Cora sighed and didn't say a word. She waited, sensing there was more.
Malisa continued, her tone now more focused, "But something just came up, a formal invitation. It arrived not long after I left the hospital. I was going to decline it immediately, but... the scale of this invitation, the people behind it, the kind of gathering it is... It's something big, ma'am. Really big. And before I respond, I need your approval on whether to accept or decline or accept."
At that moment, as Cora raised her phone back to her ear, her brows were still furrowed. The tone in her voice was sharp yet laced with curiosity when she asked, "Malisa, is it really that important? You just left the hospital. Why would you call me so urgently like this?"
There was a brief pause on the line, but Melissa's voice quickly came through, almost breathless with excitement and urgency. "Yes, Miss Cora. It is extremely important. You have no idea."
