Chapter 203

Cillian pulled the phone away from his face, squinting at the number he'd dialled. It was indeed Avery's number, so why was a child answering it? He frowned. On the other end, Charlie also frowned. In absence of his mother's voice, he pulled the phone away from his face, wanting to make sure that his mother was still on the line. That's when he saw it. The number did not belong to his mother. Eleven unfamiliar digits stared back at him, making his small doe eyes widened. The very next second, realization dawned on him. He'd picked up a stranger's call. "Uh oh!" He muttered and hurriedly hung up the call, staring wide-eyed at the screen of the phone, then he glanced at the door, then back at the phone. He was going to get spanked. Going to lose a whole month of his gaming console, get suspended from eating ice cream and worse of all, his mother was going to be so mad at him that she might abandon him! His heart picked up its pace, pounding against his chest as his brain laid bare all hi