Power Leakage

Rudy was about to call Elena, but she called him instead.

He answered the call with a grin on his face, as that would be his first time hearing Elena's voice after they left for school.

"Hey, did you miss me?" he asked.

[Rudy! Where were you?!]

Rudy could feel panic in Elena's voice.

"What happened?"

[I have been trying to call you for an hour! Why was your phone unreachable?!]

"I was in the mountains with Rebecca, and then… well, it was probably a network issue. Is everything alright? Where are you right now?"

[After the school ended, I took Jessica and Lilim to my house, and then I remembered about the dress you had ordered at the store in the mall in the next city. I didn't want to disturb your time with Rebecca, so I thought it would be a good idea to go there and fetch them.

I took Jessica and Elena with me and went to the store, but they were still working on it and said it would take about an hour. I was going to wait there, but Jessica insisted on exploring the mall.