His stomach was rolling.
“…”
Everyone at the table looked at him apologetically.
If it weren’t for you, we would have been able to catch you stuffing your plate without any trouble.
“Okay, let’s get down to business.”
Paige couldn’t bear to watch anymore, so she put down the small bowl of soup in her hands and looked at Brangelina, “Aunt Brangelina, I’ve already spoken to the Presidential Palace, and we can send you out of Country A tonight.”
“Good, we will go shopping for medical supplies as soon as possible to supply Country A,” Brangelina also put down her chopsticks and said sternly.
Beinice also said, “Paige, don’t worry, the Folsom family is big enough to be emptied without fear.”
With these words, the attitude of the Folsom family could not have been made clearer, that the Folsom family was willing to empty their family coffers for her.
After saying that, Paige looked at Alonso again and said, “Nick will take you to get the medicine that cures AS schizophrenia gene later. This medicine can only be taken after the onset of the disease, and it cannot be used before the onset. If you want to see if it is real, you can go to the research laboratory.”
“I don’t have any doubts about you,” Alonso said immediately, taking everything she said at face value.
“Okay, you can leave after you get the medicine,” Paige nodded indifferently.
“…”
Alonso sat there, his face stiffening. Is he supposed to leave now?
“When you go back, ask the Davis family matriarch if she can let some young people join our team to help with the planning,” Paige said.
“That’s no problem at all. The Davis family can help with money, the Folsom family can help, and I can help too,” Alonso said. “I also know a lot of people, and I can help you find the talent you want.”
Upon hearing this, Paige looked at him with some confusion. He had been floating on the lake for more than twenty years, and he still had money?
She was thinking about it when Enrico, who had been silent beside her, suddenly sneered, “The prospective son-in-law trained by the Davis family must have been carefully tutored. It’s not difficult to make a few bucks.”
“…”
Paige felt that this remark was a bit strange, but Enrico didn’t say anything more, and Alonso didn’t say anything either, just bowing his head and eating.
The conversation at the table turned to business, and they had a discussion about the current situation in country A, so there was no longer a lull.
…
As night fell, Beatrice and Angelina left.
Gabriel was taken to bed by Olivia.
The closed curtains were slowly opened by a gentle breeze. Paige stood in front of the window, raised her head and looked out. In the courtyard in the middle of the night, she saw Enrico standing there alone, his back to her, playing with a matchbox, wondering about something.
The flame lit up in the darkness, briefly illuminating his deep features.
Suddenly, he threw the matchbox in his hand directly out, and a dark shadow suddenly sprang out, attacking Enrico directly.
The two men fought in the dark.
Paige watched for a while and found that they seemed to know each other’s moves and were able to counter them very smoothly.
In the end, it was Enrico who won with a counterattack that pushed the dark shadow down.
The dark shadow was Alonso.
Alonso stood bent over, with his hands tied behind his back. His deep voice came through the window and into Paige’s ears, “Your kung fu isn’t what it was when you were a kid.”
When I was a kid?
Paige was taken aback. Suddenly, she saw something in the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw Blanca slowly walking over with her arms folded, standing next to her and looking outside as well.
In the courtyard, Enrico said indifferently, “Nonsense.”
With that, he let go of Alonso.
Alonso stood to the side, turned to look at him, and said, “When you were a child, you didn’t have such a bad temper.”
Upon hearing this, Enrico stood there and sneered, “Are you sure you didn’t think my temper had worsened after you found out that Paige was your daughter?”
In the eyes of this kind of fatherly man, no man has a good temper.
“…”
Alonso was momentarily speechless.
Paige watched in silence. She had sensed something was wrong at the dinner table, and it turned out that… Enrico and Alonso were old acquaintances.
The two men stood outside.
Alonso was silent for a long while, and then looked at Enrico again, saying, “Enrico, I’m going to the Davis family as soon as I get the antidote. Before I come back, you take care of Paige for me.”
Enrico rolled his eyes, his lips curling in disdain, ‘Are you giving me orders?”
“I’m sort of your half-master, so what’s wrong with making a request?’ Alonso asked unhappily.
“Didn’t you say not to let me ask your name or feel grateful towards you?” Enrico sneered.
“…”
Alonso was again at a loss for words, and it took a moment before he said, “It’s different now. I have requirements.”
“…”
Enrico gave a dismissive snort.
“Take care of her, don’t let her get hurt. Watch her eat, don’t let her skip meals, or she’ll get sick.”
Alonso didn’t care if Enrico was listening or not, and went on to make his demands, “And don’t just cuddle her in her room all the time, not for hours at a time. Girls don’t have that much stamina. And by the way, don’t have any more kids! She’s still young, she needs to enjoy her life. Having a lot of kids is hard on your body.”
“…”
Paige stood in front of the window, her expression lost.
The scene she had been dreading for half a day had finally come. It turned out that everyone’s decision not to expose her didn’t mean they didn’t know. This Alonso… had actually spoken to Enrico so bluntly.
How embarrassing.
Paige couldn’t bear to listen anymore and silently let go of the curtains in her hands.
It seemed that over the past twenty years, Alonso hadn’t just been idle, he had also sought Enrico out and taught him a few things.
She looked away, but saw Blanca standing there with a blank expression.
There were no lights on in the living room, and the light was very dark, and the two of them were trapped in the gloom.
“I should have guessed that if he couldn’t let go of Annie, how could he have ignored her child for more than twenty years?”
Blanca smiled, a mixture of bitterness and relief.
“You chose the wrong person from the start,” was all Paige could tell her.
“Hm,” Blanca admitted very honestly, turning her eyes to look at her and smiling, “but he was good to you, wasn’t he?”
“…”
Paige didn’t say anything.
“He’s always liked you very much. When he lost you, he was desperate. I think that apart from teaching Enrico, he made himself into that state and floated on the lake, partly to guard Annie’s place, and partly because you made him give up on himself,” Blanca said calmly.
Paige knew that she didn’t want her to hate Alonso. A person needs to recognize the facts more in order to be able to analyze a man she once loved so calmly, without prejudice or hatred.
“Okay, you go to bed early.” After saying that, Blanca turned and left.
Paige looked at her back, which looked even slimmer in the dim light, but suddenly she blurted out, “Now that you know the truth, you can start a new life.”
Blanca is only in her forties.
Is it too early to say that this is how she will spend the rest of her life?
Blanca turned back with some surprise. She didn’t expect Paige to say such a thing. The girl seemed to have let go completely.
She couldn’t help but smile, “Paige, I already have a new life.”
Since Paige accepted the long-life charm, she has never touched a knife to her arm again.