The Unsent Appeal Chapter 06
I could only eat whatever was made at home.
If I ever voiced an opinion, my parents would say I was a picky eater and not nearly as easygoing as Allison.
Eventually, I learned to finish every food I disliked and stopped saying what I liked altogether.
Thinking of that, Mom wrapped her arms around herself.
The house was warm, but she had started to tremble.
For the first time, she realized she barely knew me at all.
My apartment address, my office location, my business trips—I had always been the one to volunteer that information.
She had never once asked.
This time, because I’d left without a word, she finally sensed that something was deeply wrong.
“Go to her company.”
Mom stood up abruptly. “She has to go to work.”
The whole family rushed to my office in Boston.
The receptionist refused to disclose employee information and wouldn’t let them past the lobby.
While they were arguing, my photo appeared on one of the large digital screens.
The announcement stated that I had been transferred to the Dublin branch as Deputy Managing Director.
One of the company’s senior executives happened to be coming out of the elevator.
What he said next made Mom brace herself against the reception desk for support.
“Are you Chloe Sinclair’s family?”
The executive looked them over. “She’s never mentioned you at the office.”
He pointed at the screen.
“This appointment was made official.”
“Chloe left last night.”
His mouth kept moving, but the only word Mom heard was *Dublin*.
The Atlantic Ocean lay between Boston and Dublin. She couldn’t just drive over and get me.
She clenched the hem of her coat.
In her eyes, I had always been ordinary, with average grades and no remarkable abilities.
She had never imagined I could be managing a branch of a multinational corporation.
“Are you sure it’s Chloe?” she asked.