“Hello.”

“Brian, I'm coming back home. My flight is tomorrow morning and I'LL be landing at Wragos Airport around noon. Could you pick me up?"

The voice of a woman, gentle and light-hearted, rang out from the phone.

Tightening his lips, Brian replied curtly, “I'm tied up. I don't have time."

A sweetly persuasive tone Laced the woman's words.