The assistant didn’t dare to say anything and quickly disappeared in front of him, the divorce agreement in his hand was more like holding a hot potato.
Edward Ford watched his back as he left, his face grim.
Another late night
Elena Bush lies in bed, feeling the silence around her, the sound of the air moving as if it were extraordinarily clear.
It was only after half a second that she slowly got out of bed and inserted her phone into the card, then quickly fished through her phone contacts and dialled Roger Scott’s number.
The late night call came unexpectedly and Roger Scott was a little surprised, “Elena?”
“It’s me, Uncle Roger,” Elena Bush said, gripping the phone tightly.
“What’s wrong?” Roger Scott’s voice was a little hazy, as if he’d just been woken up from a nap.
And apparently, Roger Scott didn’t know about her leaving, and if he did, he wouldn’t have reacted the way he did.
Elena Bush bit her lip, “Uncle Roger, I remember you saying that you thought of me as your own daughter, didn’t you?”
“Right.” At the mention of it, Roger Scott’s expression took on a serious look for a few moments, “I’ve never been false about anything I’ve said, you’ve been good to Logan and I’ve been just as true to you.”
Plus, if it’s someone Logan Brown approves of, it’s only natural that there’s nothing wrong with it ……
“Then ……”
Elena Bush didn’t know when a little thin sweat had broken out as she squeezed her palms, “What if I said that I was going to be your daughter?”
“What?” Roger Scott almost thought he’d crawled up in the middle of the night and was hallucinating, his head following a little.
“I said, I want to change my last name and I’m in The Scott’s household, okay?” By the time the words left her mouth, her back was wet with a large amount of tension, it was nervous, “Uncle Roger, I know, maybe I don’t qualify to be in the Scott, but I would never think of doing that if I didn’t have to ……”
“Don’t, Elena, I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but in any case, I’m childless and I’d be just as happy to be my daughter if you wanted to be!”
Roger Scott answered in one breath, the exactness of that answer, leaving Elena Bush barely able to respond, “Uncle Roger, what you said, was it true?”
“Of course!” Roger Scott’s dreams were all awake now, “Elena, if you mean it I mean it just as much as I do, nothing less!”
“Uncle Roger ……”
Elena Bush was red-eyed, “Thank you, thank you.”
Roger Scott lost his smile, “Silly girl, what’s there to thank for such things, besides, I’ve only earned a cheap grandson thanks to you, how nice.”
She covered her lips and nodded repeatedly, full of emotion that almost spilled out of her chest.
Then she remembered that she was on the phone and said, “Uncle Roger, I’m going to need you to do everything, and I’d like you to do the paperwork for me too, okay?”
“Yes.”
Roger Scott agreed readily, then couldn’t resist joking, “What, you’re still called Uncle Roger? It’s time to change your name.”
“Uncle ……” Elena Bush’s lips twitched in response and she quickly wiped the traces off her face and squeezed out a smile, “Thanks, Dad.”
Roger Scott laughed out loud with delight, wanting to run a lap right now and shout to the world that he finally had a daughter and that he wasn’t alone anymore!
Through the microphone, the man’s cheerful laughter infected her.
Elena Bush breathed a sigh of relief, and at the end of it she said, “I want you to be the only one who knows about this, especially the Ford, okay?”
“Edward Ford?” froze Roger Scott, then couldn’t help but say, “Elena, you and the Ford, did something happen?”
Elena Bush couldn’t help but immediately take a deep breath, guessing what he was bound to ask, “I’ll talk to you about it later, but, for now, I also need to ask about a lawyer regarding the divorce, can you get me in touch with one tomorrow?”
“Divorce papers?”
The more Roger Scott listened the stranger it became, a bad feeling filled his chest, “Elena ……”
“Dad!”
Elena Bush clenched her teeth, a slight tremor in her voice, “I’m begging you, don’t ask anything, I’ll tell you later, okay? Now I really don’t know how to explain it to you.”
Roger Scott listened and immediately withdrew his doubts, “Okay, I won’t ask, and you take it easy.”
Elena Bush wiped her face, pulling back all the emotions in her mind.
Her face was tense and serious as she spoke, “Dad, before I do that, I would also like to sign an agreement with you, and I will sign it electronically, and I, Elena Bush, promise you that even though I am your Roger Scott’s daughter, I am in no way entitled to inherit anything from you in the future!”
Roger Scott’s heart stuttered, “Elena, that’s not what I meant, don’t misunderstand.”
“I know.” Elena Bush guffawed, “I know what you have in mind, but I also know that what is mine is mine, and if it wasn’t mine …… I wouldn’t want it.”
“Elena ……”
Roger Scott tried to say something else, but the words were all blocked out by Elena Bush, “Dad, I really respect you, but there are some things that I can’t explain.”
Roger Scott closed his eyes and nodded heavily, “OK, the lawyer I will arrange tomorrow, do I need to come to your place or ……”
“Just contact me by phone, you’ll give me the lawyer’s mobile number then and I’ll get in touch with the lawyer myself.”
Roger Scott listened to her words, there were so many things he wanted to ask, but thinking that she didn’t seem willing to talk about it, he had to let it go.
“Hmm.”
Roger Scott responded, then didn’t forget to remind her, “Elena, I know you’re a good kid, so you’d never do anything you’d regret, and as for Logan …… I’m sure there won’t be any barriers between you. ”
The thoughtful words of her elders were like a warm current infused into her heart, making her whole being follow suit and her eyes flood with tears like a tidal wave.
She nodded her head and choked back a sob in response, “I will.”
There would be no barriers between her and Logan Brown, they would go on together, she was sure of it!
That’s why she was working hard for it.
When she hung up Roger Scott’s phone, Elena Bush went back to bed, her gaze falling to the ceiling in a daze.
Logan Brown hadn’t shown up this night, not sure if it was because he’d received the divorce papers or if he’d been caught up in something.
Thoughts too many to dare how, Elena Bush could only console herself ……
“Squeak ……”
Elena Bush had just squinted her eyes and was about to fall asleep when the door to her room suddenly sounded like a key being twisted, followed by the door being pushed open ……