Malcolm, being unaware of what she had done back at the Lloyd Manor yesterday, started the engine and headed for Anning Hill while inquiring, "Why do you suddenly want to go back to Anning Hill?"
After all, now Keith didn't live there and Micah went to Frayton. At the Anning Hill, apart from the side siblings, only Collin and Kathleen lived there.
Lyra turned her head to look out of the car window and explained calmly, "Yesterday I took Anne to stay at Anning Hill, but also resumed Collin's chanting scriptures. Now he should not have finished. Anyway, I am unable to sleep, so I want to go and see."
They had been together for so long. With her simple explanation, Malcolm instantly understood her intentions.
"It's good to see. Some things have to be clarified so that you can completely be at ease."
Lyra stopped talking and focused on the various streetlights out the car window in a trance.
Malcolm glanced at her and expressed his concern.
"Rara, if Anne Windsor is not Ethel , what are you going to do?"
Lyra's voice sounded cold, "Although I don't have conclusive evidences, she and Paul are estimated to be the mastermind of the attack on our way to the airport in Atria. Since she is not Ethel and she came to Crana, it is my territory and she won't leave here easily. "
Malcolm: "Anne Windsor's matter is easy to solve. If Paul comes with her, after all, he has the title of noble Earl of Owhil and AN Group is powerful. Rara, take your time."
Lyra was naturally aware of it.
"First start from Anne Windsor. To answer my doubts, if she really is not Ethel, then solve the problem based on the rules. If she is, it will have to be done according to my family's rules."
The more she spoke, the deeper her voice became. She was staring at the villa at the top of Anning Hill, which was still lit up.
"When she gets into Anning Hill, she'll never rely on Paul in her life."
Lyra came over quietly.
Not wanting to alarm the whole Lloyds, she chose to have Malcolm park the limo halfway up the hill.
The two went up on foot.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Lyra and Malcolm reached Reginald's villa and walked around the back door towards the hall.
The closer they got, the clearer Collin's chanting sound became.
Because his voice was hoarse, Collin didn't read very well. It was rustling and straining a bit, but he read slowly and seemed to be at peace inside.
Lyra quietly looked through the window to see what was going on in the hall.
Collin's knees were against the cold marble floor. There was no futon. He placed a file of scriptures in front of him, held a book, and was reading in a regular manner.
His back was straight. His body was slightly shaky, and his voice was obviously hoarse.
From afternoon, he was kneeling in the hall and reading until now. She didn't know if he had water in the middle. Such punishment was quite grinding.
But Collin seemed to handle it well, and again, it seemed that the self-abuse had gotten him used to the experience.
Lyra looked at his back from afar, and couldn't tell how she felt. It was strange.
She was angry at Collin, whom thought she loved for more than 20 years and had been playing the role of a strict mother, but kept her in the dark for so many years for an illegitimate daughter who had hurt her.
He even allowed Ethel to run amok and turned a blind eye to the truth about their father being pushed down the stairs in order to get the Lloyd family's inheritance.
Thinking about this, the complexity in Lyra's eyes gradually became firm and cold.
Malcolm noticed her expression and sighed silently.
He knew that Lyra loved Collin as a brother, but in her eyes, Collin's previous behavior was really hurting the kinship and reverence for Collin in her heart.
She just can't get over it.
Malcolm didn't want to see her keep bothering because of this matter. For most of the year, Collin's confessions and apologies were a bit radical, but he could see that Collin was genuinely repentant.
"Rara ..."
He was about to help persuade her, when Lyra abruptly covered his mouth, lightened her footsteps and pulled him backwards.
"Shh, it looks like someone's coming. Don't make a sound." She whispered a warning in Malcolm's ear.
The two kept retreating to the shadows behind the hall.
Lyra leaned into Malcolm's ear and whispered again, "You keep an eye on the inside for me while I go get Douglas."
Malcolm would not mess with her plans and nodded obediently.
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