Linden mouthed something to her. Luckily, they were on the same wavelength, and Poppy Vance understood immediately. She quickly tried to salvage the situation. "Oh, uh, Clara, are you talking about tomorrow? Yes, tomorrow is my birthday."
"Is that so?" Clara narrowed her eyes, her voice cold.
She had already heard what Poppy said before and instantly understood this was another one of Seth Quinn's schemes. Poppy and Linden were acting as his willing accomplices.
"Yeah, yeah, of course! Hehe, I was just so excited I even forgot my own birthday," Poppy explained with a nervous laugh.
"Alright, I get it. You can get back to what you were doing. I'm hanging up," Clara said, no longer in the mood to talk. She hung up as soon as she finished speaking.
"Hello? Hello? Clara, let's just talk a little more! Clara?" Poppy called into the phone a few more times before shaking her head helplessly at Linden.
