Chapter 147 Chapter 147
There was a long silence before I grew impatient. “If you don’t have anything else to say, I’m hanging up“
“Wait!” She sounded desperate. “Thave something to tell you. You must want to know about Dexter, right? I know a lot of his secrets, and I can tell. you everything”
“Dexter has nothing to do with me anymore, I replied cobilly,
“But Juno is your son. You must care about him, right?” Sheila sicered. “Sylvia, give us both a chance. Don’t you want to give your son a chance to
At that, I hesitated. After a moment of silence, I said, “Tomorrow at 10 am. I’ll send you the meeting location”
“Okay” Sheila agreed immediately
I set up to meet her at a busy coffee shop. 1 spent a little extra to reserve a table, arrived early, and ordered a hot coffee. I sipped it as I waited. It didn’t take long before Sheila showed up.
She was dragging a suitcase and looked worn–out. The scratches from when Rhea had attacked her in the hospital were still visible, and they had begun to swell shighly
She saw me and walked straight over, sitting downs across from me.
Isaid. “A hot cocoa, no extra sugar, right?”
Sheila froze for a moment, then awkwardly nodded. “Yeah.. I didn’t think you’d remember my taste.”
“Well, after all these years, if I couldn’t even remember something like that, there’d be something wrong with me.” I said with a faint smile, though my eyes were emotionless
“Your memory is something no one can compete with,” she said, giving a self–deprecating laugh:
Soon, the cocou arrived. She took a long sip, seeming to calm down. “Dexter and Rhea kicked me out. They don’t want me living with them anymore. Isn’t it ridiculous?”
“How could it be Dexter seems to care about you, and you’re younger and more attractive than Rhea,” I said, sounding indifferent
“Don’t mock me. I used to think the same way–thinking I could replace my sister and that Dexter and I could live happily ever after. But I knew from the start he wasn’t reliable. He’s not the best man I could have met
She fiddled with her cup, her eyes distant, as if lost in thought,
“He’s not the most handsome, not the most capable, and he’s already married. And he cheated. Even if I managed to get to the top. I’d just end up bring a stepmother to his kid. I don’t get it.. Why am I so obsessed with him?”
Tears began to fall as she spoke,
Perhaps feeling exposed after showing so much weakness, she quickly wiped her eyes and sat up straight. I came to you with a condition. Could you help me get a job?”
“What happened to your money? You had a decent salary at the company, I reminded her
Sheila smiled bitterly. Then, before she could stop herself, the tears came again, this time uncontrollably.
“You won’t believe it, but Dester took all my money. I… I’m broke. Actually, I still have about 300 dollars in my account. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t even have been able to afford a hotel Last night.”
I raised an eyebrow. “You wa
want a job. What are you offering in return?”
Sheila took a deep breath. “Deater was just using you to get your money. He never had his relatives donate blood. The blood donation documents he gave you were all fake. They were forged.
“What. My heart tightened, and my hand trembled slightly.
“Didn’t see that coming, did you? He and his family were all in on it, planning to get money from you. And Dexter is going to take half of it
“You know his mother’s a gambler, right? Her debts are piling up. He has to keep finding ways to get money“:
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