In the morning after waking up, Amanda went downstairs to sit by the pool, occasionally glancing at her phone, debating whether to call Dr. Kent. Unable to shake off her lingering thoughts, she sighed and muttered to herself,
“I hope I'm not bothering him.” Then she immediately dialed Dr. Kent's number. After waiting for a while and seeing that the call wasn't answered, Amanda was about to hang up when...
(Hello?)
“Were you asleep?” Hearing Dr. Kent's sleepy voice, Amanda felt a pang of guilt for disturbing him. But upon realizing it was Amanda calling, Dr. Kent quickly sat up and responded cheerfully,
(No, I'm awake.)
“I hope I didn't disturb you, did I?”
(No, not at all.) Amanda felt quite relieved and then brought up the matter she intended to discuss.
“When should we schedule th
