The moment Chester turned around.
Behind her, came Alina's calm and desperate voice, "Chester, whatever happens between her and me in the future, I hope..."
By this moment, Alina was somewhat unable to speak.
No matter what Vanessa had done to the Hughes family, she hadn't, it seemed, ever hated Chester, or even wanted to hurt him time and time again.
So now when things have come to this point, Alina just hoped, "I hope you do not hate me."
Chester, "..."
Turning back, he looked at the back of Alina.
It was clearer at this moment that things would probably not just end there, and would get even more out of hand in the next.
"So, the next thing to do is to hurt me?" His magnetic voice with a rasp that said it couldn't be disguised.
Alina stood in silence, still with her back to him.
Looking at her in silence, Chester said, "Abby, whatever you're going to do, I want to leave a way for us to get to each other."
This, then, was his response to her.
Chester probably knew that Alina and Vanessa were nowadays impossible to stop.
But whatever Alina is going to do next, he hopes she will leave a way for them.
...
Chester left.
And Alina sat limply on the dining room floor, the coldness of the tiles making her heart even colder.
The phone vibrated, it was Stella calling.
Alina picked up mumblingly, her world had gone blank and she couldn't hear it at all.
One hour later, Stella came over.
Looking at Alina's pale face, she took her hand, "It's been a difficult few days for you, hasn't it?"
More than sad, every minute was torturous for Alina.
Alina looked at Stella, "Why did you come over?"
"I come to deal with something." Stella would not say that it was Chester who had asked her to come.
Because he knows the relationship between her and Alina, he hopes that she can stay with Alina at this time.
Alina bowed her head.
Stella, "Now although that story wasn't explicitly written at the time, the targets were all aimed at Mrs. Collins, but now..."
As she said this, Stella paused in her tone.
Alina, "Now what?"
Stella, "Master Chester made a move and squashed it."
Alina, "..."
When she heard the news, she wasn't surprised at all, after all what Chester had just said to her showed that he didn't want her and Vanessa to fall out, no matter how frosty their relationship between mother and son had been before.
But when it came to the most difficult time for Vanessa, he was her son.
"Alina." Looking at Alina, Stella was worried and then said, "Master Chester is worried about you."
Alina raised her eyes to look at Stella.
Stella was shaken by this look in her eyes.
Alina, "He contacted you?"
Alina's gaze carried a sharp oppression, as if everything had been seen through by her.
Under such pressure, Stella nodded in the end, "Yes."
"..."
"But don't worry, I didn't say any of those things you sent me." Stella looked at Alina's eyes.
Alina, however, said, "It doesn't matter if he knows."
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