16 - Your time starts now

"Sir, your surrogate has refused to allow me in," Dina's helpless voice espoused through the end of the phone.

Loney frowned, "why?"

"She won't tell me, sir," Dina responded sadly.

"Where is Mabel? Let me talk to her on the phone," Loney's deep rich voice sounded on the phone. He was disturbed and didn't know what to think about Danica's resistance to take the test, even when he already knew the outcome.

"Okay, sir," Dina went to the kitchen and gave the phone to Mabel. Mabel grimaced, outweighed by confusion. She was making breakfast. "Why?"

"Sir wants to speak with you," Dina said. Mabel instantly turned off the gas, wiped her hand with a napkin and took the phone from Dina.

"Master, this is Mabel," she said politely. Even though Loney treated the middle-aged woman as a mother, she still accorded Loney the respect of an employer.

"What is wrong with Danica?"

Mabel was confused. She hadn't seen Danica yet because she perceived she would still be sleeping, "I don't know sir, le