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Ramlah was reading A Quest For Vengeance on GOODNOVEL by deey_jah when Dr. Muslim's call came through. Since the day Adnan was discharged, they hadn't really spoken with each other. She wondered why he was calling. Perhaps, he dialed her number by mistake. Swiftly clicking on the receive button, she put the phone against her ear.

"Assalamu' alaykum," She greeted, and kept quietly afterward, waiting for him to speak up.

"Wa'alaykum salaam, Ramlah," his husky voice filled Ramlah's ear, sending chills down her spine.

Ramlah puffed out her cheeks before mumbling. "Oh! So he knows I'm the one. Good morning, Doctor!"

"Morning. How have you been?" How's everyone else, especially my little boy, Adnan?"

"We are all fine, Alhamdulillah," She replied, a frown etching her forehead. Did he call to ask her that? "Adnan is doing perfectly alright. His wounds have almost healed up. He runs around and plays too."

"That's good to know," he said. Then silence. No one spoke for about a m