"Are you alright? Are you alone right now?" Jeremy pestered, feeling worried.

Madeline quickly answered, "Yeah, I'm about to drive back home."

Jeremy was relieved after obtaining her answer. "Alright, then hurry back home. I'll wait for you."

Madeline hung up the call, but she felt that something was off.

'Did something just happen? Why is he so worried about me?'

While she was deep in her thoughts, some news popped up on her phone’s news feed. Before she could even look at the news, Ava called her.

Ava's tone was even more anxious compared to Jeremy’s. "Maddie, is this for real?! Jeremy killed Lana?!"

Madeline felt a wave of shock coursing through her as she stood absent-minded. A moment later, she asked, "Ava, why are you asking such a thing?"

"Haven’t you seen the news on the net? It's spreading like wildfire!" Ava said in an exaggerated manner, "I thought that Lana was imprisoned in F Country. I didn't think she’d be released so soon. Yeah, she's cruel and she deserves to b