River's POV
Damn it! I gritted my teeth in anger as my phone call to Lyra for the third time rang off. I wondered why she wasn't picking up her calls. We parted on good terms so she didn't have any excuse to ignore my call.
As I thought of our discussion before parting, I panicked. I wondered if she had fainted and had no one there to help her. The person watching her for me had reported that she had not gone to see a doctor, nor had she left the house the whole day.
I wanted to call her to hear her reason for not visiting a doctor and to be sure she was okay. Besides, I wanted to hear her voice. After calling one more time without her picking up, I called Phil. He helped me call their mum, and she said they were all in the sitting room watching a soap. Why, then, wasn't she picking
