However, I knew that Fred was the only person I could turn to for help now. “Fred, I really have been kidnapped! Please save me!” I almost cried into the phone, my voice incoherent with fear.
.Fred, on the other end of the line, was still nonchalant. “Celeste, you can argue with Theodore all you want, but don’t joke about such things. He’s busy. You should be considerate of him.”
I thought, ‘Considerate? When he was busy riding in a hot-air balloon with Rosalie and when he pushed me into the sea, was I not considerate of him?’
However, I had no time to be angry, so I could only suppress my voice and speak into the phone with a hint of humble plea, “Fred, I really have been kidnapped. You and Theodore don’t have to come. Just send someone over. Whether it’s a hundred million or a few million dollars, it’ll solve the problem, right?”
Fred sighed and answered with a hint of impatience, “Celeste, you weren’t like this before. You can’t play a trick like this to get Theodore’s attention. His company went public recently. He’s been really busy.”
“Went public? He’s with Rosalie! Why doesn’t he just die?” I screamed into the phone, unable to control myself anymore. However, I was greeted by a beeping; Fred had hung up.
