After the conversation was over, Anna went to the duty desk in the hallway during the night shift. A nurse handed her something while she was off duty and said, “Mr. Wright in VIP1 asked me to give this to you.”
“Thanks.” Anna took the box. She had a new patient to see, so she didn’t open it immediately. When she got home, she thought of the box and took it out of her bag.
It was late at night, and Tammy had gone to bed. Isabella was still playing the game. Anna worked hard all day, so she didn’t even want to turn on the light. After coming back home, she sat on the couch and only turned on the floor lamp next to her. The purple suede box glistened softly in the dim light.
The box Peter had given her was large and heavy. Anna was confused before opening it but stunned when she did. The necklace she had asked Peace to return to Wayne five years ago was inside the box, the only token she had taken from Wayne when she left the city eleven years ago.
This necklace had been returned to her after more than a decade.
The emerald set in the center of a diamond circle glowed with a brilliant green light. Anna stroked the jewel, feeling its warmth. She looked at the necklace for a moment before putting it away. She intended to return it to Peter at the hospital the following day.
Wayne was similar to Peter in that he rarely expressed his emotions. The fact that he had given her the necklace had multiple meanings. It was his mother’s legacy, and it had only been passed down to the wives of the family’s men. Peter was telling Anna that he wanted her to reconcile with Wayne by doing so.
Anna lay in bed, slowly drifting off to sleep. However, the ringing of her cell phone woke her up. She thought it was the hospital calling. However, when she answered the phone, she heard the voice of a young man.
“Hi, sis! I’ll be back in Birmingham the day after tomorrow! Are you available at that time? Please meet me at the airport.”
Anna checked her phone’s caller ID and confirmed it was Scott. She leaned back, yawned, and asked, “Are you insane? Your agent, your assistant, Randal and his assistant can all pick you up. Why did you ask me to pick you up?”
“I’ve been recording a reality show lately, and I thought you could be a guest.”
Anna immediately sobered up and asked, “Huh? You’re kidding, right?”
“I’m not! The other chose the theme of family. I considered it and decided to do that theme as well. Actually, I can only do it at your house because I have no other family except you.”
Anna was persuaded because he sounded pitiful. “How long will it take to record?” she asked.
Scott immediately perked up and said cheerfully, “Don’t worry, the official recording won’t take more than half a day. They will arrive a day early to set up the cameras, so it will take you a total of two days. The crew should arrive at your house by tomorrow noon.”
“What? They will be at my house tomorrow?! You’re really something, Scott! ” Anna said in surprise, thinking, Scott, since you and Randal fell in love, you have become increasingly adept at getting sympathy, and you even do it better than Tammy.
“It’s a done deal! I’ll text you the flight details right away. Please remember to pick me up at the airport the day after tomorrow, Anna.” Scott completely ignored her words and instead said what he wanted to say. He then apologized for disturbing her sleep and hung up the phone.
Anna felt resigned, but all she could do was put her phone on the nightstand and go to sleep. A few minutes later, her phone rang again. She assumed that it was a call from Scott. As she was not interested in which plane he was flying on, so she dozed off.
The next morning, a noise woke her up. At first, Anna thought it was her neighbor using a power drill, but then she realized it was right outside her bedroom door.
When Anna heard the sound of several men talking, she immediately sat up. She then took the baseball bat from the floor and carefully walked to the bedroom door, pulling it open.
the moment she opened the door, she saw a group of men at her house. Some were directing while others were climbing ladders and appeared to be a construction crew.
Meanwhile, Isabella and Tammy were standing around watching them. Isabella looked drowsy, and she couldn’t sit still. She snored against the wall but stood firm.
“Anna, they say Scott is coming to record his show and is going to put cameras in the house,” Isabella said to Anna.
“Oh! I see!” Anna walked out, quietly tossing the baseball bat behind her back and smoothing her hair.
Tammy, who was Scott’s number one fan, was overjoyed that he was coming to film his show. She bounced around the house like a wind-up toy rat. Then she asked excitedly, “Will Scott share a room with me? Will they install cameras in my room?”
Anna glanced at Tammy and answered for his assistant, “No. You’re eleven now, and you’re a big girl. You can’t sleep in the same room with him anymore.”
Tammy immediately became upset and said, “But there’s no guest room in the house! Where will Scott spend the night?”
Anna explained, “Scott will not be staying with us. He’s only here to record the show and will only have dinner with us. He’ll leave after dinner.”
Instead of being comforted, Tammy appeared even more depressed. Anna sighed, feeling defeated. She had taken the afternoon off from work because Scott was coming to the house to tape the show. She rarely took time off, so her supervisor immediately granted her two days off, which was unusual.
***
Wayne had just finished his meeting when Noel knocked at the door and entered his office. He lowered his head and made room for the person who was standing behind him. It was Gabe.
“Mr. Wright, I’m back.” Gabe greeted Wayne respectfully.
Wayne immediately looked up when he heard Gabe’s voice.
Noel had previously messed things up. So, Wayne decided to have Gabe return from Australia immediately to avoid repeating what happened the last time.
Wayne wasn’t overly enthusiastic about Gabe’s arrival and was even more indifferent toward him than usual. And that made Noel very happy.
Wayne stood up after signing the last contract on the table and said, “Send the papers on the table back to the departments, Noel. I need to talk to Gabe about something, so don’t let anyone in.”
Noel froze, but all he could do was nod and walk away. He thought, Why is he refusing to let me in? I am his chief secretary now! Why can’t I take part in their conversation?
A while later, Gabe made two cups of floral tea on the coffee table that were bubbling with fresh vapor.
“Anna works at a hospital now, and she’d met my grandfather,” Sitting on the sofa leisurely, Wayne said to him.
Gabe handed his iPad to Wayne and said, “We don’t need to get into that right now. Please check out today’s Twitter trends, Mr. Wright.”
Then Wayne saw several tweets with Scott’s name on Twitter.
“Scott fans are hoping he’ll be with his unrelated sister.”
“Fans beg Scott to spend more time with his sister! Nobody treats Scott better than she does.”
“This is fantastic! They’ve been friends since they were kids.”
“Are these people insane? Why can’t they see he’s gay? Do they not realize Scott is dating Randal?” Wayne was so enraged that he nearly slammed his iPad to the ground.
“That was the trend last night, and it was too late by the time PR noticed it. So, they had to let it be.”
Wayne yelled angrily, “Make those nonsense disappear! Hurry up!”
“Got it,” Gabe said right away. He knew Wayne well enough to know that he couldn’t say no at this critical moment.
“Noel is still young, and there are things he doesn’t know much about,” he said, changing the subject. Wayne remained silent.
“Actually, I have a tip on how to get back with ex-girlfriends.”
Wayne looked up at Gabe immediately after hearing his words and asked, “What’s the trick?”
Gabe smiled meaningfully, and that made him seem funny. “It’s all about patience,” he said.
Anna arrived at the airport on time and parked her car in front of the terminal. Soon after she stopped the car, she noticed a large crowd of fans carrying illuminated banners pouring out of the terminal’s exit.
Accompanied by a few bodyguards, Scott walked in the crowd. He was dressed simply in sunglasses, a white t-shirt, and khaki pants, but he looked distinguished.
His fans didn’t stop following him until he entered Anna’s car. Anna then started the car and drove down the driveway without talking to him. In the rearview mirror, Anna saw a crowd of fans following the car.
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