It was Charles who called, and she was inexplicably a little nervous. For some reason, when she thought of Charles, she thought of Lacey.
"You answer the phone then. I'll go back first." Theresa thought Dolores didn't answer the phone because she was around.
Dolores hesitated because she was afraid that Charles would talk to her about Lacey. She didn't want to get into that again.
However, Charles was very persistent. It seemed that Charles wouldn't hang up until she answered the phone. Her phone kept ringing.
Finally, she took a deep breath and pressed the answer button. Soon Charles' voice reached her, "Did you leave today?"
Dolores said, "I will leave tomorrow because of something."
"Then let's meet today," Charles said.
Dolores stood on the roadside. She looked down at her shoes, "I have something to do. I'm afraid ..."
"You're leaving tomorrow. Aren't you going to say goodbye to me?"
Dolores was silent.
"It'll only take a few minutes," Charles added.
After all, they had known each other for a while. Since Charles said so, she couldn't refuse him again and could only agree, "You come to me."
"I'll have someone pick you up. I can't come to you now."
"Forget it then, you tell me where you are. I'll take a taxi there by myself." It would be a hassle and a waste of time to have someone pick her up.
"Wait for me at the villa. I'll be back soon."
Dolores said after a moment of silence, "Okay."
She walked to the side of the road to get a taxi. After waiting for about ten minutes, she finally got a taxi. When she got in, she gave her address.
Half an hour later, the driver pulled up to the villa and Dolores paid for the ride and got out.
Charles notified Amelia in advance. As soon as Dolores got out of the car, Amelia walked towards her. She smiled and said, "Hello, Ms. Flores."
Dolores was familiar with this girl after a few days together. She went to her, "It's so cold outside, why don't you stay inside?"
"Young master told me to wait for you here. He said you would come." Amelia smiled and said, "Come inside first."
Dolores was no stranger to this place. After all, she had lived here for a few days.
As she walked into the living room, Dolores took off her coat and hung it on the coat hanger. The house was warm with air conditioning and floor heating. She would be hot in her coat.
Amelia went to make coffee, "I didn't think I'd see you again."
She came over with steaming coffee and put it on the table, "Actually, Young master is quite nice."
Of the two women around Charles, she preferred Dolores. She didn't know why, but she found Dolores kind and easy to be with.
Lacey looked gloomy, and she didn't like her.
Dolores didn't sit down, but walked towards the fish tank placed at the window, pretending not to hear Amelia's words, "These fish are still here."
She remembered that after she was rescued, she had difficulty moving because of her injured feet. Charles got these fish for her to kill time for fear that she would be bored.
These fish were indeed rare, brightly colored and peculiar looking. She put her hand in the water and flicked the tail of the fish, which got scared and swam away quickly, making Dolores laugh.
Amelia stood aside, also staring at the fish in the water, "Young master feeds these fish himself every day."
Dolores looked up. Would Charles be so idle as to feed these fish every day? Amelia smiled, "Of course, when he's here. Usually, I take care of these fish. Most of the time, I change the water and feed them, but as long as he's here, he's the one who feeds them."
As the water moved, the fish swam happily. Dolores gazed into them.
"I heard that fish only have the memory of seven seconds. It would be nice if people could also selectively forget things." Suddenly, a low male voice came from behind her. Dolores turned around to see Charles walking towards her in his wheelchair.
"Have you been here long?" Charles asked.
Dolores shook her head, "No, I just got here."
Charles rolled his wheelchair to the fish tank and waved his hand at Amelia, "You guard the door and don't let anyone in."
Amelia looked at Dolores and then at Charles, but finally said nothing and left with her head down. She walked out of the house and closed the door.
The large living room fell silent suddenly.
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