Winnie's voice came through the phone. It was trembling and thick with tears.
"Please, Yolanda, you have to help Yvonne! Please, save her!"
Yvonne?
Yolanda froze in her tracks and asked, "What happened? Slow down and tell me everything."
"I just got a call from Yvonne, she didn't sound right. She kept saying she wanted to go home, but when I called her name, she didn't respond. Then the call suddenly cut off. Earlier, I was with her at a bar. I'm scared something's happened to her, so I called you!
"Yolanda, I know you two haven't been on good terms, but Yvonne might be in danger. Aunt Diana and Uncle Harold are out of town, they're not in Riverdale right now. I'm on my way to the bar, but can you come too?"
Winne had no one else to turn to but Yolanda.
"You were at a bar with her earlier?" Yolanda asked, catching on to the important detail in Winnie's explanation.
"Yes, she invited me out to talk. It's her friend's bar, so I thought it'd be safe!"
Her voice trembled with worry. Even if Winnie was usually slow to catch on, she had picked up on something unsettling in the background noise during that strange phone call.
"I left after we said goodbye and went home, but then I got that weird call…" Winnie recapped the events as quickly as she could.
"I've been trying to reach her ever since, but she won't answer. Yolanda, I'm so scared something's happened! Is there anything you can do to help her?"
"Don't panic. Send me the address of the bar," Yolanda said. As she spoke, she grabbed her coat and headed toward the street. She scanned for a cab.
If Winnie was calling to ask for her help, she couldn't just ignore it.
Yvonne was manipulative and self-serving, and any trouble she was in could easily be chalked up to karma.
Even so, Yolanda felt this was something she needed to handle personally, not just for herself but for the original Yolanda.
Once Yolanda realized Yvonne was in danger, she didn't hesitate. She couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
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