“Why do you think he sounded so urgent?” Karina sneaked a quick look at Derek’s face in the passenger seat beside her and asked inquisitively.

Derek only sighed and shook his head, “Whatever it is, I just hope it’s nothing terrible,”

Having that said, he turned his face outside the road – wondering to himself what could actually be wrong for Matthew to have placed an emergency through him.

He was in his office with Karina when Matthew had called him and pleaded gravely to meet him at his house.

“You still haven’t told me what my parents discussed with you yesterday, Derek?” Karina’s sharp voice penetrated his worried mind...