After saying that, Anna stopped eating as she picked up her phone to call Richard. However, he didn’t answer the phone.
She muttered, “The call can’t get through again. Is Richard that busy?”
The servant explained, “Mr. Clark has always been busy. He didn’t even come home in the past but he was worried about madam after Abbie was gone. That’s why he comes home nowadays.”
“It’s all Michael’s fault! Such a fiendish jerk! I have to find a way to teach him a lesson to avenge Abbie.” Anna scolded. There was the sound of a car engine from outside. The servant took a glance outside. “Mr. Clark is back.”
Anna didn’t continue eating. Instead, she got up with the servant to greet Richard. The latter got out of the car with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. He bumped into Helen, who was taking a walk.
He handed the flowers to her with a smile. “I came across these pretty on the way back, so I bought them for you.”
“Thank you!” Helen took the flowers from him. “Abbie likes such lively flowers as well.”
“Mom!” Richard reached out to hold her. “I have good news for you.”
“What good news?” Helen didn’t seem happy at all.
“The Davis family already knows about Azalea’s identity. Wayne was so angry that he vomited blood today. Meadow went straight to the hospital to request for an abortion for Azalea.”
“This is karma! They got what they deserve!” Helen let out a sneer. “And then? Was the baby aborted?”
“No, Michael stopped her. Azalea was beaten to a pulp and Michael took her back to the Davis family.”
“Did Michael actually pity Azalea’s baby? So he did lie to us before! Oh, poor Abbie! How could she fall in love with such scum?” Helen went ballistic.
“Mom, calm down. This is actually a good thing. Meadow and Wayne are snobbish. They want Michael to marry a rich girl from a family that matches their wealth to boost the power of the Davis family. Now the situation has backfired. Michael doesn’t allow Azalea to get rid of the baby. It is obvious that he wants to marry her. If Michael really marries her, the Davis family will in an interesting position. Meadow and Wayne won’t be happy for the rest of their lives.”
“Although that’s the case, that bitch, Azalea, is the one who caused Abbie’s death. With Michael sticking up her like this, Abbie will be very sad if her spirits know about this.”
Anna heard the conversation between Richard and Helen when she came outside. She almost blew the top. Michael cared about Azalea’s baby so much. Didn’t he know that Abbie passed away while she was pregnant with his child?
This heartless scum did not deserve forgiveness. She had to teach him a lesson.
At the thought of this, she picked up her phone and sent a message. “Do you know Michael’s whereabouts now?”
Anna came back to comfort Helen, but her mind was not idle. She had been thinking about how to avenge Abbie, so as soon as she returned to the country, she hired a private detective to spy on Michael.
The detective responded quickly, “Yes, Miss Taylor. Do you want to know it now?”
“Of course, send me his current position.”
The detective sent her the address of a bar. She let out a sneer. “How are you still in the mood to drink? You are really enjoying life, Michael. Just wait and see. I will show you what suffering means.”
She kept her mobile phone and went upstairs to her room swiftly. She walked straight to the bedside table and pulled open its drawer. Then she took out a bottle of pepper spray and a small electric baton. After she changed her clothes, she went downstairs carrying her bag.
Helen and Richard were seated in the living room. When they saw Anna coming downstairs with her bag, Richard asked, “Are you going out?”
“Yes, I’m going out.”
“You’re a girl, so you’d better not go out at night. It’s safer to stay at home.” Richard reminded her.
“It’s fine. I’ll be back soon.”
“Richard, order the bodyguards to go with her,” Helen said.
“No, I won’t be out for long. Mrs. Clark, I’m just going out for a walk. I’ll be back soon.”
Anna rushed straight to the garage and drove away in a low-key Porsche 911.
Helen heard the rumbling of the car engine so she asked Richard worriedly, “Are you really not going to arrange for someone to follow her? I’m worried that she will run into trouble again.”
“She doesn’t listen to me. It’s better to let her learn a lesson.” Richard didn’t take it seriously. “She’ll be obedient after she learns her lesson. It’s more useful than schooling her a thousand times.”
After Anna drove the car away from the Clark family, she set the GPS according to the address sent by the private detective. “Michael, I’m on my way. I swear I’ll make you a cripple tonight!”
In the bar, Raymond sat alone at the table as he drank gloomily. A figure flashed before his eyes and someone sat down opposite him.
Michael reached out and took the bottle that was in front of him. “Why don’t you call me when you’re drinking?”
Raymond smiled when he saw that it was Michael. “Why are you here?”
“I was wandering on the street when this bar came into view. It looked special, so I came in to have a look. I didn’t expect to see you here. Why did you come here to drink when you stay so far away?”
“It’s a sad story. I can’t go home even though I have a home!” Raymond let out a sigh.
“What do you mean? Does your family ban you from going back?” Michael looked at Raymond in confusion and said, “This shouldn’t happen. Your parents are not people who are unreasonable.”
“My parents are quite reasonable, but it also depended on the matter itself. They are usually unreasonable when it comes to finding girlfriends for me,” Raymond replied sullenly.
“It’s not their fault. Look, Valeria already has two children. As the elder brother, you don’t even have a girlfriend. Of course, your parents will be anxious and hope you can find a girlfriend soon. Raymond, you are not young anymore. You should get married and have children quickly.”
“I don’t want to get a girlfriend,” Raymond replied peevishly.
“Oh, why is that?”
“I’m not interested in marriage. It’s better to live my life alone. I can do whatever I want. No one will be nagging me, and I don’t have to answer to anyone. Life is comfortable that way.”
“Don’t even think about living life alone. Your parents won’t allow you to be so comfortable. You’d better accept the reality.”
“I was living a good life. William was the one at fault. He insisted on introducing a girlfriend to me, but everything was a lie. He was simply setting me up. I don’t know what I did to provoke him.” Raymond was angry at the thought of William setting him up.
Michael poured himself a glass of beer. “What’s the story?”
Raymond told him about the blind date. “I’m told that my date is an outstanding student who is good-looking and talented, but this isn’t the case when I saw her in person.”
“Have you shown her photo to your parents?”
“Don’t bring up the photos. She edited her photo, so it did look good. Since my parents and grandfather saw the photos, they said that I was the one who was not interested. I can’t even explain the situation to them now.”
“What? This isn’t really a tough problem. Why don’t you go to her and take a few photos for her your parents?”
“I want to do that, too, but it’s hard to describe Anna’s face with mere words. I simply don’t want to see her again.”
“Is she really that ugly?” Michael’s curiosity was aroused.
“Other than her ugly looks, the key point is how she talks and socializes with others. I can’t stand her. She disgusts me even with her words.”
“Is she so weird? Her name is Anna, right? I’ll look for her when I go to William’s office next time.”
When Michael finished his words, he found that Raymond’s expression changed drastically all of a sudden. Before he knew what was going on, he suddenly felt a coldness on his head.