CHAPTER 34 - The mission

"Come on, Tina, tell me what is going on. You really can't expect me to just leave you alone and pretend as if I can't hear you sob from here." Ashley spoke to Tina gently. She had thought that Tina was a happy and carefree person and couldn't believe that this was happening to her.

"You can't understand," she said with a full-on sob, making Ashley worry more.

"Of course, I might not be able to understand, but I might be able to help. Is there something going on at school, or is it a boy problem? You can't talk to me, and I promise not to judge." Ashley said she was hoping she could get him to talk.

She had come back home from the shopping spree alone because Reg had to go for emergency surgery, and she was the only doctor in town that could perform the surgery.

She was surprised when she got to the kitchen to take water and saw Tina with tears on her face, staring at her phone.

Tina was also shocked to see her there. She had run back to her room and locked herself in her bathroom. As