Kisa smiled at her. "What's wrong? Is it because it is not inconvenient?""No." Jolina quickly shook her head. "It is just... It is just... Where are you going? Can you take me with you?"Kisa was startled for a moment. "Don't you have a part-time job at night?""I left without permission while on duty, so my boss got angry and fired me," Jolina said, lowering her head. "But it is okay if you don't feel convenient taking me with you. I—""Of course, it is convenient. It couldn't have been better; we can take turns driving, as it is a long journey." Kisa had no doubt that Jolina wanted to make this trip with her purely to avoid Peter.In the study, Gilbert leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed, seemingly asleep. Madalyn walked quietly over to him, placed a bowl of chicken gnocchi soup on the desk, and then called out softly to him. There was no response. Madalyn sighed silently, then hunched over to clean up the messy papers on the desk.Suddenly, a piece of paper partly obscu
Jolina still felt embarrassed when she was in the car. She asked Kisa, "I'm not interrupting your work by following, am I?""Of course not. Let's think of it as going on a driving tour."'Yeah, think of it as a trip. I can also just take a break and relieve my emotions. When we get to Hillsby, if the words of the two jailers match what the warden said, then there will be no more internal struggle and illusions," Kisa said in her mind.In the Kooper residence, Madalyn sat dumbfounded by Gilbert's bedside. She could never have imagined that her understanding grandson, who had always been willing to listen, would take such a large amount of sleeping pills. 'Did he want to kill himself?' she asked in her mind, covering her face, sobbing with grief.Kelvin stood by in sadness. He looked at Gilbert's lean face and struggled internally. After a long silence, he finally said, "Please leave Gilbert alone, Mrs. Kooper Sr."Madalyn shuddered and looked at him. "What did you say? Have I ever
Madalyn sobbed. "How could I be mistaken? Kelvin came to see you. He said you took a lot of sleeping pills, and if discovered any later, you might not have survived." Madalyn was still in perturbation.But Gilbert looked calm, even having an indifferent smile on his face. "I didn't kill myself. I just couldn't sleep and took a few sleeping pills. It was just that those sleeping pills weren't very effective, so I had a couple more by accident."He sounded as if it was not a big deal, but Madalyn's heart still twitched with perturbation. She held Gilbert's hand tightly and said, "Promise me you won't do this again. I'm terrified.""Don't worry, Grandma. I won't kill myself. I have to take care of you. I can't leave you alone in this world."Madalyn's heart ached to see his pale, smiling face. 'Is it true, as Kelvin has said, that I would drive him to his death?' She lowered her head slightly and rested her forehead against the back of his hand, feeling so bad. She was afraid that Gil
"We have a lot of empty rooms here. Why do you have to stay in this one? I told you that this room has problems. The shower head in the bathroom is broken, you...""Okay, okay. It is okay if you insist on staying in this one. Feel free to call the reception if you have any questions."Opening the door slightly ajar, Kisa saw the female receptionist, whom she had dealt with earlier, grinning from ear to ear as she counted a stack of $100 bills in her hands. Kisa figured that there must be some newly rich, so she looked to the side, but only saw the door of the room next door open and close, but did not get to see the person. She then came back in and closed the door behind her.Jolina looked at her in puzzlement. "What is wrong, Ms. Becker?"Kisa smiled at her. "Call me Kisa. Ms. Becker is too formal.""Okay." Jolina nodded. "Hello, Kisa.""That's more like it." Kisa let out a smile and then walked over. "I just thought the guest next door was a little weird. Why pay so much money
Jolina screamed and shook off the hand. The person came up and tried to hug her, looking lecherous. "Hey, beauty. Don't be afraid. I just want to have a drink with you. What is there to be afraid of?"Jolina's face turned pale in fright. Kisa pulled the man away, raising her hand to slap him. "Get the hell out of my sight!" Kisa hit him so hard that the punk crashed into the other two.It took the punk a few seconds before he knew what had happened. He then barked at his two underlings, "Go get the two chicks! I will teach them a lesson today.""Who do you want to teach a lesson to?" A deep, cold voice suddenly came from a direction.Kisa looked in surprise at the tall guy that appeared out of nowhere. 'Isn't that Peter?' He was standing there with a cigarette in his mouth, looking lackadaisical, but his aura was not to be messed with. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the three punks."Tell me whom you want to teach a lesson to."The three punks were just paper tigers—all talk
"Do you know how Gilbert's doing now?""I have nothing to do with him and I'm not interested to know about that either."Kisa said indifferently before she went into the room and shut the door.Peter stared at that closed door and laughed scornfully. "Women are such heartless creatures."He just wanted to tell her that Gilbert might have tried to end his life by taking sleeping pills.Peter gave up the idea of doing that since Kisa showed no interest in knowing about what happened to Gilbert.Jolina spaced out as she cooped up on the couch, looking a little sad.Kisa went toward her and grabbed her hand. Then, she asked softly, "What's wrong? Is it because of him?"Jolina looked at her with tears rolling in her eyes as if she had been trying to suppress her feelings for her a long time. Suddenly, she lay in Kisa's arms and started crying.Kisa patted her back lightly and consoled her, "It's okay. Don't worry. I'm here. I won't let him do anything to you.""I should've just le
The weather was scorching. Peter took two boxes of water and put them in the truck and Kisa even bought some snacks.They were going to drive through some mountain roads later, and they would not pass by any convenient stores or towns anymore.Kisa remembered that she did not dare to drive up the mountains because of how narrow and rugged it was. It was Gilbert who took the wheel in the end.However, Peter would probably be replacing Gilbert this time. After all, his driving skill was a lot better than Kisa's.Ever since Peter appeared in that little town, he just would not leave them alone. He even offered to be their driver.Indeed, they felt a lot safer with a man.Kisa was fine with Peter following them. She thought that he would even come in handy when necessary.But Jolina did not like him very much. She treated him with a cold face during the whole journey and she did not speak to him at all.Suddenly, Peter handed Jolina a bottle of water to close the gap between them.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, Peter could see Jolina lying on the bottom of a small slope as if she had fallen accidentally.Peter panicked and shouted Jolina's name. Then, he quickly went down and tried to help her up.However, he suddenly felt like he stepped on something.He heard somebody yelling again.Peter looked down in shock and found himself stepping on Kisa's wrist. He had no idea Kisa was just lying down beside him all this while.He quickly put his foot away and smiled awkwardly."How did just get under my foot?"The man was so heavy, and the pain Kisa felt was excruciating.Kisa held her wrist and sat up before shouting at Peter, "Are you f*cking blind? The moon is so bright, yet you couldn't see me at all?!""Ah! I really didn't know you were there. I could only see Jolina."Peter ran down the slope as he said that and immediately helped Jolina up.Even though Kisa was angry, she smiled after looking at how worried Peter looked.'Indeed, men would