"Lucas, this is Ms. Margaret. I have thought about this for a long time, and I have to tell you something. Answer my call, please."
Lucas pulled over and stared at this message for a long time. He had a strong gut feeling this had to be about Emma.
Just at that moment, his phone suddenly rang again.
Lucas answered it without a second thought, and Ms. Margaret's familiar, tearful voice came through the line. "Lucas, I'm so sorry... If I had waited for you to come back before leaving on the day of the fire, Emma would never have ended up like this..."
She kept crying and repeating that she was sorry, but Lucas caught something off in her words. He asked hesitantly, "What do you mean?"
Ms. Margaret practically raised him. The second she heard his voice break, her own fear vanished. She s
