Vanya's POV
Cliff glanced at me, who was looking their way, and hesitated for a moment.
Then, he took a deep breath and said, "I'm coming over now."
With that, Cliff hung up the phone.
A wave of secret joy surged in my heart, but I didn't dare show it on my face and quickly pretended to continue eating.
I silently prayed he wouldn't notice anything off about me.
Cliff cleared his throat and said, "I have to go out for something."
"Was that Melinda on the phone?" I asked knowingly, already well aware of the situation.
I just wanted to see how he would explain it and was also thinking about how to get him out of the house as quickly as possible.
"Melinda's ankle isn't getting better. I need to take her to the hospital," Cliff said, somewhat uncomfortably adjusting his collar.
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