Maxwell was a little curious. He had managed to fool Sonnet with his Johnson disguise, so how did Jaybie catch on? “Uncle Johnson’s back and Uncle Maxwell’s are almost identical,” Jaybie replied.Maxwell nodded. Sonnet had made the same mistake. However, as soon as she saw Johnson’s face, she thought she had made a mistake.“What else?” he asked Jaybie.“Uncle Johnson is too familiar with our two little parrots. That’s not normal! And Uncle Johnson feeds them in exactly the same way as Uncle Maxwell!”Maxwell thought to himself that he had truly missed out on these details. He had to admit that children had better observation skills than adults. “There are many more details that made me think Uncle Johnson was very similar to Uncle Maxwell, especially recently when I saw the scar on your leg!”As he spoke, Jaybie reached out to touch Maxwell’s leg and soon peeled off another piece of silicone skin. “It’s this. You used this to trick me in the hot springs, am I right?”Maxwell
Sonnet sat at the dining table, watching Jaybie and Johnson come out of the room, laughing and talking as if they had become even closer after spending a night together.Lune looked at them chatting happily and grumbled jealously. She leaned over to Sonnet’s ear to say, “Mom, Uncle Johnson played games with Jaybie last night.”“What?” Sonnet looked at her in surprise.Lune wrinkled her nose. “I got up to go to the bathroom last night and heard them talking in Uncle Johnson’s room. They sounded like they were having fun and laughing. But when I knocked on the door and asked them, Uncle Johnson said Jaybie was asleep and talking in his sleep.“Jaybie never talks in his sleep. Hmph, he’s clearly lying to me. They were playing some fun games and didn’t want to include me!”Sonnet laughed. How did Jaybie and Johnson become so close all of a sudden? It seemed to have started two nights ago, and their relationship had only grown stronger after spending the night together.“Hmph! I don’t
Marcus immediately put on a pitiful expression and said, “Isn’t it fun to play with Uncle Marcus? Oh no, Uncle Marcus is so sad now…”“I like playing with Uncle Marcus and Aunt Lindy!” Jaybie said loudly.Lune looked at her brother curiously, feeling like he was acting differently today. It was as if he was always against her! Her little mouth pouted even higher.However, Lindy had a way to soothe her, so she went over and hugged Lune’s shoulder and coaxed her, saying, “What’s so fun in playing with those stinky boys anyway? Lune, play with Aunt Lindy instead. Let’s form a team and have a competition with them and see who wins. We women will definitely win, right?”As soon as she mentioned the competition, Lune became excited and said, “Okay, let’s compete with them and see who wins!”Once Lune was fired up, they all got ready to go.To make up for her absence, Sonnet prepared a lot of snacks and picnic food for them. Marcus carried all of this on his own.Before long, the two a
The two of them were lovey-dovey for a while. Even if they were just hugging each other on the balcony and enjoying the sunshine, they felt happy and content.Soon it was noon, and the group of people did not come back for lunch, so Sonnet and Maxwell decided to cook for themselves.Maxwell insisted that she sit down and he put on an apron to cook by himself.Sonnet leaned against the kitchen door, watching the man in the apron get busy in the kitchen. She felt incredibly content.That day, the two of them did not part until the evening when they were finally done being all mushy. In the next few days, Sonnet could see Maxwell every day, either in the afternoon or in the evening.Strangely enough, Jaybie seemed to become particularly more sensible, suddenly not clinging to Johnson anymore. Sometimes, he even unintentionally created opportunities for Sonnet.The few days of vacation passed quickly, and on the way back, Lune grumbled unhappily, “I don’t think the vacation this ti
Sonnet approached quickly, trying to take the bag from Jaybie’s hand. “Why are you carrying a lunch bag?”Jaybie tried to hide, but Sonnet became even more suspicious and forcibly took it to open it, only to see that there were containers full of the meal they had in the evening stacked together. “Huh? What are you carrying food for?” Sonnet curiously asked him.Jaybie showed a helpless expression. “I was going to deliver food to Dad.”“Dad?”“Uncle Johnson, I mean.”Sonnet’s heart skipped a beat. “When did you start calling Uncle Johnson Dad?”Had Jaybie and Johnson truly developed such a deep relationship now? If so, she was truly worried that Jaybie would not be able to accept Maxwell if he were to return in the future!“Oh, I must’ve had a slip of the tongue.” Jaybie looked up at Sonnet and lowered his voice. “But he’s my dad anyway, isn’t he?”Sonnet squatted down, touching his shoulder. “Uncle Johnson is your and Lune’s biological father, but he’s not married to me. If
Maxwell’s face changed abruptly. “Lovey, what happened? What’s going on?”“Max, they say if I don’t pay the money back, they’ll make me work as a hostess. Max, I don’t want to go. I don’t want to!” Lovey cried out.Her crying was interrupted by another rough voice on the phone. “You’re this girl’s friend, right? Bring 73 grand over to redeem her now, or we’ll send her to the nightclub!”“Who are you guys?”“Never mind who we are. It’s only right for one to pay back their debts!”“Where should I go to redeem her?” Maxwell asked.The person mentioned a place, which was quite remote. “We’ll wait for you there for an hour. If you’re not here by then, don’t blame us for what we’ll do next! Don’t even think about calling the police. Since we have the guts to do these things, we’re not afraid of being caught by them!”After the other side hung up, Maxwell put down his phone and looked at Jaybie.Jaybie’s face was solemn. “Dad, are you going to save her?”It was quiet at night. Althou
“Scout owed loan sharks more than 70 grand?” Maxwell was a little surprised.“I’m not sure how much he owed specifically, but with interest, it added up to 73 thousand. After I inquired about the situation on your orders, I gave them the money, and they were rather easy to talk to. Then they released Lovey.”“Who are these loan sharks?” Maxwell asked again.There could be many groups of loan sharks, but those who resorted to violence and kidnapping were definitely related to the underworld.Alex thought for a moment before answering, “I saw a sun tattoo on their wrists.”“Okay, I got it.”Alex was just a bodyguard and was not very familiar with the underworld. If anyone knew the most about these people, it was undoubtedly Logan.After hanging up the phone with Alex, Maxwell called Logan. It was a bit noisy on the other end, with someone urging, “Boss, it’s your turn to play.”“What are you yelling about? Can’t you see I’m on the phone?!” Logan rudely said to the other person, t
Although he was busy until late at night, Maxwell still got up early the next day and washed up. Sonnet had to go to the hospital for a prenatal check-up on an empty stomach, so they needed to go early and then eat breakfast.He looked at himself in the mirror and saw the man named Johnson looking sharp and filled with energy. Satisfied, he nodded in approval. He went upstairs carrying the lunch bag with empty lunch boxes inside.Lindy was the one who answered the door when he knocked, and her expression was a bit solemn.Maxwell was about to ask what was going on when he heard Jaybie’s voice from inside the room, “Aunt Lindy…”Lindy immediately looked worried and responded, “I’m coming!”She walked quickly to Jaybie’s room, and Maxwell, sensing that something was wrong, followed her in. He saw Jaybie lying in bed, his face pale. Maxwell’s heart sank. He asked, “What’s wrong with Jaybie?”Sonnet was sitting by the bed and turned her head at the sound of his voice. “I don’t know w