Chapter 162 Mom, should we call the police? Part 2

Betty didn't even glance at the caller ID before answering the phone.

"Hello, may I ask who is speaking?" The line connected, but silence hung heavy on both ends. It was only then that Betty looked down to see the caller ID, which showed an anonymous number.

A flicker of confusion crossed Betty's face. Anonymous calls usually meant something out of the ordinary. Who would call her from a hidden number? Driven by a mix of hope and anxiety, she initiated the conversation.

"Is this Betty?" Finally, a voice emerged from the other end, cutting through the silence of the room. I could hear it clearly through the surveillance.

However, the voice was chillingly cold and eerily familiar, though I couldn't immediately place it.

"I am Betty. May I know who this is?" The confusion wasn't just on my end; Betty too was taken aback to hear a woman's voice, which sounded utterly foreign to her.