In truth, Charlie did not want to let Elaine out of prison so soon either. After all, he really did not want to see Elaine every day.However, he also had to consider his wife, Claire’s feelings. He had left Providence for a few days, and during this period of time, his wife attended school alone, and she also had to worry about Elaine, who was in prison. Her days were also a little tormented.Although Charlie was certain that he could get Elaine out of prison at any time, in Claire’s opinion, she would still feel insecure even if he was certain of what he had said.After all, from Claire’s point of view, her mother had been framed this time, stirring up a big mess. If she was not careful and made the slightest mistake, she could be sentenced to life imprisonment, so Claire could not be completely at ease before her mother was released from prison.Charlie did not want Claire to continue worrying, so he planned to get Elaine out of prison tomorrow and then take her to Providence so
Charlie understood Elaine very well.He was well aware of Elaine’s behavioral style and logic of thinking.Now that Elaine had fallen in love with Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and the feeling of being the domineering figure there, if he did not take her plea seriously, she would definitely feel extremely reluctant and unwilling as soon as she was released from prison tomorrow.In that case, she would definitely have some complaints against Charlie whenever she thought of her wonderful life as the Ferocious Ghost of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. So, the best way was to let Elaine decide to leave on her own.Even though Elaine was very happy at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility now, it was not too difficult to make her decide to leave. Charlie simply needed to remove the three soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies so that Elaine would instantly have a change of attitude and would want to leave Bedford Hills Correctional Facility as soon as possible.Elaine did not know
So, she said happily, “My dear son-in-law, you’re truly capable! You could actually find connections in such a faraway place as New York! It’s indeed remarkable!”Charlie chuckled and said casually, “It’s also a coincidence that I happen to have a client here. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t be able to help much.”Elaine said with a smile, “Oh, it’s good that you could help me! My dear son-in-law, I won’t continue chatting with you anymore. Help me call Claire and tell her not to worry. You also don’t need to wait in New York the whole time. You can go back and accompany Claire first. I will be out of prison in about ten days.”“Okay.” Charlie said, “I’ll let Claire know in a while, so you don’t have to worry about it.”Elaine was very happy after hanging up the phone.She hung up the phone happily, and when she turned around, she found an African woman standing in line behind her as she waited to use the phone. When the African woman saw Elaine, she bowed respectfully immediately an
Elaine had a deep hatred for Chloe.In her opinion, even Lady Wilson was not as bad as Chloe.In addition, Elaine had a vengeful character, so now that she had become the boss here, she would naturally double her revenge against Chloe. Chloe was angry, but she did not dare to speak up. She could only get up obediently, go to the bathroom with Jacelyn to change into a set of clean clothes, and then kneel on the ground and scrub the floor desperately. After everyone had moved freely in the cell for a while, the prison guards came over and began the roll call.After the roll call, the prison guard suddenly said, “Jayne Charice, Stella Whitrel, and Winny Lortle, after having your lunch, come back and get ready to pack up your personal belongings. You will be able to go through the formalities for the release procedures to get out of prison before noon today.” Elaine suddenly had a horrified expression as soon as the prison guard said this. The three names called out by the priso
Chloe, who was kneeling on the ground as she scrubbed the floor, cheered up immediately when she heard this.She knew very well that Elaine’s protection here came from two main sources. The first of which were these three women who were particularly capable in combat.The second was the special care given to her by the prison guards. What really bothered Chloe was the three women who were living in the same cell as them.Chloe had hated Elaine madly for a long time, so when she heard that these three women were about to be released from prison, the first thing that came to her mind was to wait for the three women to leave and wait for everyone to return to the cell after their free time before she would beat Elaine to death.Chloe simply did not care about what would happen to her after Elaine complained to the prison guards.During this period of time, Elaine had tortured her inhumanely. She simply wanted to fight with Elaine. The reason why she had kept restraining herself w
When Elaine, who was disoriented, picked up her breakfast absent-mindedly in the dining room, the news that the three female soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies were about to be released from the prison had already spread throughout Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.Everyone knew that the main reason why Elaine was able to dominate Bedford Hills Correctional Facility was because she had three Oskian women who were so powerful in combat that it was unbelievable.Now, these three women were going to be released from prison suddenly, which meant that Elaine would lose her protection completely!As a result, the flames of revenge began to ignite in the hearts of many people who had been suppressed and humiliated by Elaine and were even punished by the three female soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies. Everyone was looking forward to teaching Elaine a lesson after the three left, and they wanted to see if she could still be the so-called Ferocious Ghost of Bedford Hills Correctional Faci
Charlie hummed in response and then said, “I’ll call and ask my friend. You can wait for my news first.”Elaine hurriedly said, “My dear son-in-law, I’ll call you again at noon, then! You have to find a connection to get this done for me!”“Okay.” Charlie deliberately wanted to make Elaine nervous and reminded her, “Mom, you told me just yesterday that you didn’t want to come out for the time being, but you’re suddenly telling me that you want to be released from prison today. I really cannot give you the guarantee that this can be done.”Elaine felt really depressed, but she also knew that the request was too sudden and it might be really difficult for Charlie to try and get her out of prison before noon. After all, there were only four hours left from now to noon. Elaine immediately became apprehensive at the thought of time being so short, but she could only instruct Charlie, “My dear son-in-law, you have to try your best!”Having said that, Elaine secretly thought to herself,
Jayne’s words made Elaine feel hopeless.She was not in the mood to bother if her request was too much, but she only knew that Jayne, who had been protecting her at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, no longer cared about her life or death.Elaine was anxious as she sat on the bed alone and watched Jayne and the other two pack up their personal belongings. She felt flustered and frightened. After Elaine was apprehensive until noon, the prison guard returned to the cell.After the roll call was over, she said to Jayne and the others, “Have the three of you packed up all of your belongings? Your lawyer has arrived. You can follow me to go through the formalities now and prepare to be released from prison.”Jayne nodded and spoke up, “We have already packed all of our belongings, and we can leave now.”“Okay.” The prison guard said, “Come with me.”With that said, the prison guard was about to take Jayne and the other two inmates away.Elaine then hurriedly asked, “Is there any
Reservations in Heaven Springs had always been unpredictable, and most rooms weren't open to the general public—even if said rooms were vacant for the night.It was not as if Albert Rhodes didn't want to make money when he built Heaven Springs. He simply didn't do it solely for profit, but only mostly for social events and posturing.Back when he was a humbler member of society, he realized that many bigwigs and even his fellows cared for pride a lot. Be it food, liquor, or even simply everyday consumption, they always strove for the best and the most expensive.That was why polite society valued their privacy and established their respective social circles, which was why Heaven Springs ensured that everything was first-rate: atmosphere, service, food, and clientele.Just like how bigwigs wouldn't dine at the same table as their goons, said goons wouldn't eat at the fancy places those bigwigs frequented even if they had money, as it may appear as if they were overstepping.That wa
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h