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CHAPTER 9

RESPONSIBILITY

Mrs. Anna was enjoying a cup of warm chamomile tea. She sat down and looked at the fashion magazine given by Cassandra. Suddenly her cell phone rang. There was a call from the girl.

"Hello!" Mrs. Anna was bringing the phone closer to her right ear.

"Hello, Anna, this is Cassandra. I want to ask you something" Cassandra said on the phone.

“Yes, what?" Mrs. Anna said.

“I couldn't reach Lexi on the phone since last night, is he at home?" Cassandra asked. Sunday night, she and Lexi were supposed to meet again.

"As usual Lexi is not at home! He's always in his apartment! Maybe he's still sleeping. It might be he turned off the phone" Mrs. Anna answered. She shook his head, lest this time she lost a perfect future daughter-in-law like Cassandra.

"Oh well, I'll try to call him later. Happy weekend, Thank you Anna" Cassandra said. Lexi made her very upset.

The phone call ended.

Mrs Anna took a sip of tea from her glass. Then, she focused back to the phone screen cause
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