“My phone was sitting right beside my bed all week long,” Martha stated coldly.

Valerie kept her tone calm and polite, but her posture remained rigid.

“We had very little time to prepare everything because Christopher’s passing was so sudden.”

“Tell me what happened to him,” Martha demanded.

“I explained the situation in the text message I sent you,” Valerie answered.

“You sent me one short text from his personal phone claiming he suffered a fall at a construction site,” Martha pointed out.

“He sustained fatal internal injuries from that height,” Valerie added quickly.