Mike's voice, filled with anxiety and fatigue, came through the receiver: "Riven? Is that you, sweetheart?!"
"Daddy! It's me!" Riven's voice was somewhat choked up, "We're okay now! The doctor said nothing's wrong with us! Completely safe! It was just a false alarm!"
On the other end of the phone, Riven could hear her father's heavy, relieved breaths.
"That's great..." Mike's voice was extremely hoarse, "That's great... I knew it... I knew you'd be okay..."
Separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, father and daughter shared this post-crisis joy through radio waves.
"Daddy, how's everything over there? Is the boat okay?" Riven asked with concern.
"Don't worry, everything's fine." Mike's voice seemed to have regained some spirit, "The Polaris is as safe as a bank vault."
Riven and Lin Yu'an exchanged a glance; they had already discussed their next plans on the way out of the hospital.
