hundred times.

"Is Grandpa with you!?" Be asked calmly, but her words were enough to snap Henry. He almost fell from his seat. How did she know?

Before Henry could answer, Isaac interrupted.

"I’m here, Be," Isaac chirped, surprised to hear that Be was actually looking for him. "How do you know Henry was with me?"

"Grandpa, I tried to call you, but your cell phone is inactive. I just randomly thought to call someone, and my older brother came to mind," Be casually made a random excuse just to annoy Henry.

The truth was, she asked Stefan to trace Henry before she made the call.

Henry remained silent, but his annoyance shed through his gaze.

Isaac couldn’t help butugh, "Alright, tell me, why were you looking for me?"

"Hey, little sister... Why did you call Grandpa? Is everything okay?" Henry asked, pretending to be friendly even though he felt annoyed to learn that his sister actually wanted to talk to Grandpa through his phone. What a weirdo!

"Grandpa, when are youing home?"

"This afternoon," Isaac replied. "Did someone miss me?" he asked, picturing Dax’s adorable expression in his mind.

"Yeah, someone misses you a lot. Okay, Grandpa. I wanted to ask if you could take Henry with you. I need to talk to him." Be asked.

Henry and Isaac were surprised to hear Be’s request.

"You want to talk to me? Where are you? I don’t mind going there alone, especially now," Henry asked happily. This was what he had been waiting for—meeting Be in person.

Be ignored Henry’s question. Instead, she said, "Grandpa, can you?"

Henry began to feel his anger running thin. ’Damn this little girl! How dare she ignore me?’

"Sure, Be, I can. I’ll let you know when we get home," Isaac answered.

"Okay, Grandpa. Thank you. I have to nap now, so I won’t take your time anymore. Bye, see you..." Be ended the call.

Henry was utterly speechless. His little sisterpletely ignored him. He looked at the phone screen, now turned dark again, while clenching his teeth.

"Alright, you go home and pack your stuff, Henry. We will meet at the airport in two hours. You don’t have to worry about your ticket, just don’t bete!" Isaac said and stood from his seat.

Meanwhile, Henry is still in a trance in his seat. He can’t believe what has just happened.

***

Be giggled as she ced her phone on the bedside table before climbing into bed to sleep.

She felt sleepy, and the clean, tidy, warm white bedsheet seemingly invited her to lie down. She decided to set aside Henry’s problem until her brother and grandfather arrivedter.

However, before Be could sleep, her cell phone rang. She felt like scolding whoever was calling her, but her annoyance disappeared when she saw Tristan’s name on the phone screen.

A wide smile appeared on her face as she picked up the call.

"Hi, beauty, how was your day?" Tristan greeted her.

"Exciting! I had lunch with Mom, Aunty Noora, and Dax," Be replied.

"I’m d to hear that. Ah, why haven’t you taken a nap yet?" Tristan asked.

"Uhm, I was about to, but then someone called me," Be chuckled.