Year Five The Perfect Goodbye Plan novel Chapter 296

Bzzz—

The phone on the table vibrated, cutting through their conversation. Jewel glanced over, startled, her senses prickling.

If memory served her right, ever since she’d returned to the city and set up her new phone, she’d only been in contact with Silvia and Vianne.

So now…

Could it be Silvia?

That thought sent her scrambling for the phone, but the number on the screen was completely unfamiliar.

She frowned, puzzled, and couldn’t help but mutter, “Is nothing private anymore? I just got this number, and already someone’s gotten ahold of it to make spam calls.”

“Pick it up,” Vianne suggested.

Given that the number was brand new, there shouldn’t be any spam calls—unless, of course, someone had gone out of their way to reach Jewel specifically.

But who would be so concerned about her, after all these years away from the city?

Under her daughter’s steady gaze, Jewel finally pressed the answer button.

A man’s voice came through, crisp and polite: “Is this Ms. Jewel?”

“That’s me. And you are?” Jewel was already convinced it was a scam call—how else would a stranger know her name so precisely?

“Mr. Parsons would like to invite you to lunch today at Neon Gastronomy. Would noon work for you?”

Neon Gastronomy?

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