Chapter 103 - Familiar Voices (1/2)

Suspicions have a mind of their own. They whisper their tales in a person's mind and like a believer, that person begins to follow the tales of suspicion unknowingly. Then our mind nourishes those suspicions by feeding them with his own conjectures. In the end, those suspicions become the reality for the mind.

Even in sleep, Xu Mey was thinking about Ye Jie and Dr. Zhu Chen. Even if they had a slight juxtapose with their features or manners, Xu Mey's mind wouldn't have been running a marathon faster than Usain Bolt. Due to frustration, Xu Mey couldn't sleep well. She was wide awake at the break of dawn.

Standing before the glass window, her eyes were gazing at the mighty sun that was fighting a battle with the darkness. And eventually, the sun lost the battle not from darkness, instead, from the dark clouds that came to hide it behind them. Her one arm was crossed in front of her chest and the other arm's elbow was using it as a support. While Xu Mey was chewing on the nail of her thumb.

It was an old habit to chew her nails whenever she was frustrated or had plenty to think about. 'I need an answer or I'll definitely lose my mind.' She thought as she felt a splitting headache coming on. Her ankle was stitched with a huge bandage around it and she could feel the pain rising up in her entire leg making it harder for her to stand.

When she couldn't bear the pain anymore, she dropped down at the swivel chair placed right beside the window. She started tapping her fingers at the contemporary glass coffee table beside the chair. While she held one of the cushions in her lap.

'There is only one person who can help me at this time.' She sat straight nodding to herself. She picked up her cellphone and kept chewing her bottom lip not knowing whether to make the call or not.

Finally deciding on taking the bullet, she dialed a number. The bell rang for 5 seconds before she heard a feminine voice from the other side, "Hello!" Xu Mey frowned.

"Sensei?" She asked with doubt.

"Aish!" She heard before a cough was heard and she heard the familiar languid yet alluring voice. "Is it my lucky day or what? My Mey-Ai is calling on her own accord." Xu Mey rolled her eyes. "But my dear disciple forgot that this Sensei doesn't like skeptical students."

Xu Mey was worried about this attitude of her Sensei. 'Can you ever let something slip your mind for a second?' She really wanted to say it but she didn't. It was not the time to bicker.

"Who was the girl?" She asked thinking about the most pleasant voice she had ever heard earlier.

"What girl?" Came the reply, making her scowl.

"The one who answered your phone." She enunciated each word through gritted teeth.

There was silence for a moment at the other end. "That was my girlfriend." The languid voice replied with ease.

"You have a girlfriend, Sensei?" Xu Mey asked with indecision.