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CHAPTER 69
~Author's POV~
Troy didn't wait for Pen to respond. He ended the call immediately, tossing the phone onto the bed in frustration.
"Time to call this bitch and make her pay," Troy muttered darkly to the empty room. "Not only am I lying in a hospital bed suffering, but my father is ruined, and our entire livelihood is destroyed because of her. I'm not the only one going down for this."
He snatched the phone back up and dialed Silvie's number. The line rang once before it was abruptly ended, sending him straight to a busy signal.
He called again. Ignored.
He called a third time. Ignored.
Finally, on the fourth relentless attempt, the line finally connected.
"What do you want?" Silvie demanded, her voice dripping with ice and absolute rudeness.
Troy scoffed loudly in disbelief. "You have the nerve to speak to me like that after everything you just did to me?"
