After Hansen and Jenna left, Raeleigh put her luggage aside and went outside to have a look. She first gathered the servants; she wasn't surprised to learn there were dozens of them in Green Jade Garden. She knew full well what kind of family the Richards were; it wouldn't surprise her even if a few hundred servants were in a residency. The individual rooms aside, the garden outside alone already needed a handful of people to manage, so the number of servants present was reasonable. Standing in the courtyard, Raeleigh studied the servants and inquired about their jobs in the residency before she picked a few of them by instinct and assigned the others elsewhere. Then she instructed them to get some rooms ready; one for Xanthus, another for Louisa and Colston, while she would be staying in the room right next to Santiago's. Raeleigh didn't have the intention of making any explanation to anyone. Since she had moved in, the decisions were in her hands. When e
As soon as Jenna sat down, Raeleigh noticed her nervousness. Jenna stared at Louisa as she held her hands tightly as if she was praying for a miracle. "Auntie Jenna, don't worry. Louisa is skilled; she was able to cure Zorion's gastric problem after several acupuncture sessions when none of the doctors could." Raeleigh went to comfort Jenna. Jenna raised her head slowly and said to Raeleigh, "Thank you, Raeleigh. I'm really on the verge of breaking down. The doctors all told me he will never be able to wake up." "Those people were too cruel. How can they do that to him?" Raeleigh sat down, holding Jenna's hand as she said, "Santiago's blessed, Auntie Jenna. We can't give up now. You can rest assured that it will be alright." "Raeleigh, I know he means a lot to you, and I'm grateful for that," Jenna said with teary eyes. Raeleigh said, "This only happened to Santiago because he went looking for me. Otherwise, with his intelligence, he wouldn't have fa
It was the first time Raeleigh learned people would feel pain after their death. "Do you mean Santiago can feel pain?" Raeleigh asked. Xanthus explained, "Yes. More than that, the feeling would be rather intense as well. He has merely fallen into unconsciousness, trying to wake up, but his body isn't allowing him to, so he can only stay like this." "Even in his subconscious mind, his heart would suddenly spasm. We call this a systole spike in the medical field, which can prove that he reacts to pain." "But the pain will have to be extreme for the spasm to happen, and it will do damage to his heart. If poorly executed, he might go into shock." "And if it happens at this time, he will die, for real." Raeleigh's face turned pale. "He will?" "Yes, real death, so I can only take things a step at a time," Louisa explained. Raeleigh stood looking at Santiago, who was sleeping like a child, deep in thought. After a long time, she said, "I understand. Y
Raeleigh immediately had her eyes checked that day. Quite a few people followed her; Xanthus, Jepherson, even Jenna. Those who could go had gone with her. Raeleigh sat in the corner silently. There was never a moment she had been that quiet. Xanthus stood on her left, and Jenna sat on her right while Jepherson sorted everything out. As soon as the doctor came out with Raeleigh's report in his hand, Xanthus got up and walked to the door while Jepherson was already standing next to it. At first, the doctor didn't know how to put it, but he still said, "Mr. Richards, we can't be sure about the examination. It seems that it might be astigmatism." "Astigmatism?" Jepherson turned his gaze at Raeleigh, then back at the doctor and asked, "Nothing else?" "I recommend you do a brain and nerve scan to get a better result." Jepherson said, "Get it ready at once." "No need. Just get me a pair of glasses." Raeleigh said in a calm voice. It was as
Raeleigh was sitting in her quarter's living room in Green Jade Garden. She requested it so that she could monitor the surveillance there. At this moment, everyone was sitting in the living room with her, waiting for her explanation. However, half an hour later, Raeleigh fell asleep on the sofa, her red coat draped on her. When Jepherson went to her, he was suddenly speechless. There were quite a few people in the living room, and all of them had her best interest at heart, but he suddenly thought they were all selfish, and they all wanted to hurt her. She had indeed gone out an entire day, but as for why she didn't tell anyone? They all knew the reason. "Raeleigh is tired; we should let her rest. I'm going back to my room too." Jepherson was the first to walk away; he left just like that, no explanations, nor did he want to talk. Xanthus nudged his sister a couple of times for her to finally wake up on the third. With that, she walked to her bed and tucked hers
Raeleigh walked a distance away from Green Jade Garden to call Callis. It didn't take long before he answered. Knowing he was mute, Raeleigh said, "Let's text." With that, she hung up and began texting Callis as she sat on a bench outside of Green Jade Garden. Raeleigh said, "I went to the hospital a couple of days ago for a pregnancy check-up and met a pregnant lady who was about my age. I talked to her for a bit." "How's your baby?" Callis asked. She smiled at his question and replied, "The baby's doing very well." Raeleigh then continued to chat with Callis. "The lady said she was sick." Raeleigh said nothing more after that. Callis asked what sickness the lady had, but she said she had forgotten. "Let's talk about something else. Are you still in Waverly Village?" Callis said he had left and was searching for a place. He's planning on doing something. "That's good. Take care of yourself." ...... She only ended their
Raeleigh was brought back to her room in the end. Deep down, Jenna also hoped Raeleigh would get herself checked, but Jepherson stood his ground. Regardless of how strong a person was, they couldn't carry a full-grown adult without rest. When Jepherson saw that Xanthus could not carry Raeleigh any longer, he reached out to take her away. Xanthus wanted to stop him but failed. As Jepherson carried Raeleigh, he instructed one of the servants, "Take Dr. Osteen to Mr. Santiago's room. Keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't come out." "Yes, Mr. Jepherson." Just like that, Xanthus was forcibly sent to Santiago's room, and the door was locked from the outside. Meanwhile, Raeleigh was taken back to her room. Louisa decided to check on Raeleigh only to see she was already tucked into bed. She stood at the door for a while and wanted to explain, but Jepherson said, "She's tired; let her get some rest." Louisa did not know what to say, so she went ou
By the time Jepherson came to look for Raeleigh, she was gone. He pulled his phone out and called Jared, but he could not reach him. Jepherson gnashed his teeth and called Stuart as his eyes flashed with anger. "Where is she?" Stuart was sitting in the monitoring room with a laptop on his lap; a map was on his screen. Behind him stood Hadrian and Scarlette, who was in a wheelchair. Stuart was also in a wheelchair, and although he could no longer stay by Jepherson's side, that did not mean he was of no use. There were several red dots on the map. The first one was Jepherson, and the second one, Santiago, who was bedridden. There were several others too, but one was moving, and it belonged to Raeleigh. She looked to be in a car, heading somewhere. And the car seemed to be heading toward... Stuart said, "The Moore family residence." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Was there a fight?" "No, she followed willingly." "Alright."