Then Gerald hung up.
Charlotte frowned. What did that mean?
In her memory, he had called her only three times, including this one.
The first call was because of Mia. It was in high school. Mia wanted her to come over and ask Gerald to pick her up. He arrived and said only two words on the phone, "The gate."
Her class overran, so she was a few minutes late. She walked out of school and saw him in the school uniform, looking impatient.
"Can you be slower?"
She didn't say anything and lowered her head like a wronged kid.
"What are you looking at? Let's go. Now!"
He didn't say a word all along the way. It was obvious that he was not willing to come.
The second was in the winter break of her Senior 2. She came back to visit grandpa and ran into Natalie and Olive there. It was a bitterl
