While everyone was talking and laughing, Callum called out to Serena softly. When she looked at him, he whispered, “Serena, I didn’t see Camryn. She wasn’t in the shop this afternoon. I think she’s just avoiding me.”
Callum could not reach Camryn as well.
It was because Camryn had changed her phone number.
The slap mark on Callum’s face had disappeared.
“Serena, can you help me contact her?”
Callum no longer asked his sister-in-law to plead for him. He only wanted to know where Camryn was at the moment.
Zack looked at his younger cousin.
Callum immediately pretended as if nothing happened and ate his food.
However, his mind was not focused on the food.
He originally wanted to go directly to the Newmans’ residence, but he had no choice but to come here since Josh had invited him. Thus, he did not go to the Newman residence but came to his family’s hotel first.
Serena saw Callum’s reaction and figured out what was going on. She turned her head to look at Zack.
Zack asked her gently, “Are you full, honey?”
Serena hummed.
He fed her until she was full.
“Stop glaring at Callum.”
Serena whispered while taking out her phone. When she called Camryn’s number, what answered her was a mechanical voice saying, “The number you’ve dialed is unavailable.”
Camryn’s phone was turned off.
Since she could not see, she did not have messaging apps. It would be hard to contact her if she did not pick up her calls.
“Her phone is turned off. Go to her place tomorrow to have a look. I’ll drop by her shop tomorrow morning and put in a word for you while buying some flowers for Liberty.
Callum regarded Serena as the only person who could help him, so Serena had no choice but to give him a hand.
“Thank you, Serena,” Callum hurriedly uttered.
He still wanted to go to the Newmans’ residence later.
However, Camryn was not at home. After Callum forced a kiss on her and her assistant returned to the store, she left Spring Blossoms.
Then, she called Dalton and told him she was waiting for him at the roadside about a hundred meters from the store and asked him to come and pick her up.
After Dalton fetched her from the roadside, she asked him to send her to a seaside villa in Wiltspoon. Camryn had a villa by the sea, but it was not registered under her name; it was under Dalton’s name.
That way, it would not raise any eyebrows.
Camryn liked the sea.
Before she became blind, she would often hail a cab to the seaside alone when she was wronged and bullied at home. She would sit on the beach by the shore, quietly looking at the sea and enjoying the breeze.
She thought about her father.
After her father’s death, her mother burned all of her father’s photos. All the valuables left behind by him were sold by her mother, and all the worthless ones were thrown away.
If Camryn wanted to know what her father looked like, she had to look at the album kept by her youngest aunt or see his photo on his grave when she went to the cemetery to visit her grandparents’ graves every year.
Her father’s grave was far from her grandparents’.
Her youngest aunt told her that her grandparents liked her father the most. Back then, her youngest aunt had suggested that he be buried next to her grandparents’ graves so that he could be reunited with his parents in the afterlife.
However, her uncle strongly disagreed and insisted on burying her father far away from her grandparents. He also bought the two empty burial pits next to her grandparents with the intention of having his wife and himself buried next to his parents when they died.
Camryn did not understand what it meant when she was young.
After growing up, she understood.
Her uncle was jealous of her father, so he did not want her father’s grave to be too close to her grandparents after his death.
In the sea-view villa, Camryn was accompanied by Dalton and held an afternoon video conference with the senior management of Newman Enterprise, telling them that her family had undergone great changes after her mother and sister were arrested.
Her uncle was also implicated and was temporarily being held by the police for investigation.
Of course, she did not tell them that she was the one who reported on her uncle.
At first, her uncle was just taken in for questioning, but he was detained not long after.
Camryn knew that it was not because the police had found evidence of her uncle harming her father so quickly. It was because of the incident with her mother, as well as the evidence that Mr. York provided, that made it so her uncle could not escape.
Out of the evidence that Josh found, most of them pointed to Mrs. Newman on the surface. He suspected that Mr. Newman used his wife as a scapegoat. However, who was Josh Bucham? He managed to find more evidence against Mr. Newman.
In the end, Mr. Newman lost his freedom.
The incident with Mrs. Newman caused a huge stir in Wiltspoon. After being reported on extensively by the media, not only people in Wiltspoon knew about it; people in other cities who watched the news also learned about the incident.
Of course, the people in Newman Enterprise were in the know too.
They were wondering who would be in charge of the company after Mr. Newman and his wife went to jail. Who would inherit Newman Enterprise?
Mr. Newman’s only son?
However, he was still a high-school student. Mr. Newman protected his only son very well, so they had never seen the young man before.
Camryn usually learned about the happenings of Newman Enterprise through Dalton. Many people felt that since she was blind and young, there were many things that she did not know how to do. When she held the video conference with everyone, they doubted if she could manage Newman Enterprise.
However, the conference dispelled the doubts of the senior management. The eldest daughter of the Newman family was very well-informed about the company’s situation.
Moreover, the deputy managing director, Dalton, was sitting next to her. Dalton had always been deeply trusted and relied on by Mr. Newman. If he supported Camryn, what else could they say?
They were just senior executives.
In the end, Newman Enterprise belonged to the Newman family.
As long as it was a member of the Newman family who continued to pay their salaries, it did not matter to them who was on top.
At that moment, Camryn was still at the sea-view villa.
She did not know that Callum went to beg Serena for help after failing to contact her.
Serena did not know that Camryn had changed her phone number.
She was also considering whether to tell Serena her new number, but if she did, then Callum would find out as well.
Camryn lay on a recliner in the yard. Next to her was a table, and on the other side of the table was another recliner as well as a large parasol that could shelter her from the wind and rain both during the day and night.
Dalton came out with the cooked dishes and placed them one by one on the table. Then, he went back inside and took some empty plates for Camryn and himself.
“Let’s eat.”
“Sorry for making you cook, Dal.”
Dalton laughed. “There’s no need to apologize. Try the chowder first.”
He gave Camryn a bowl of seafood chowder.
“Thank you.”
“You don’t need to be so courteous with me either.”
He also served a bowl of chowder for himself.
“Do you want me to take you back to the city after eating?” Dalton asked gently.
“Yes. I’m sorry for the trouble.
Camryn had originally wanted to stay, but she figured that Dalton would not leave Wiltspoon tonight since it was late now. If she stayed, Dalton would stay as well because he was worried. Although they were like siblings, she was afraid that living together like this would cause his girlfriend to misunderstand.
Thus, she decided to go back to the city.
Her younger brother would be back in two days.
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