The phone in Darlene's hand fell to the floor with a bang sound. She suddenly had a sharp ringing in her ears which made her unable to hear the voice on the other end of the line.
She got up with a pale face and was about to go out when the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside.
Avery rushed over with an uneasy expression. Seeing the look on Darlene's face, he knew that it was already too late.
He had just received news that Nigel had fallen off the building and died. He immediately came upstairs to stop Darlene from answering the phone, but in the end, he was too late.
Darlene walked out in a daze. Avery almost lost the guts to stop her. "Calm down. The police said that the face of the dead was beyond recognition. It might not be your brother. Maybe..."
He reached out to grab Darlene's arm, but Darlene shook his hand off and slapped him in the face.
Avery frowned and caught up with her. He didn't think he deserved this slap.