“Elyette‘s record does not mention that he has a sister,” Hayden continued.
Averie instantly snapped out of it.
“What am I fantasizing about?! It‘s impossible between Elyette and 1!” she thought.
As she drove, she asked, “I thought that you don‘t like Shea. Why were you celebrating her birthday?”
Naturally, Hayden was not going to tell his mother that he had done so because he had struck a deal with Elyette, so he remained quiet.
“I know that you are a kind–hearted kid. Shea is a poor woman, so I‘m not mad that you celebrated her birthday with her.”
Hayden did not want to respond to anything related to Shea.
“Elyette‘s birthday is today as well.” Hayden did not remember Elyette‘s birthday, and he had only realized it was today when he saw that there were two cakes in Shea‘s classroom. One cake had ‘Elyette‘ written on it and the other had ‘Shea‘ on it.
“How do you know? Do you care about him that much?” Averie cast her son a sidelong glance.” Do you, by any chance, want to acknowledge him as your father?”
“I don‘t need a father.”
Averie felt slightly upset. “If only things aren‘t as complicated, I believe that you and Layla would be happier with a father.”
“I don‘t need one!” Hayden insisted stubbornly.
Elyette‘s image had taken root in Hayden’s mind, and Hayden would never forgive him for it.
Elyette had brought Shea back home when he saw Rosalie and the family of her eldest son. When Elyette saw them, displeasure filled his eyes.
They had not informed him ahead of time before visiting.
Elyette did not want them over, as they were all strangers to Shea, and they would startle her.
Rosalie stood at the very front and as soon as she saw Shea, her eyes gleamed, and she could not help but approach Shea.
Elyette stood in front of Shea and said, “Mom, why did you come here without telling me first?”
“Today’s your– I bought a cake.” Rosalie lowered her gaze and mumbled, “I know I shouldn’t come here unannounced, but I can‘t help it…”
She could not resist her urge to see Shea.
Shea heard Rosalie’s voice and was both nervous and curious at the same time. Rosalie could see her doe like eyes peeking at her from behind Elyette.
“Shea, you aren‘t afraid of me, are you?” Rosalie looked at her with anticipation.
Shea immediately lowered her head again, her grip on Elyette‘s clothes tightening in response.
Elyette reached his hand behind and held her hand.
“Mom, go home! We‘ve already had cake at school,” he said coldly. “Take your cake with you.”
Rosalie sighed.
Though it was unfortunate, she still felt satisfied to see that her daughter was doing well.
The group soon exited the building and Elyette led Shea back into the house.
“Madame Rosalie has just got here, and she wouldn‘t let me tell you,” Mrs. Cooper said apologetically.
Elyette looked over at Zoe, who was standing by the side.
Zoe immediately explained, “I‘ve been here since six in the evening, Elyette. If you‘ve already had your cakes, then I will take the cake away.”
Zoe had brought a cake that she had made herself.
Seeing how frightened she appeared to be, Elyette scowled.
Was he that scary?
“Dr. Sanford, is there any progress on Shea’s treatment?” Elyette asked while staring at her face.
Zoe lifted her eyes to look at him and said, “The soonest we can proceed will be spring next year. She needs to recover after her first surgery, and technically speaking, the more time she has to recover, the better it will be for her.”
Elyette nodded. “I look forward to good news.”
“Yeah, I’ll do my best.”
With that, she took the cake and left; but since she came out, she had been absorbed in her thoughts.
The way Rosalie had looked at Shea was not normal. It was Elyette‘s birthday and he was supposed to be the main focus, but Rosalie could not seem to take her eyes off Shea.
With all sorts of thoughts in her head, she messaged Cole.
(Didn’t your grandma know Shea already? She looked so excited just now.)
Cole replied, (Dr. Sanford, I can‘t talk to you about this, or my dad is going to skin me alive.)
Zoe felt even more curious by his response, (I will skin you as well if you won’t tell me. Do you prefer being skinned metaphorically by your dad or physically by me?)
“… What a vicious woman!” Cole thought to himself.
When he did not reply immediately, Zoe sent another message. (Let me guess, Shea is related to the Foster family, isn‘t she? Is she Elyette‘s ex–wife? Maybe it‘s because of her disability that the Foster Family decided to keep everything about her a secret?]
Cole read her theory with resignation and replied, (Dr. Sanford, I don‘t know what’s really going on with Shea either, but I don‘t think it‘s like that.)
(Then what is it like?]
(She is definitely not my uncle‘s girlfriend. How could I not know if they had been married before?)
Zoe was overjoyed. As long as she knew that Shea was not Elyette‘s girlfriend, who she truly was did not matter.
At three in the morning, in the master bedroom of the Starry River Villa, Averie’s phone started ringing.
She reached up to rub her eyes, before answering the call. Someone on the other side of the line said something, and she sat up from the bed abruptly.
She sat on the bed with unconcealable joy on her face.
Five years ago, her stepmother and Wanda’s younger brother, James, stole three hundred million from Tate Industries. After spending most of that fortune, greed had taken over him, and he had planned on making another fortune from Tate Industries. Only this time, he would not be met with three hundred million dollars, just the cold hard hand of the law.
A moment ago, officer Boyd, the police officer who was responsible for the case, had contacted Averie and informed her that James had already boarded the flight back to the country
There was a team of officers at the airport, ready to ambush him. As soon as James landed, he would be arrested.
This was something that Averie had spent years waiting for, and even after hanging up, she could not seem to calm herself down. She wanted to share the good news with her friends, but it was three in the morning, and she could not bring herself to wake them.
She got out of bed and stepped out of the bedroom. She went to the kitchen and opened the fridge to find a few cans of beer that her mother used for cooking. She took out the beer and went to sit down in the living room.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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