At this point, she didn’t dare to call again for fear of disturbing him. Recently, he has been distressed enough, she really can not call him again. So, she picked up the phone and put it down, forcing herself to suppress the uneasiness in her heart.
No need to think!
He’s a grown man, she doesn’t have to worry so much!
This thought, a glass of water leaned back on the sofa to rest. The mind is in a state of confusion, no longer sleepy. In a trance, it seems that I always hear footsteps outside the door, and look through the cat’s eye, but I can not see anything.
The night passed with great anxiety. When she was tired to the extreme, she finally fell asleep reclining on the sofa.
When Sister Chen came over to make breakfast, she saw her cowering on the sofa. She took a blanket from the room and put it over her. She slept very lightly, and she woke up with the slightest movement. She opened her eyes in a daze, rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up with the blanket.
“Why are you sleeping on the couch? Mr. Williams is also really, this does not even care.” Sister Chen mumbled, like she was complaining with her daughter.
“He’s back?” Andrea Jones’ eyes lit up slightly.
“You said Mr. Williams, he wasn’t home last night? No wonder you slept here. But I just came over and didn’t see him either.”
“I’ll go check it out!” Andrea Jones threw away the thin blanket and shut her feet on the floor. Eagerly, she pushed open the door, which was empty making her heart sink a few notches.
“Is Mr. Williams on a business trip? But last night, he only said he wouldn’t come back for dinner.” Sister Chen also probed and looked at the empty room.
Andrea Jones frowned, was she being too paranoid? It always seemed like things were fishy.
After all, I couldn’t resist, and turned to the lobby to get the phone and dial the all-too-familiar number.
“Sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable, please dial again later …”
Mechanical sound, cold and hollow.
She did not give up and continued to dial again, but the response was still the same.
The uneasiness in the heart, and with it, the expansion.
Trapped in this shithole, Neal Williams was restless.
As soon as it was light, he came out of the room.
“Neal, just wake up.” Shirley Jones was already in the hall, doing stretches.
“Auntie.” He greeted.
Shirley Jones stopped and said, “Go wash up and come out for breakfast later. Aunt specially asked the kitchen to make the porridge you like today. By the way, your mother collected some of your clothes for you earlier, I put them in your room yesterday, see them?”
Neal Williams doesn’t really know what to say. Even the clothes were put away in advance, so this situation is simply a premeditated and laid out by everyone in advance. Only he looks like a fool, by the old man a word coaxed here.
“Is Grandpa up yet?” Neal Williams glanced at the door that was still firmly closed.
“Not yet! The old man has been working too hard lately, worrying about your uncle …” Shirley Jones eyes glowed, looking at Neal Williams, who looked slightly stoned, before Shirley Jones continued again: “Last night also took such a long ride to come here on purpose. As you know, the old man’s health is getting worse every day and his blood pressure could rise at any time, so, Neal, you must remember to talk properly about anything and not be impulsive.”
How could Neal Williams not hear the meaning of his aunt’s words? He nodded slightly, “I’ll wait for Grandpa to wake up.”
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to go back to his room. At that moment, another door was abruptly pulled open.
Penny Brown is sleeping in that room. At this moment, she is fully dressed – her hair is casually spread out and she still looks a little lazy. A small orange jacket and a mini skirt, the figure will be set off just right. Her eyes darted around and she saw Neal Williams at once.
He stood there with an indifferent look, a look of rejection.
Shirley Jones reached out and dragged him, “Neal!”
“Aunt?” Neal Williams frowned immovably.
Avoiding Penny Brown, Shirley Jones looked at him again pleadingly, her eyes burning and her hoarse voice lowered, “You must help your uncle! Please!”
Neal Williams’ hand hanging at his side clenched slightly, but just patiently said again, “Aunt, there are some things that are beyond my power.”
Shirley Jones under the eyes attacked a thick disappointment, “you forget? When I was a child, your uncle loved you the most, every time you go abroad will bring you many, many gifts … Neal, don’t be so heartless … aunt does not ask you to marry her, only ask you to change your attitude a little, coax her, okay?”
Shirley Jones’ words plunged Neal Williams into a deep silence. Darkness ran through his deep pupils, and he sighed helplessly, his face softening a bit.
Shirley Jones breathed a long sigh of relief, said ‘thank you’ over and over, and then raised her voice to greet Penny Brown: “Penny, let Neal and you go for a walk outside. It’s fresh air in the morning, think of it as exercise.”
“Sure.” As if he couldn’t see the ice cream on Neal Williams’ face, Penny Brown happily agreed.
A quiet morning.
The transparent morning sun penetrated the clouds and enveloped the entire villa. The bushes on either side of the cobblestone path were still stained with drops of water. It was a lush morning, but Neal Williams’s mood was definitely the inverse of the view at the moment.
Penny Brown took a deep breath, stretched, and exclaimed, “What a great mood!”
“I’m sure you’d be in a better mood without me.” Neal Williams gave her a look, “Take your own walk, I have other things to do.”
He still has to find a way to get out of here!
Even if there are no cabs or buses, if you are lucky you may occasionally meet private cars that buy houses here. However, this kind of place is so inconvenient that the occupants mostly buy it for retirement, so it is all vacant today.
Penny Brown didn’t think twice about reaching out and pulling him in.
“Neal Williams, do you know why I’m in a good mood?” He looked at her with sunken eyes. She was in a mood that he really didn’t have any interest in knowing.
“It’s not because I have you around, or because it’s such a beautiful place, it’s …” she smiled a little, with vengeful smugness in her eyes, “It’s great to see you being forced and forced by everyone to stay by my side ! I feel better when I see you in such a difficult situation.”
Neal Williams wasn’t annoyed, he just looked at her with a blank expression, “Really? I’m so glad I didn’t marry you. Everything today is just proving that my decision was right.”
“You!” Penny Brown gagged at his words, lost for words.
He said it so plainly, without even the slightest emotional ups and downs, as if he was talking about a topic that didn’t even matter. It was like a fierce punch that ended up on a cotton ball, she felt powerless and frustrated.
“Neal Williams, are you really this desperate? Aren’t you afraid that your second uncle will go to jail?” She asked, gritting her teeth in exasperation.
“I’m afraid.” He nodded his head in a cloudy manner, and in the next instant, his words turned sharply, “But, compared to the matter of the second uncle’s imprisonment, I have something that scares me more-”
Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him.
He laughed and said lightly, “That would be to marry a woman you don’t love at all. For example, you!”
Penny Brown stared dead in the eyes, refusing to let her tears fall out of her eyes. However, looking at his desperate and cold back, standing in the morning sun, her tears were suddenly like a kite with a broken string.
“Neal Williams! You son of a bitch!” She screamed out of control.
He paused in his steps for a moment.
But, just for a moment, and then lift the step forward.
“You’ve gone too far! You’re the one who hurt me in the first place, so how dare you say such hurtful words with such righteousness!” She had an emotional breakdown.
But …
The people in front of you, no more stopping. Not even for a moment!
That back, so desperate that it seemed to fade out of her life, regardless of everything! She suddenly got scared, sniffled, trotted up and suddenly hugged his waist tightly from behind.
Neal Williams was forced to stop in his tracks.
Dropped his eyes, looked at the hand on his waist, did not make a move to pull it away, just a cold face and drank, “Penny Brown!”
“Don’t tell me to let go! I won’t let go, and I can’t let go!” She cried, her face pressed against his straight back, wiping all her tears on his clothes, “I didn’t mean to force you, and I didn’t really want to force you with your second uncle’s affairs. But … I know that if I don’t do this, there’s really no possibility between us anymore! You’ve been completely captivated by Andrea Jones! Perhaps, I am now this way to make you hate, but, I am just trying to find a way to win you!”
Neal Williams pulled her hand away and turned around, looking down at her, “I’m sorry …”
She choked up and suddenly stood on her tiptoes, cupped his face and sent her lips towards her without rebellion.
It was so sudden that Neal Williams froze for a moment. But in the next second, he reflexively pushed her away. The dark tide in his eyes swirled like a gathering storm.
“You’re inexplicable!” As if disappointed in her to the core, Neal Williams gave her a heavy look, wiped his lips clean, turned and walked away. Not wanting to look at her for a moment longer.
Looking at the departing back, tears were still hanging from the corners of Penny Brown’s eyes. She just stood there, standing under the morning sun, but her expression turned more and more gloomy.
Neal Williams!
You’ll regret it!
Definitely!
Neal Williams is under house arrest!
He was a little annoyed by this fact! No matter how much he talked to the old man, the old man just wouldn’t let go. No! At this time, there is no car and no communication equipment, even if the old man let go of everyone can not go here.
Tomorrow Andrea Jones has a maternity appointment, so he has to get out of here today!
At noon.
With little appetite, Neal Williams put his chopsticks down early and stood outside the cottage, looking at the only road available.
“Second Brother! Ergo!” Ashley Williams suddenly probed out at the edge of the bushes and whispered to him, waving at her repeatedly.
What’s this little goblin doing again?
Neal Williams’ somber mood eased a little when he saw her. A few steps over and knocked her on the head, “Not so young, why are you still hiding in the garden to play?”
“I’m not playing around. I’m talking to you …” She stood up and stood on tiptoe with difficulty to whisper to him, but her second brother was too tall for her to reach, so she had to wave her hand for him to crouch down. neal Williams obediently crouched down and put his ear to the ground.
She burst into a fit of gibberish.
A moment later, Neal Williams looked at her, “Really?”
“Of course! I’ll take care of the people guarding the door while you get out and let him take you out of here.” Ashley Williams quickly made arrangements. It took her a lot of effort to come across someone next door. And, as luck would have it! The other person happens to be going back to the city today.
Neal Williams looked at her who was planning for herself, his eyes deepened slightly and he embraced her with one arm, “Would you blame your second brother for being insensitive?”
“Stop it, I might regret it if you say it again!” Ashley Williams glared at him in disgust, “I’m going to get rid of the man guarding the door right now.”