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Ernest's call was ended abruptly. He did not get to ask about the things he did not understand.
He was thoroughly confused.
It should be early morning in the United States at that hour.
Was Lowell not free?
Why was that?
In Ernest's opinion, it would not be inconvenient for him unless he was with a woman. Could Lowell actually be living with a woman?
Did he have a girlfriend? How come he had never heard of it?
Ernest shrugged with suspicion as he looked at everyone else around him. "Something's off, but I just can't wrap my head around it."
"The call was so short, and he was inconvenient to talk," Leah said, "Perhaps he is a little busy. Don't think too much about it."
"It's dawn there. What could he be busy with?" Ernest asked. "Even for Gary to have gone to the United States, something big must have happened. Lowell must know what happened. Why didn't he explain anything to me?"