But after the phone rang for a long time, it was finally answered, and Angela's voice came through.
"Gloria, now everyone is shipping me and Eddie.
"You're calling him now? Aren't you worried I'll tell everyone that you covet him and want to take him away from me?"
She thought I wanted Eddie to come home.
But I just wanted to save Ruth.
After a pause of a few seconds, I said to her as calmly as possible.
"Angela, my daughter is sick. Give the phone to Eddie now. Tell his men to let me go!"
"Go?" Angela sneered. "Gloria, if you were willing to leave, you wouldn't have stayed at the Ford family for seven years.
"I know exactly what you're thinking. This is your way of keeping Eddie around!"
She was about to hang up.
I could only stop her and beg, "Angela, please believe me. I really didn't mean to ... disturb you!
"I just want to save my daughter. She's sick..."
Angela hung up the phone before I finished speaking.
Before hanging up the phone, she grinned.
"Gloria, she's sick, not dead. What's the use of pretending to be pitiful by using her as an excuse?
"Besides, even if she dies, Eddie won't leave me. We're going to do role-play tonight. I'll be the teacher, and he'll be my student."