At Bridgedale, Wesley tried calling Avery but no one answered. He dialed Jed's number but the result remained the same.

Avery was having her surgery that day and Wesley wanted to know how things were progressing.

Just as he was checking the flights to Ylore and making plans to fly over, Avery finally returned his call.

"I left my phone to charge in the ward." Avery had been discussing the surgery with the doctor and only returned to the ward at that moment.

"Today's your surgery day, right?"

"Yes." Avery was stunned for a moment and immediately explained things to him. "Jed had to leave because of something urgent, so I told the in-house doctors to proceed with the operation."

Wesley was taken aback. "What happened? Why did he leave in such a hurry? He could have returned after the operation, right? When did he leave?"

"He sent me a message at four o'clock this morning, so I'm guessing he left at that time." Avery's mood had calmed down by then.

"Why didn't he do the operation