Caroline wore a white bathrobe. Her complexion was sallow, and her hair was clipped up. She approached Summer and said, "Wait a minute. I need to tell you something."Normally, Caroline would be resting in the room at that hour. Since she had suddenly looked for Summer, it meant that something serious had happened. Summer noticed that Caroline's expression was very unnatural. The latter looked very worried. "Did something happen, Mom?" Summer asked. Caroline didn't reply immediately. She seemed to be contemplating something. Perhaps, she found it hard to speak because she didn't know what to say. "Mom, what's wrong?" Summer asked again. At the same time, she realized that Caroline was scrutinizing her as if she were searching for something. Summer thought that there was something on her face and touched her own face. Yet, it was clean. Why was Caroline staring at her then?"Mom, what do you want to say? Has something happened?"This seemed to snap Caroline out of her daze.
Even if Caroline was the mastermind of that incident back then, she wouldn't admit it. As such, though she had denied her involvement in the abduction, it didn't mean that she wasn't guilty. The most important person was James. Summer believed that he wouldn't lie to her. "Mom, it's late now. Rest well." After that, she went into her room and prepared to wait for James to return home. Yet, Caroline pulled her back. "I'm not done talking yet.""What else do you want to tell me?""Summer, don't think too much about this incident. The media outlets are deliberately creating a scandal. I think they didn't know what to write, so they came up with this rubbish." Caroline explained it again, even though Summer had already said that she would believe her. Wasn't that strange? It seemed as if Caroline was hiding something. Summer had already realized that Caroline was behaving suspiciously. However, she didn't call the latter out.Instead, she said, "I got it, Mom. Don't worry. I w
Summer asked, "When are you coming back?"James replied, "I'm overseas now, and I won't be back for a while."After hearing that, Summer became very suspicious. How could it be such a coincidence? James must have seen the news as well and known that Summer would ask him about it. Why had he gone overseas at such a time?So, Summer asked, "James, have you seen the news?"Right after she finished speaking, James replied, "I can't speak now. I'll reply to you when I'm free."The call was cut off with a beep. This was the first time that James had hung up on her like that. Summer had already guessed that the incident was most likely true. She felt very uneasy, but she couldn't vent her frustrations. The Quigley residence was an unfamiliar place to her, and the only person she could turn to, James, had become untrustworthy. Besides, many weird things happened after that. Normally, Summer would have to continue her lessons, but on that day, Caroline didn't rush her. It seeme
James must have told Bradly and Zach something so they refused Summer's request. Although she had not discovered the truth yet, Summer felt that she was very close to uncovering it. If the Quigleys were really involved in the incident, what would she do? The closer she was to finding the truth, the more uneasy she was. She didn't know if she should remain in the family if everything was true. Then, Summer exhaled deeply and decided to take a walk outside. Since Caroline wasn't keeping an eye on her anymore, she was free. As such, she changed her clothes and went out. As Summer's personal bodyguard, Lexi wanted to follow her. However, Summer wanted to be alone. After persuading her for a while, Lexi decided not to follow Summer. There were many people and cars on the streets. Summer walked around by herself. The atmosphere was lively, and many pedestrians were talking to each other. Advertisements blasted out of the speakers, and cars honked. This was Rosseera City, an
Monica sensed Summer's guardedness and could already tell that the latter was intentionally keeping a distance from the tone of her voice. So, she waved her hand and laughed. "Don't treat me like your enemy. I'm here to help you.""Help me?" "Yes, I'm going to help you. Don't you want to know the truth back then? The truth about your abduction." Summer was shocked. "You know the truth?""Of course." Monica narrowed her eyes and smiled eerily. "That's because I leaked the news out. Why wouldn't I know about it?"Her words felt like a punch to Summer's face. So, Monica was the one who had exposed the news! Summer couldn't understand why the latter had done that. After thinking about it, she realized that Monica wanted to ruin James' relationship with her. As expected, Monica was a smart person. As such, Summer became more wary once she figured out Monica's intentions. Though she didn't trust Monica, the latter knew the truth about what happened back then. Shouldn't Summ
"Of course I'll have to live a healthy life. You'll die before me!" Summer's life philosophy was that no matter what, she had to live a good life. There was nothing better than staying alive. After looking at the old man in front of her, she realized what was going on. Monica had brought her there so she could find out the truth. After all, the old man had been involved in the abduction. As such, she could discover the truth from him directly. "Tell me now. Did the Quigleys tell you to abduct me?" Summer asked. The old man hesitated. Was he trying to hide something from her?Summer snorted and said, "If you don't tell me the truth, I'll call the police on you. The incident wasn't resolved back then. If you don't want to spend your remaining days in a jail cell, you'd better tell me everything."However, her words were useless. The old man ignored Summer and looked at Monica instead. He seemed to be fearful. After Monica motioned for him to speak, he started talking.
"Haven't you figured out the truth? Everything that you witnessed just now was true."Monica thought that Summer was unwilling to face the truth, though it was right in front of her eyes. Back then, the Quigleys were the ones who abducted her. Actually, Summer didn't believe it completely. She thought, "I'll have to get the information from James himself. If he says the same thing, then I'll believe that the Quigleys were the culprits behind my abduction."Besides, Monica kept bugging Summer and even found the old man to reply to her questions. She might still wish to separate James from her. "Monica, don't you want to separate James and me? I'll give you a chance now." An idea popped up in Summer's head. Since Monica wanted to destroy James and Summer's relationship, Summer would let her do so. That was because she needed the Ritters' power to help her. Monica replied, "You're giving me a chance? That's interesting. I think you need my help instead, right?""Yes," Summe
Summer hugged Fred and Amelia and grinned. "I came back to visit you two. I was afraid that you'd think I didn't care about the both of you after I got married, so I came back."Summer was happy to see that Amelia and Fred were healthy and alert. In truth, she had gotten married to James for her family's sake. She had hoped that Amelia and Fred would live a good life and that Charter Corporation would continue operating smoothly. So, she'd had no choice but to marry James. Now that she'd come home again, Fred and Amelia asked her many questions. Those were easy to answer, like whether Summer was living well, how she was, and if she was happy. She didn't want to tell them the negative things that had happened. As such, she answered their questions positively. Amelia and Fred were happy that Summer was doing well. Just then, Fred started talking about a serious topic. "Actually, we wanted to call you to ask you something, but we were afraid you were too busy. We thought ab