It was the weekend in a blink. It was the day of Willow Creek Clinic's hundredth-day celebration.
Dunstan had balloons arranged to form a "100", and had confetti cannons prepared to be blasted as the celebration began.
There was a spread of delicious, bite-sized snacks with antioxidant-rich hibiscus tea free for guests to enjoy.
The situation might be dire, but the people of Willow Creek Clinic were joyfully busy. Many of them had worn new clothes to celebrate. Jamie had even sponsored new uniforms for a few of the aids in the clinic.
Even Kieran, who had just recovered from a major illness, and Selena, who was taking care of him, had come out of the back wing to help out in the clinic within their means.
Kieran had impressive penmanship, so Dunstan had arranged for him to greet and register guests at the registration counter.
Jamie and Raven wore the same royal blue traditional Havarian costumes adorned with pearls as they stood by the door to welcome guests.
However, the people of the clinic had run around busily preparing the celebration for more than an hour for Titan Alley, where the clinic was located, to still be eerily quiet just as the celebration was about to begin. There was no one in sight at all.
"Did we set the timing too early?" Dunstan asked with a grimace. "We shouldn't have set the celebration to begin at 8.00 am. Everyone is probably still asleep."
In reality, the street would already be bustling with life at this time. The saying of everyone still being in bed was unlikely valid, but since it was still quiet all around, they didn't feel too good about it. So, they had to find an excuse to make themselves feel better.
Dunstan and the rest were worried that Yolanda's mood would be affected, so they tried to avoid bringing up the topic of them being boycotted.
On the contrary of their worries, Yolanda was very optimistic.
"It's good that there aren't a lot of people here. I'll treat all of us to tacos after we've blasted the confetti cannons."
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