Luna smiled bitterly.“You believe her?”“Not really, but…”Bonnie lowered her head. “She took my phone and dialed my brother’s current phone number. I heard it. It was his voice.“Aura said that when my brother was sending a shipment for her, he crashed into someone. Because he was afraid of being punished by the law, he took some money and ran. He is still living comfortably overseas, but he is afraid that someone might trick him into coming back and pay for his crimes, so other than Aura, he would not listen to anyone.”Bonnie said. Her tears fell.She sobbed, “I really missed my brother. I’m an investigative reporter. All these years, I have tried all ways to find out news about him, because I really couldn’t find him, so I targeted Aura. I started writing bad publicity about Aura. Now that I have heard my brother’s voice and I was sure he was alive…”“So you were willing to sacrifice your freedom in exchange for Aura’s?”Luna looked at Bonnie crying. She sneered, “Idiot.”
Joshua looked at her with a cold gaze. “Obsessive and paranoid.”He smiled ironically. “Were you describing her or me?”Luna paused for a while before realizing that her words to Bonnie might have been directed toward Joshua too.Luna shrugged. She smiled at him gently. “Mr. Lynch, you’re overthinking this. How could I be describing you in that way? I was still hoping you would help me figure out where Aura went.”Joshua furrowed his brows at her words. He sighed, “We couldn’t find her. After she came out from the mental asylum, she hailed a cab.”Lucas, who was standing behind Joshua, sighed. He recounted what he said to Joshua to Luna once more.“She got down in the suburbs where there was no surveillance. Later on, whether it be traffic or public transport surveillance, we could no longer find her.”Lucas sighed, “She should still be in Banyan City, as for where she is, we don’t know.”“I blame myself for this.” Luna closed her eyes. “I was too careless.”Then, she bowed at
At that moment only then did Luna recall that she sent Natasha a message when she came out of the mental asylum.They have agreed to meet at Luna’s old place. She wanted to tell Natasha all the atrocities that Aura has committed.However, Luna was so caught up with the Bonnie incident that she almost forgot about it.She took a deep breath. Luna looked at the dark skies. “I’ll come over now.”Then, she hung up the phone. She got down and changed her clothes.“Mommy, are you really going?”Nigel’s voice came from the necklace. “Do you think that Aura would look for Grandma? Grandma trusts Aura so much. Even when Aura was locked up, she looked for Grandma for help.”Luna was changing halfway when she paused suddenly.If Natasha and Aura joined forces and tricked her there…However, what if Aura did not find Natasha?Natasha did not trust Luna that much. Luna managed to get that recording with such difficulty. She wanted to expose Aura’s true colors to Natasha. She did not want
“I took a guess.”Luna leaned back in the backseat, looking at the night scenery outside of the window.Bonnie’s defiant eyes appeared in her mind inexplicably.“My brother loves me! He loves me the most in his entire life! If he did not love me, why would he sacrifice so much for me, giving me everything?”Luna sneered.Sure enough. Relationships were the most useless things.At that moment, Bonnie was like Luna Gibson back then, so silly it was heartbreaking.Soon, the van arrived. Zach and Yuri accompanied Luna upstairs. Once she reached upstairs, Luna opened the main door of her rented apartment.The lights were not switched on inside. Under the moonlight, Luna noticed a skinny and feeble figure sitting on the sofa.Luna furrowed her brows and switched on the lights.Natasha curled up on the sofa, sleeping soundly.When the light was turned on, she furrowed her brows and woke up from her dreams.When she woke up, she looked at Luna and smiled distantly. “Ms. Luna, you
Natasha looked at Luna in a daze.After a while, she wiped her tears away and nodded. “Yes. If I was her, I would do the same thing too…”A mother should know and trust her daughter the best, yet…Seeing how badly Natasha was sobbing, even if Luna was cruel, she could only sigh.She passed a tissue to Natasha. “Wipe your tears.”Inside, mother and daughter were confessing their heartfelt feelings to each other. Outside, Zach and Yuri were looking at each other.“I’m a little sleepy.” Yuri yawned. Zach rolled his eyes at him. He wanted to say something when he saw a person flash by at the staircase.He furrowed his brows alertly. “Who is there?”After a while, a woman in a black trench coat and black-framed glasses walked up. She was hidden in the dark, so no one could see her face clearly.“Hello.” She chuckled lightly and walked over. She shook her phone which had been turned off. “I’m here to visit someone, but my phone died. Could you lend me your phone? Let me make a phone
After a few slaps, Neil’s face was swollen and puffed up.Only then did Aura feel a little relieved of her anger.She stood up and looked at Neil condescendingly. “Aren’t you smart? Didn’t you guess what I was trying to do? Why did you still blindly come over?”Neil looked at her. “If I did not come, you will try to lay your hands on Nellie or my Mommy. They are women, I am a man.”He should be the one to bear the suffering.His words made Aura sneered, “How courageous, but what use is there even if you’re smart? You’re still here getting a beating from me.”Neil winked at her. “Take a guess as to why I would be receiving a beating from you here?”Aura furrowed her brows but said nothing.Neil smiled a little. “Look downstairs.”Aura pursed her lips. She walked over to the window, pried the curtains apart, and glanced down below.“You called the cops?”“If I’m not wrong, Nellie was the one who called the cops.”Neil smiled flatly. He crossed his arms around his chest. Altho
“Not only for kidnapping me this time, but also trying to get Nellie killed the last time, also…”Neil narrowed his eyes. “Also the accident six years ago. You should pay for all the crimes you committed.”Aura’s body stiffened. She could not move.She lowered her eyes in a daze and looked fixedly at Neil’s small, palm-sized face. “You… even know about the incident six years ago?”Six years ago, this kid was still in Luna’s womb! “People won’t know what you did if you didn’t do them.” Neil smiled. “I know you colluded with Joshua and did bad things.”Aura furrowed her brows and looked at Neil closely.After a while, she smiled.He said that he knew she colluded with Joshua to do bad things, but, from the start, Joshua and she were from two different worlds.He has been trying very hard to draw a line between them, how could he possibly have colluded with her?Thus… Luna Gibson and her children thought that she did those things together with Joshua?Aura squinted her eyes.
Luna shuddered at Neil’s words.She pursed her lips and hugged Neil tightly. She wanted to say something but could not find her words.“But, Mommy…” Neil sniffled. He whispered feebly in Luna’s ears. “I’m a little tired. I’m going to sleep.”Then, Neil fell to the ground without any warning! When Luna came to her senses and tried to catch Neil, he was almost to the ground.A pair of large hands firmly caught Neil. Joshua immediately carried the unconscious Neil in his arms.When Luna came to her senses. She immediately stood up. “Thank you.” She reached out and wanted to take over Neil from him.Joshua slightly furrowed his brows. He lowered his gaze and looked at her, then he turned around and strode away. “Follow me.”Luna paused for a while before following him.“Aura! Aura!”The moment Luna got out, she bumped into Natasha running into the house like a maniac. The moment they passed by each other, Natasha slammed into Luna’s shoulder hard, but Natasha had no eyes for any