"You're right; that is Mickey." Joshua glanced first at Jim, then at the phone.There was a message from Lucas, received a second ago.[We've cleared the entire floor, and Mickey has already left the hospital. I'm still following him.]Joshua narrowed his eyes at the sight of this, then lifted his head to stare at Jim's baffled face. "Mickey and Butler Fred are trying to drive a wedge between the two of you."To be specific, they're trying to turn you, Luna, and Sean against each other."Jim's mouth dropped open in shock, but not a single word came out.He stared dazedly at Joshua and Luna, but the confusion in his eyes only grew deeper. "What do you mean?"Why was Mickey eavesdropping on their argument?Why would Joshua say that Mickey and Butler Fred were trying to drive a wedge between the three of them?"Let me explain." Seeing how perplexed Jim was, Luna let out a sigh and plopped down on the bench, then told him everything, including her and Joshua's visit to Christopher
Jim lifted his head to stare at Joshua, his eyes dull and lackluster. "Why else would Mother do this, then?"He could not think of any reason to justify Rosalyn stopping Christopher from returning to help Bonnie."Perhaps she wasn't trying to stop Christopher from flying back to help at all, but just trying to prevent him from coming back during a time like this. After all, she knows better than anyone what condition Christopher is in…"She didn't want Christopher to return because she knew that if he saw the state Bonnie and June were in, it'd trigger a psychotic episode, and he'd blame everything on you."Rosalyn was just concerned about you and Bonnie, and she wanted nothing more than for you to have a happy, smooth wedding ceremony. This was why she chose not to disclose this to Christopher and even instructed him not to return home."Joshua's words made the glimmer in Jim's eyes return. He stared dazedly at Joshua and asked, "Are you… Do you think that's what happened?""Of
Sean's surgery went on for about 10 hours.The anesthetist topped up his local anesthesia over and over throughout the whole 10 hours.Initially, Sean was under the impression that this would only be minor surgery since he did not fracture his bones at all, and all the doctors needed to do was suture his nerves and vessels together, so it would not take too long.However, as the duration of the surgery lengthened progressively, even the surgeons began to slow down.Sean could not help wondering if he would lose his hands after all.Why was the surgery taking so long?10 hours…To his knowledge, not even a heart transplant would exceed 20 hours.Sean could not help asking the doctors how serious his condition was, slurring his speech a little because of the effects of the anesthesia.The chief surgeon glanced at him as though he wanted to say something but did not volunteer any information.Finally, after ten hours, Sean was wheeled out of the operation room.Strangely enough
"I've already told you that Sean saved my life, and on top of that, he's my brother. There's no way I can stay away from him, and I won't allow you to hurt him, either."He shot Luna a cold glance. "So you'd better give up right now."Luna narrowed her eyes, picked up a cup on the coffee table, and smashed it on the ground.Crash!The deafening clatter of smashed porcelain echoed through the entire house.All the servants froze in the middle of their work and turned to stare at Luna and Jim."What're you all staring at, huh? Get back to work!" snapped Butler Fred as he glared at them.The servants exchanged nervous glances and quickly resumed their work."Ms. Luna, Young Master Landry." The butler approached them, smiling, and glanced first at Luna, then at Jim. "Thank heavens that Master and Mrs. Landry have gone for their checkup because if they had been home, they wouldn't have allowed you to make such a racket. You…"He let out a sigh and said courteously, "Please don't ru
Luna's entire body stiffened upon hearing this.A split second later, she tucked away her surprise, let out an exhale, and turned to smile at Butler Fred. "You're right…I'm the only heir to the Landry family."With that, she narrowed her eyes and curled her lips into a sneer as she stared in the direction Jim had left in. "Butler Fred, if Jim and I come to a point where we can't resolve our differences anymore one day…whose side will you be on?"Butler Fred froze upon hearing this.He never thought Luna would ask him a question like this so directly.After being silent for a long while, he gave her his answer. "Of course I'll be on your side, Ms. Luna."Even though Young Master Landry grew up alongside me and we've known each other for many years…I'm still the Landry family's butler, and I'll always choose to stand on the heir of the Landry family's side."You, Ms. Luna, are the rightful heir to the family, and even if Young Master Landry got into a conflict with you, I'll put a
"After Sean is gone, we'll find a way to get Young Master Landry to give up on Bonnie."It'd be best if he can willingly give up on Bonnie himself, but if he can't, we'll have to take action after Bonnie dies."Every word that came out of Butler Fred's mouth made Luna's heart lurch.If she had not called him that morning to ask about Sean's room, she would not have found out…that this was what the usually kind, amiable butler thought.He had already planned this out for a very long time, down to every detail.He and Mickey had planned to use Christopher to disrupt Jim and Bonnie's wedding, then placed all the blame on Sean and even tried to drive a wedge between her and Jim in hopes that she would kick both Sean and Jim out of the family!The more she thought about it, the more spine-chilling it felt.However, she still had to feign ignorance and express her admiration toward him. "You're right, Butler Fred. I'll go find Joshua right now and ask him to help me kick Sean out of M
Jim, on the other end of the call, rolled his eyes. "Don't be so arrogant, will you, Joshua? Do you think you'll be able to get rid of me just because you say so? How little do you think of me?"Joshua curled his lips into a smile at the look on Jim's face. "If you don't believe me, we can try."With that, he turned to glance at Luna. "What do you say, Luna?"Luna pursed her lips, let go of his hand, and sat next to him. The expression on her face was a little dark as she muttered, "I'm not in the mood for jokes right now."Seeing that she was acting a little strange, and there was a faint quiver in her voice, Joshua immediately furrowed his brows in concern. "What's wrong?"Luna bit her lip and closed her eyes.The first image that appeared in her mind's eye was Butler Fred's kind, smiling face, as well as the way he looked when he told her he would help her get rid of Sean and Jim.She remembered the respectful tone of his voice whenever he spoke to her, but at this moment, th
"Charles and Rosalyn have known Butler Fred so long that if we tell them our suspicions, they might confront him themselves."We don't want this to happen, lest it foil our plans of exposing their true colors. Besides, if they confront Butler Fred and Mickey directly, we might never be able to find out their motives for doing all these. On top of that…"Joshua narrowed his eyes, and all of a sudden, his gaze grew distant. "We still have to get to the bottom of Granny Lynch's death."Jim fell silent upon hearing this.Finally, he sighed and lifted his head to glance at Joshua. "Do you believe that your grandmother's death…had something to do with Butler Fred and Mickey?"Joshua nodded. "Of course."Charles' medicine had always been stored safely in the drug warehouse, and there were only two keys to it: one was with Rosalyn, and the other was with Mickey.Therefore, if Rosalyn had not been the one to smuggle the drug out of the warehouse…that left only Mickey as the possible susp