Steve said, “I’ll go and receive the guests. Nancy, please give Kylie a call.”
Nancy nodded and took out her phone to call Kylie.
Kathleen cast a sidelong glance at John. “John, go and boil some water. We’re going to serve them Earl Grey tea.”
John was taken aback. “But, Kate, the most expensive tea we have here is Red Hibernia.”
“The mayor loves to drink Earl Grey tea,” Kathleen explained.
“Really? How do you know that?” John asked in surprise.
Kathleen replied quietly, “I have some prior knowledge about this.”
Samuel had told her once, but that was a long time ago.
Nancy gave John a nudge. “Why do you ask so much? Quick, go and boil some water.”
“Oh, okay.” John went off to boil water as told.
Nancy looked at Kathleen. “Kylie isn’t answering her phone. What should we do?”
Kathleen knitted her brows.
She had a bad feeling that Kylie was going to play them out.
Meanwhile, John was done boiling the water and making the tea before bringing them out.
Shortly after, he asked anxiously, “Do you know who else is coming with the mayor?”
“There are eight of them including the mayor. How do we know who they are?” Nancy was still trying to get hold of Kylie on the phone.
John turned to look at Kathleen with a sheepish grin.
Kathleen frowned. “What’s the matter?”
John let out a dramatic sigh. “Out of the eight people, I know two of them very well.”
“That’s not bad. You actually know someone from the mayor’s office,” Kathleen commented.
“They are not from the mayor’s office. One of them is Samuel, and the other is Christopher.” John looked intently at Kathleen.
Kathleen was rendered speechless.
Nancy still could not get through to Kylie’s phone.
It looked like the latter would not be able to make it back in time.
Just then, Steve walked in, looking at Kathleen.
Kathleen quickly went up to him. “We can’t find Kylie. Can you check with the production team? I hope nothing’s gone wrong.”
Steve immediately made a phone call.
Folding her arms, Kathleen took the ingredients laid out on the table. If Kylie did not appear, all her efforts in planning the menu would go to waste.
In reality, the production team had also prepared some ingredients, but they did not include seafood.
As the dishes were best served fresh, Kathleen had already checked out all the nearby supermarkets earlier.
She only included ingredients that could be purchased from these supermarkets in her list.
No one expected Kylie not to return after so long.
However, Kathleen was well aware that Kylie was doing this on purpose to spite her.
Steve also gave Kylie a call.
Surprisingly, the call was connected in an instant.
Nancy’s expression dimmed at that.
Looks like she purposely ignored my call, huh?
“Kylie, where are you?” Steve tried not to sound impatient.
He had asked her to buy the ingredients at the supermarket. It should not take her more than an hour.
However, it had been two hours, and she was still not back.
Steve heard Kylie sobbing uncontrollably at the other end of the line. “Steve, I twisted my ankle. Can you come and pick me up? I can’t walk now.”
“Where are the ingredients?” Steve asked anxiously.
Kylie wailed even louder, “I’m injured, and all you care about are the ingredients!”
Steve was at a loss for words while Nancy snorted.
Kathleen’s brows knitted together as she fell into deep thought.
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