Compared to her emotional state, Neal Williams remained calm and collected. Looking at her tears, his expression did not change too much, but only said indifferently: “In my eyes, you are not love at all.”
The corners of his lips lifted a shallow arc, looking somewhat cold-hearted, “If you’re sober, I don’t have the heart to trample on your dignity.”
Penny Brown breathed backwards, “So … you’re now saying I made a fool of myself?”
“Whatever you say.” Neal Williams is clearly not in the mood to say much about this topic. He said what he had to say, and it was up to her to understand it or not.
Turn around and get ready to go out.
Looking at the back, Penny Brown was so angry that she screamed in spite of the occasion, “Neal Williams, you’re a bully!”
A voice made all the people in the room look towards them, and when they saw the tears hanging on Penny Brown’s face, all of them changed their faces in unison. Even the old man, who has always been unfazed by changes, now has an ugly face.
Viona Hall, distressed by her daughter, rushed to get up from the couch and embraced Penny Brown. “What’s wrong? What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
If you don’t ask, Penny Brown’s shoulders trembled and she hugged Viona Hall and cried, “Mom! He’s such a bully!”
The faces of both Wolfe Williams and Shirley Jones also changed, layers of anxiety written in their eyes.
Neal Williams sighed, “I’m going out for a smoke.”
“You stop right there!” The old man sternly shouted, extremely intimidating voice reverberated in the hall, making the whole atmosphere become unusually oppressive, the Williams family everyone did not dare to say anything.
Ashley Williams heard the sound and hurried out of the kitchen. When she saw her grandfather’s frosty face, she shivered.
“Apologize to Miss Brown!” The old man walked up to Neal Williams and ordered as the head of the family.
Neal Williams stood unmoving and moreover did not say a word.
“Can’t you understand me? Apologize to Penny!” The old man repeated again, his tone strong.
Neal Williams refused to bow down, and Penny Brown cried on Viona Hall’s shoulder. The atmosphere became particularly awkward as the old man couldn’t lose face. This scene is not a solution at all, Steve Brown smilingly said: “You old also don’t get angry, young people well, in love quarrels are also common.”
He turned his head again, pretending to be stern and instructed his daughter, “Penny, watch the occasion and don’t cry!”
“Neal!” The old man was partial to a stubborn nature and just glared at his grandson.
Shirley Jones looked pleadingly at her nephew and also said sharply, “Neal, your grandfather is not well, don’t be angry with him. Apologize and put Grandpa at ease, okay?”
Wolfe Williams was also secretly winking at him, pleading and begging, as if his life or death depended on him.
Under both hard and soft, Neal Williams can no longer be impulsive, nor can he be so selfish as to think only of himself. Family will always be family, the warmth of the blood connection is indelible.
“I’m sorry if what I just said hurt your feelings.” Looking at Penny Brown, Neal Williams said seriously. The tone of voice was not a bit reluctant. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief at this, but the next second …
He added coolly, “But every word I just said came from the bottom of my heart, and you can think about it.”
What is this … apology?!
Penny Brown was so angry that her face turned red and white.
The old man immediately tightened his mouth and squeezed his cane almost to swing on Neal Williams. But he already twisted around and walked out.
“Second Brother! Where are you going?” Ashley Williams chased after her.
“Get some air!”
“It’s almost time to eat!” Ashley Williams took a step after her.
“You guys eat, I don’t have an appetite.”
Looking at the back, Viona Hall asked, “Is this Neal leaving?”
The breath in the old man’s chest hadn’t gone down yet, so Shirley Jones just carefully patted his back while replying, “It won’t. Don’t worry, he won’t get out of here.”
Not to mention, the villa outside the old man has let people in the guard, even if he can pass that, there is no car out of this mountain.
The old man could not easily suppress that anger, looked at several people in the Ruan family, shook his head, and sighed: “Let you see the joke.”
“Where’s the word.” Steve Brown said, “It’s our Penny who’s making everyone laugh. He’s so big, and he’s still crying over love affairs! What an overgrown kid.”
Shirley Jones said, “Actually, Neal is a good boy, probably because he was brought here suddenly and without prior notice, so it is inevitable that some temper.”
Viona Hall also said with relief: “Yes, we all know what kind of nature Neal has. That’s how young people are, so let them spend the next few days getting along and cultivating their relationship. The past also got along quite well, right? That feeling will definitely come back.”
“I hope so.” Shirley Jones accompanied the smile.
The old man, however, tightened his eyebrows and did not let up throughout the night. His grandson has always been a stubborn person, which is entirely inherited from his own genes, just as when he was allowed to enter politics, he disregarded anyone’s advice and gritted his teeth to run the company. This time, it is not ruled out that he will grit his teeth and stubbornly go all the way to the end.
The night is quiet. So quiet that only insects chirp. The air is so clean that it is not dusty.
This kind of place is indeed suitable for a vacation, and he would be in a much more relaxed mood if he wasn’t in a situation that is so bad that it’s killing him right now.
I took out my cell phone with the intention of calling Andrea Jones – she might be worried about herself if she didn’t get home this late – and immediately dialed the familiar string of numbers with that thought, but instead, there were a few ‘ beep’ mechanical sound, the phone disconnected.
He looked at the screen suspiciously, and realized that there was no signal here! What the hell is this place?
Nowadays, even the ancient mountains have a signal, how come there is no signal in this villa area?
He frowned and grabbed the phone and took a few steps outside. Afraid of not receiving it, he also deliberately held the phone up high. However, every place is the same. The signal grid did not even blink for a moment.
“Damn!” He couldn’t help but curse, remembering the little woman at home.
If she doesn’t go back tonight, she is bound to be sleepless. No! Not only can not go back today, these days they simply can not get out of here!
The hell with this place, there are cars only 100 miles away!
He walked from morning until dark and couldn’t get there!
“Ergo, what are you doing?” Ashley Williams pushed out the door to see him irritably pointing his phone constantly at the sky.
Neal Williams gave her a look, “Is there a phone in there?”
“Nope. I’ve searched for it all.” Ashley Williams also looked depressed, “There’s no signal at all on my phone, and I was going to call San to help me water my flowers. Now well, all my flowers are definitely going to die.”
Neal Williams was annoyed as hell. He didn’t even care to hear about her flowers; all he could think about was how he could get in touch with someone at home.
“Ergo, you’re calling the sister who threw a tantrum at our house last time?” Ashley Williams asked, blinking her big eyes as she watched his anxious face.
Still not receiving a signal, Neal Williams had to give up.
Somewhat frustrated, she sat down on the front steps of the villa before nodding and using to return Ashley Williams’ words.
Ashley Williams sat down against him, propping her jaw up and blinking at him, “You like her a lot? She’s the one you said you loved before?”
Neal Williams curled his fingers and flicked her forehead, “Don’t ask so many questions when you’re a kid.”
He inhaled fresh air and looked up at the starry sky, “Fortunately, there is still you little thing here, to give me relief, otherwise I really do not know how to live.”
Ashley Williams’ eyes darted and looked at him, fading from bright to dark, still not giving up and asking, “You won’t marry Sister Brown, will you?”
Neal Williams did not make a sound, turned his face to look at Ashley Williams, see her formerly innocent little face at the moment more than a few originally did not belong to her melancholy, his eyes more than a few points of pity. Ashley Williams nose slightly sour, “Mom and I said today, Brown sister promised to help Dad, but … she made a request …”
“She asked you, Ergo, to marry her …,” said Ashley Williams with tears streaming down her face.
“Ashley Williams,” Neal Williams called out to her softly in a dull voice.
Ashley Williams smiled, wiped her tears away, and said strongly, “I heard everything you said to Sister Brown just now in the kitchen with my ears open. Second brother, no matter what you decide, I support you! You don’t love Sister Brown, and you’re right not to marry her!”
“But what about … your dad?”
“My dad …” her voice choked up, her strength just then shattered, and she looked at Neal Williams with tears in her eyes, sobbing, “Second brother, I don’t want to let my dad go to jail. Is there any other way?”
She tugged on Neal Williams’ sleeve as if clutching a lifeline, “I want my second brother to be happy … and I want my dad to be well …”
She sobbed, and Neal Williams’ heart twisted in pain as he held her tightly in his arms. If her uncle went to prison, their family would be broken up. How could this little girl, who had been so carefree, withstand such an ordeal? How could her aunt withstand such a blow?
That night.
Andrea Jones was alone in bed, and when Neal Williams didn’t return, she waited and slept, and sleep soon overtook her. That night, she dreamed again.
Sharp pain …
Blood …
Baby’s cry …
Scared to death, she woke up with a jolt, covered in cold sweat. Sitting on the bed with the quilt, covering her chest and breathing heavily, but the panic in her heart still did not dissipate a little, coiled in the heart, squeezing her breath. The nightmare was too real, so real that she still remembers it clearly at this moment.
Don’t dare to think back!
Must be too nervous for myself! The day after tomorrow, I have to give my child a checkup, so I’m nervous as you can imagine …
She consoled herself, forcing herself not to think so much, gently stroking her belly and murmuring, “Baby, you have to be good inside and be good until Mamma pulls out and lets you out, okay?”
The child did not respond to him.
It seems that the child has become lazy lately and rarely feels him/her kicking herself. However, the child must also be asleep at this point.
Thinking of the child, she smiled slightly. Lifted the eyes to look at the closed door, imagining a wall of next door with him in, heart a lot of peace. He is here, it will be fine!
There was no more sleep, she simply lifted the covers out of bed, pulled open the door and intended to go out to pour some water to moisten her throat. When she reached the hall, a faint light in the hall made her startled.
No lights off?
This was deliberately left for him before she went to bed in her room. Could it be that he hadn’t come back yet?
Subconsciously push open his bedroom door and press the light to turn on. The bed was really empty, no one was there. I looked up at the wall clock on the wall in the hall, but it was already 4:00 am. The heart was secretly shocked.
Did he go on a temporary business trip again? But the phone call this afternoon was just to say he wouldn’t be back for dinner!