Joshua was right; Malcolm could not possibly leave Merchant City on his own at this point.Therefore, instead of trying desperately to escape but inevitably being captured by Quentin, it was better for him to seek out his father.After all, both Granny Quinn and Quentin were religious people, and surely they would not dare to disturb the peace of such a holy sanctuary.As soon as she thought of this, Luna could not help lamenting, "I never thought Malcolm would be this smart.""It wasn't him; it was me." Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, pulled Luna into his arms, and said impassively, "I was the one who gave him this idea."Luna froze for a moment, then frowned. "Why did you help him?"She had already been clear with Malcolm the day before about her refusal to help him, so why did Joshua secretly help him and even gave him the idea of seeking refuge with his father?Truth be told, Luna could not wait to see Malcolm get caught by the Quinn family.She wanted to watch his loy
Luna was not fond of Quentin at all. She furrowed her brows and shot him a cold glance. "The Landry family won't show me mercy even if I keep my distance from Joshua."She curled her lips into a smirk and asked, "I wonder what you're doing here, Mr. Simms? Are you here to pray for a loved one too?""Pray?" Quentin narrowed his eyes and glanced, sneering at Joshua and Luna. "You're telling me the two of you have come here in search of my brother to pray?""What's wrong with that?" Joshua reached out to pull Luna into his arms and lifted his head to meet Quentin's gaze. "Father Samuel is one of the most renowned priests in Merchant City, so what's wrong with us coming here to request that he pray for my late aunt and Luna's late uncle?"Quentin narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.A split second later, he suddenly recalled something and burst into laughter. "Since the both of you are here to pray, I think I should do the same."Luna furrowed her brows. "Who're you going to pray for
A split second later, Samuel smiled and replied, "I would've forgotten about this if you hadn't brought it up. Yes, you still owe me one."Quentin smiled in return. "I know this slipped your mind probably due to your busy schedule, but I've never forgotten about it at all."With that, he took off the cross that had been hanging around his neck and placed it on the table between them. "Since you intend to use this favor to protect Malcolm, I'll do as you wish."Here. You can take this back."He was just about to stand up when he suddenly paused as though he recalled something. Then, he took out a stack of cash from his pocket and placed it on the table.Samuel glanced at it, frowning. "What's this?""A reward for helping me pray for deceased souls." Quentin pointed at Joshua and Luna, both sitting on the bench outside, and explained, "One of them wants to pray for Lucy, and the other, Colin Landry. As for me, I don't have anyone I want to pray for, so please help me pray for Quent
Luna did not notice the change in Samuel's face. Instead, she exhaled and continued, "We saw the people inside the video, so we wanted to ask you how you got your hands on these videos and…who the man named Star is."Luna had lived at Quinn Mansion for six years and, at one point, been close to Malcolm, but despite that, she never heard of anyone who went by the name Star.According to the video, Star would have been in his mid-forties at present day, and he appeared to have been the mastermind of Lucy's torture and death.Even though the man in the video who looked identical to Christopher had tormented Lucy cruelly, he turned submissive and obedient as soon as Star appeared.That man was Rosalyn's classmate and Christopher's father, Larry.If Rosalyn had awoken from her coma, they would be able to find out Star's true identity.However, since Rosalyn was unable to answer their doubts, Luna had no choice but to seek the answers from Samuel.Samuel furrowed his brows when he hea
"The person I owe the most ever since I left home is Malcolm. Despite being his father, I've never shown him the love he deserves, but now, I finally have an opportunity to do so."Therefore, to protect my son's safety, I'll never say another word about the incident that happened in the past."I apologize for making you come all this way for nothing."With that, Samuel took out two copies of The Bible from a nearby cabinet and placed them in front of Luna. "I hear that you recently lost a daughter, so these are for you."Praying for your deceased loved ones will allow them to pass on to Heaven."Joshua, who had been silent all this while, could not help snickering when he heard this. "Do you think just by praying, you'll be able to make up for your past mistakes, Father?"As he said this, Joshua inched closer to Samuel and whispered coldly, "Why are you so unwilling to talk about the past, Father? You claim that it's to protect Malcolm, but the thing is, the people who are threat
Charles had told Luna before that Lucy was not a sociable person and therefore did not know many people.The last time she and Gwen came to find Samuel, Samuel had also mentioned that at one point, he had almost become the third wheel between Lucy and Charles.This was because he and Charles had been best friends in the past, and before that, Lucy had mistaken everything that Charles had done for her as Samuel's doing, which led to her nearly ending up being with Samuel.If one had to pinpoint the person Lucy had most likely cheated on Charles with…it was Samuel.As soon as she thought of this, Luna felt her head hurt even more. She turned to look at Joshua. "Still, Samuel doesn't want to give us more information now, and on top of that, we can't confirm the identity of this person named Star. The only thing we know about him is that he was my mother and Larry's classmate…"Rosalyn's teacher had passed away a long time ago. To top that off, Larry had already gone insane, whereas R
Luna returned to Joshua's house with many thoughts swirling in her mind.As soon as they entered the house, Luna smelled the fragrant scent of home-cooked food.She followed the smell into the kitchen and discovered that Bonnie and Theo had prepared an entire table full of dishes.Luna froze when she saw this.Had Bonnie not been in a bad mood that day?She had been crying ever since Christopher and Jim came to visit this morning, so how had she recovered so quickly that she was able to cook and make such a hearty feast?"Come help us." Theo, who was bringing steaming plates of food out of the kitchen, caught sight of Luna staring at Bonnie in bafflement. He quickly summoned her into the kitchen to help them.Luna took off her coat, frowning, shoved it into Joshua's hands, and strode into the kitchen.She asked in a low voice as she took another plate from Theo, "What's going on with Bonnie? Is she trying to distract herself from the pain?"Theo furrowed his brows, but before
Just as Luna thought that Sean would bring disappointing news, a young boy's clear, loud voice rang out from the phone, "We're already on our way! Aunt Bonnie, this man you sent to pick us up is a genius!"He was so good at driving that he managed to lose Mr. Jim's men almost immediately! It feels so surreal to be in a car chase like this!"A grin spread across Bonnie's face when she heard Harvey's cheerful voice, "That's great to hear! Me and your Aunt Luna are waiting for you, so you'd better come home quick!"Harvey nodded. "Okay! I also brought a surprise for Aunt Luna!"With that, he hung up the phone.Bonnie put down the phone in relief and returned to the kitchen to make some more food.Meanwhile, Luna was a little baffled by the entire exchange.She never thought that Sean would have been capable of picking up Harvey and Shelly before Jim's men could and had even lost them in a car chase.After all, Sean was just a young mechanic in his twenties, and it was not easy for