Miller instructed once more on the other side of the phone, “If anyone asks you for any information I’ve asked you about, you are to tell me immediately, and I’m sorry for involving you in danger because of our family business.”
Sherry ran through the thoughts in her head and replied seriously, “Professor Miller, although I don’t know the exact details, I do appreciate you worrying about my safety, you saved my mother’s life and I want to do what I can to help you, so far no one has… …”
No sooner had she finished speaking than there was a knock on the door of the room.
Miller sensed something was wrong and hastily asked, “What’s wrong?”
He’s also not sure what’s behind the scenes, keeping an eye on the Garcia Family’s every move, and the more behind the scenes this is, the more of a headache it is.
Sherry turned on the speakerphone button, then came to the door of the room and asked loudly, “Who is it?”
This way Miller can hear it clearly too.
“Hello, I am the hotel waiter presenting you with the hotel’s festive dinner.”
Festivals?
Sherry scanned the date on the screen, it also happened to be Tanabata.
“No need.”
The waiter added a few more, all of which Sherry declined.
“Yes, ma’am, sorry to bother you.”
It wasn’t until the man had left for some time that Sherry gradually found her thoughts and breathed a slow sigh of relief.
The phone was still ringing and Miller immediately said, “I’ll get someone over there to see what’s going on, so don’t leave the room yet.”
If he is not being paranoid, then someone is indeed watching the Garcia Family, waiting for an opportunity, even at the risk of implicating the innocent.
Sherry listened to the blind tone of the call being hung up and slowly dropped her hands.
She kept watching the clock until, after twenty-three minutes, the knock on the door sounded once more.
Sherry’s heart tightened and she waited a moment before asking, “Who?”
The other person’s pause seemed longer than hers.
Just as Sherry was already nervous enough to call the hotel room number, he spoke up.
“It’s me, Edward,” he said, afraid she wouldn’t hear him.
After all, they weren’t exactly familiar with each other.
Yet Sherry opened the door faster than he expected, almost without hesitation, whether it meant that she still trusted him.
At least this identification tinted Edward’s deep eyes with a faint softness.
“Professor Miller sent you, didn’t he?”
The words left her mouth and Sherry realized that she seemed to have asked a nonsense question.
She coughed awkwardly and stepped out of the way, “Mr. Edward, want to come in?”
She wasn’t sure what Miller had meant when he said he wanted someone to come over.
“No, the car is downstairs, I’ll take you somewhere safe.” Edward said so, “Uncle Miller always does things the hard way, he’s got it all arranged.”
Sherry gave a slight nod.
As she walked behind Edward, the thought popped into her mind of just how important the person Miller had asked her to enquire about was that even Edward had condescended to come and see her off.
Little did she know that Edward had taken it upon himself to do so.
He is very poised, with a noble aura amidst the coldness of his aura, which makes people not dare to approach easily.
Sherry walked with her head down, not noticing that he had stopped and, without noticing, nearly bumped into him.
“The car’s up ahead and it’s raining.” Edward inclined his head sideways to look at her.
The next moment, Sherry naturally headed for the hotel lobby and borrowed two umbrellas.
Her ability to read people’s eyes had been honed over the years she had spent at Aaron’s side.
Edward looked at her, his gaze slightly cool as he took the umbrella and walked in the direction of the car.
After that, there was no further conversation between them.
The car Edward drove this time was an SUV, silver-grey with plate number 8888, which looked low-profile among the crowd of luxury cars.
The car drove a little way ahead and the man’s slightly deep voice rang out, “Been to Seattle before?”
“No.” Sherry answered quickly and succinctly.
After that there was endless silence again.
After an unknown amount of time, Edward rested one hand on the steering wheel and dropped one hand to the window frame, “Did Uncle Miller ask you to come to Seattle specifically to ask you about someone?”
Sherry was surprised that the first person to ask her about it was Edward.
She hesitated slightly, tilting her head sideways and looking at Edward for a few more moments, still choosing to remain silent.
“What, you can’t trust me?” He raised an eyebrow and gave an impish smile, “You should have heard of my relationship with the Garcia Family.”
Sherry thought about what she had heard from her colleagues at work earlier and repeated it softly, “I heard that Mr. Edward is the future son-in-law of the Garcia Family and has a great relationship with them.”
The atmosphere in the car seemed to have changed slightly in an invisible way.
Sherry couldn’t say what was wrong, and she couldn’t sense whether Edward was upset or …
Anyway, when she was left to stay in the flat, Edward turned around and left without leaving a single word except the code to the room.
This is an upscale private residential area, where face recognition is required to enter the neighborhood and security is a bit higher.
Sherry sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched the traffic and lights on the street, it was almost like a prime downtown area of Seattle, and the bustle of it all was so glamorous.
It was not a night of restful sleep for Sherry.
As soon as I woke up, I received a call from her mother, “Sherry ah, do you know …”
She swallowed her words.
But Sherry guessed, “Mom, I just saw the news and wanted to ask you, nothing more.”
“Yeah?” Kate as if relieved, “Today Collin county came a lot of police officers, said they want to investigate the case, I have been jumping at my eyelids since I got up in the morning, Sherry ah, if you encounter anything, you must tell mum, you child, always carry the burden by yourself, it is heartbreaking.”
Sherry’s heart warmed, “I know, Mum, you take care of yourself too, I’ll pick you up again after a while when my side of the family is stable.”
It was to escape that city in the first place, to avoid Aaron, and to have to send her mother away first, lest she become a bargaining chip for that man to threaten her.
Now there is no need to worry.
At the same time, a new thought popped into Sherry’s mind; perhaps, she too could stay in Seattle.
She considered the feasibility of this with trepidation, and when Miller sent for her again, to pick her up for a meeting, she made sure to make this small request, which was insignificant to the Garcia Family.
She wanted to transfer to Ryan’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, in whatever position was best.
This opportunity is too good for her!
Unbeknownst to her, the Garcia Family did not move at all over the next few days, and the flat had everything she needed to eat and use, so she did not need to worry.
Until, that is, the findings of the Collin County case were aired on the news again.
“Police have determined that the victim was in danger on his way up the mountain and accidentally fell to the bottom of the valley, ultimately resulting in his death, ruling out homicide …”
Sherry’s eyes sank a few notches; if it was an accident, why would Miller go to such lengths to protect her.