THREAD TWENTY-NINE: SICK

THREE DAYS later, Meredith doesn’t see Randall coming to school. She texted him numerous times, but he never responded to her texts or phone calls. He had missed many of their lessons, so she decided to pay him and Don Warrick a visit in the mansion. She was waiting at the bus stop when Randall called.

“Hello! What happened to you? You haven't shown up to school in three days!” she asked.

She heard him cough on the other line.

“A-are you sick?” she asked worriedly.

“My body temperature is thirty-eight point three,” he replied.

Her eyes widened. “Hey! Are you completely insane? Your fever is extremely high! Are you still in the mansion? I’m on my way there.”

“No! I’m in my condo. I don’t want Granpa to get infected so please, come see me right away. I’ll just send you the address.”

“Okay.” And she cut the line.

Five seconds later she received a message from him. The bus arrived on time so she was able to travel immediately. When she got down in front of her condo building, she went