"Really?" Harold looked quite surprised. His lips twitched as if he wanted to laugh but held back.
"Why don't we celebrate tonight? Let's invite your mother and Yvonne. It's been a while since we've had a family dinner."
"I'm busy tonight." Yolanda threw Harold's earlier excuse to Yvonne back at him. "Besides, didn't you have something else to discuss?"
"Well... yes. A friend of mine is ill, and I was hoping you could take a look..." Harold struggled with the simple request. He did not seem that confident either, as if he was expecting Yolanda to turn him down.
"Sure." Yolanda nodded without hesitation. She agreed readily.
"What?" Harold froze, then asked for confirmation, "You'll do it?"
"Yes." Yolanda placed money for her lemon water under the glass and stood up. "Pick me up at Willow Creek Clinic tomorrow morning."
Originally, Yolanda had not planned to help Harold, but Yvonne's call changed her mind. Though Yolanda was not sure what methods Yvonne had used to secure tenth place in the Southdale Physics Competition, sharing classes with her would surely bring more schemes and tricks.
Besides, Yvonne always prioritized Harold's approval. Her expression would surely be priceless when she found out that Harold had secretly asked for Yolanda's help. For someone as greedy as Yvonne, what could be more painful than watching Harold begin to trust and rely on Yolanda instead?
This was just the first step in "repaying" Yvonne's act of sisterly love, and Yolanda was already looking forward to her reaction.
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