“You’re right. You’re right,” she said, but it didn’t sound like she was so sure. “Anyway, thank you so much for returning my calls. I didn’t think I’d hear from you again.”

“Yeah . . . I’m sorry,” Lucas said again. “I shouldn’t have taken it out on you.”

“No, no, it’s okay. I know. I understand why you’re mad at me. It was my fault. I should have done a better job. I should have had my tires checked. I should have gotten my brakes checked. I should have given the green light three seconds and not rushed. I should have . . .” She paused, and Lucas thought he could hear a sniffle, but it didn’t sound like she was crying when she continued. “I’m just so sorry, Lucas. It’s all my fault, and . . . Never mind . . . Anyway, I’ll be there in a few minutes. I’m gonna start driving as soon as I put down the phone.”

“Huh?”

“I had to take lunch to get out of work and answer the call, and I work near you, so I’ll be over in a minute with food. Your mom has been nagging me to drop some off for you for a while. She’s always grumbling about how she thinks you’re only eating through that game of yours, but since you wouldn’t answer the phone, I didn’t think you’d even answer the door if I just randomly showed up. Anyway, I’ll be there in a few minutes, so we can talk more then.”

“Wait, why will you be here in a few minutes? I’m . . .”

“Okay. See you in a second,” she said, quickly ending the call before he could say “no.”

Freaking Liu, Lucas grumbled internally. He had forgotten how different the two sisters were. While Yu Hua was supportive, caring, and patient, Liu was always pushy and never read any social cues. Too bad I didn’t reach her voicemail. He suddenly realized that he was still stark naked from having just gotten out of the dive machine. A lot of people would wear bathing suits while using the device for the sake of modesty, but he had never bothered with it since he was just gonna be in an apartment alone. Truth be told, he hadn’t even worn anything in the past two weeks, and most of his clothes were still dirty. Lucas groaned to himself as he went into his bedroom and rifled through his stuff.