She walked to Ernest and looked at him before asking, “How’s the discussion?”
Although she could not hear what happened outside, they were not in a fight, and with Gideon’s humble attitude, she could roughly piece together the situation.
But this was related to Ernest’s medicine and she was worried and wanted to hear from Ernest directly.
Ernest nodded and explained to her patiently, “Gideon Harris is retrieving the Cocos for me. Once I consume the Cocos, my body will improve significantly.”
“That’s great,” Florence said. Although she had guessed this, she still wanted to hear it in person. Florence was overjoyed and the load was finally off her chest.
They had found the second drug within half a year. Then the last drug should not be too far away. Soon Ernest would regain his health and live a long and healthy life.
However, Florence was still a realist and asked, “Does he have any requests?”
After all, they barged in and were ready for a fight and even killed Hayden Harris. What they did was very offensive. Even if Gideon surrendered, he must have at least demanded compensation.
“You’re very intelligent.” Ernest tapped on Florence’s nose and said, “He wants something in the Turner family treasure vault. Afterward, we’ll go over to the Turner residence to get it.”
Ernest never hid anything from Florence. He then told her that he would be able to open the Turner family treasure vault after he took the Cocos.
“This Gideon is a complicated person. Keep a distance from him.” Ernest said.
Florence nodded. She remained in the car to avoid creating trouble for Ernest. Although they appeared successful in obtaining Cocos, they were still unsure if Gideon had any hidden motives. She naturally would not interact with him.
All she had to do was to stay behind Ernest and be his greatest support. Florence was relieved after speaking to Ernest. Now all they had to do was to wait for Gideon to return with Cocos. Then they would all take a flight to the Turner residence.
She then looked towards Stanford. He looked moody and gloomy.
She was worried for him and said, “Brother, have you sobered up? Does your head hurt?”
The flight to the Turner residence would take ten hours. Stanford had been on the road since he was drunk. She was worried about his health.
“I’m fine,” Stanford answered although his eyes were still dull.
He was awake but still felt slightly drowsy. His mind was hazy. He had not totally sobered up.
He happened to hear Kieran’s rant when he just woke up, so practically he woke up with a tantrum and vented it on Kieran to teach him a lesson.
Now that Kieran had been sorted out, he started to come to his senses but still had not figured out where they were. Why was he in Phoebe’s embrace when he woke up? His body position was what a woman would usually be when lying in a man’s embrace. How come their roles had been reversed?
That was not important. What was important was why he and Phoebe became so intimate? He was trying to piece together what had happened between Phoebe and him. For example, what happened after he entered the car at Jenkins residence…
His head began to hurt as he tried to recall if he had done anything when he was drunk.
“Bro, did you have lapses in your memory?” Collin smiled mischievously as he walked over.
Stanford’s eyebrows twitched when he saw Collin walk over to him. He had a bad feeling about it. His lapses in memory must not be a good thing. He pursed his lips and remained silent.
Collin rarely chanced upon such an opportunity to tease Stanford and said, “Bro, I’ve been with you for so many years and certainly know how you are when you’re drunk. You behave well when drunk. At the most, you’ll just fall asleep and ended up in someone’s bed. This time it was more or less the same. It’s okay if you don’t remember this time because we’ve videoed it. Do you want to have a look at the video?”
Video?
Stanford’s temples throbbed.
Images of him hugging Phoebe passionately flashed across his mind. He realized that he should not watch this video.
He said sternly, “Not interested.”
Collin twitched his eyebrow and intentionally raised his voice, “The video was requested by Phoebe. She wanted you to have a look at it when you sobered up.”
Stanford was speechless.
He was surprised and then looked towards the car where Phoebe was. When she heard her name mentioned, she was stunned and started to blush.
She indeed asked them to record the video but the way Collin said made it sound so devious. Collin even dramatized the story.
Collin then said, “Phoebe, since everyone’s waiting, why don’t you show Stanford the video. Show him how he is like when he’s drunk.”
Florence saw through Collin’s mischief. He was trying to extract some fun at the expense of Stanford. When Stanford was drunk, he behaved like a puppy and snuggled to Phoebe. Stanford would feel very embarrassed to see his behavior.
But then again, Florence was very curious to see Stanford’s expression when he saw the video. Regardless, it would be very amusing.
Florence was in a good mood and decided to tease Stanford further. She nudged him and said, “Brother, you should really watch the video. The way you behave when drunk is rather unique and indescribable. You should observe and be careful next time when getting drunk.”
Stanford now sensed that something was not right as both of them ganged up to embarrass him. Stanford had always been stern and lofty. Never had anyone made him the butt of the joke. He did not like that feeling.
He wanted to reject it but before he could say anything, he looked towards Phoebe. The video was requested by her. So it was possible that she also wanted to laugh at his expense.
If watching the video could make her laugh, then Stanford no longer objected to it. He could give her this satisfaction.
With this reasoning, Stanford looked towards Phoebe and said, “Show me the video.”
Phoebe was shocked and looked doubtfully at Stanford.
‘Didn’t he say that he was not interested in the video? How come he now wanted to watch it?’ She pondered, ‘Or could it be he could not remember what he did and wanted to watch it for himself?’
The video was Stanford’s greatest embarrassment and could become Collin’s weapon to tease him for years to come.
Phoebe hesitated to help Collin embarrass Stanford although she also was very curious to see Stanford’s reaction to the video…