194 A knock from the past - I

"Hello?"

"Hi."

Joyce frowned. The voice was awfully familiar, and she could pinpoint what it was. But you did not want to. Just to give every bit of possibility, a chance that it could not be the person she thought it was, she asked, " I'm sorry, who is this?"

"It is Mary. I am George's mother, remember? We Met?"

Crap. "Yes, of course I remember. Is something the matter Mary? Is everything alright with George?"

"yes, well not,… It's not. That is why I called. Recently, I mean a few months ago, he met with an accident and he was quite hurt. A kind stranger brought him to the hospital and actually paid for everything, even though he was not responsible for the accident…"

George closed her eyes. She knew exactly what was going on and exactly what happened. The client stranger was no one else, but Charles and thankfully, her brother-in-law had paid for George's bill.