Fragile Trust

However, Betty seemed to be determined not to let her see Nikki, so Ann waited outside persistently.

It was early in the morning, and Ann was still squatting beside the door, with her mind somewhat clouded.

Her phone started ringing. Ann answered the phone immediately at the sight of Karl's number.

"Karl..."

Karl questioned, "Why are you still out? Are you at Phillip's place tonight? Ah, I see. You really have two faces. You told me that you were innocent and then you ran to see another man at once!"

Ann felt increasingly downhearted at the sound of Karl's insult.

But for Nikki's sake, she still tried to cheer up to explain.

"Karl, I'm at your mum's place. I want to see Nikki. Let's talk about these face to face, okay?"

Karl seemed to be drunk and did not hear Ann's words.

"Tell me. How did you hook up with Phillip? Or have you been fooling me around all these years?"