Chapter 54
Chapter 54 Neil grinned and said, “Really? How come I’ve never noticed you have such a problem before?” “Did you ever bother to get to know me before?” Suddenly, I found my backbone and glared at Neil defiantly. Sure enough, I succeeded in diverting the conversation. I thought of the man who hit me with the stick and asked, “Did you call the police? About me getting beaten up.” “I did. The guy’s cooling his heels at the police station now.” Neil opened a food box, revealing a steaming chicken and abalone soup. “Ada made this from home.” No wonder it smelled familiar. I took the food box and started to eat. As I was eating. Neil broke the silence. “I’ve let Ada go. She’s leaving tomorrow.” The spoon nearly slipped from my hand, but I didn’t turn my head for fear of aggravating my injury. Instead, I widened my eyes and asked him, “Why?” “The guy who beat you up today, Kent Tueley, is the brother of Ada’s husband. It’s not appropriate for her to continue working at our place.” Neil explained slowly. A chill ran down my spine. Did Neil already know that Ada was Bonnie’s mother? If he had looked into Kent, he surely would’ve checked out Bonnie’s family, too. It wouldn’t be hard to figure out who Ada was. I had initially wanted Ada to stay at our place a bit longer, but since Neil had already made up his mind, I let it be. “Alright, I get it.” I calmed down and continued eating. As I was eating, I kept sneaking glances at Neil. He knew that Ada was our nanny, but did he never suspect that I actually knew Bonnie? Neil was busy replying to messages on his phone. I remembered that my mom’s roast chicken should be ready soon, so I said to him, “Thanks for bringing me food today. Since you’re busy, you should go.” “Okay.” Neil stood up to leave.
I rolled my eyes. If he was in such a to leave, then why did he even bother bringing
me food? more. No sooner had Neil left than my mom arrived. Although I had already eaten quite a bit, I couldn’t resist the temptation of the roast chicken and forced myself to eat some My mom wanted to stay overni My mom reluctantly went home to Mer Just as I was about to drift “Hello?” Without checki off the but I refused. It was just my head that with couldn’t I move, not my body. rest. a nurse had checked my ward and gave me some injections, I was ready to get some sleep. to ID, came “Irene, it’s me.” Bonnie’s I immediately became alert. My
p. my rang. Luckily, I was in a private room, so the noise wouldn’t disturb anyone else. the phone, “Who’s this?” phone. She spoke softly and nervously, “Are you asleep?” clearer, “Oh, it’s you. No, I’m not asleep. What’s up?” “Irene, I heard about what happened. My hurt you today, and you had to be hospitalized. I’m calling to apologize on his behalf. I’m sorry.” Bonnie’s tone was filled with sincerity. I could tell that she genuinely meant her apology. I chuckled, “So that guy is uncle, huh? What a coincidence. I was only there today for work. I didn’t expect something like this to happen.” Bonnie replied, “Yes, Irene, we really do have a connection. I just found out today that my mom has been working at your place. But… she’s been fired.”” It seemed she knew quite a lot. I was a bit disappointed that I didn’t hear what I wanted to hear. Since Bonnie knew that her uncle me and that her mom worked at my place, didn’t she know that Neil was my husband? After all, I went to Zion Chemical Plant with Neil, and Ada was fired by Neil. “It must’ve been my husband who fired her. I’ Upon hearing my words, Bonnie fell silent for fter what happened today, he was pretty pi ssed.” I said with a laugh. “Alright.” I hung up. When she spoke again, her voice sounded a bit strained, “I know, Irene. You should get some rest.” That night, I didn’t sleep very well. Probably due to the head injury, I kept having fragmented dreams about my past love, which almost made me think my condition had worsened when I woke up the next day.
It was 8:30 in the morning according to my phone. I thought I’d see my mom first today, but Neil showed up again. He put a few slices of toast and a cup of coffee on the side, then handed me the food box like the day before. I was a bit puzzled, not understanding what he was up to. “Neil, what are you doing? I took the toast, asking skeptically, “Aren’t you busy at work? Or have you already snagged that college girl?” At this rate, the news will soon be about Mr. Whitmore giving up his career to be a family man. Neil shot me a glare. His expression was rather frosty, but I pretended not to notice and continued sipping the soup. “Irene,” he pulled a chair over, sat down next to my bed, and asked calmly, “You’ve known her for some time, haven’t you? And you also knew that Ada was her mother, didn’t you?” I paused my soup-eating. Ah, he finally caught on. Well, since he knew, I might as well tell the truth. After all, my ultimate goal wasn’t to salvage this marriage. 1 wiped the corner of my mouth and replied casually, “Yes, I’ve known for a while. But I didn’t think there was any point in telling you. Do you think you would’ve given up on Bonnie if I did?” Neil just stared at me, not saying a word. “Do you remember La Rencontre? She worked there part-time. I met her when I was there for coffee, and I also met her boyfriend. We even had dinner together once. He was really good to her, until you came along and broke them up. As for Ada, it wasn’t me who specifically looked for her. The agency just happened to recommend her to me, so I kept her. I only found out that she was Bonnie’s mother when we chatted occasionally.” I explained calmly. Upon hearing about Bonnie’s boyfriend, Neil became long faced a bit.
