His face was emotionless except for anger and hatred. He looked at Emily with red eyes, as if he wanted to swallow her alive.
Emily looked calm, but she was a little afraid.
She was really worried that Jerry would do something extreme after being provoked by her. There were only two of them in the room, and she would be the one who would be hurt.
"Okay, I promise to cooperate with you." As Jerry spoke, he reached out and picked up the wad of money on the table. He patted the money and made a deep sound.
The hatred inside his heart was all triggered at this moment.
He didn't know well about Emily's plan, but all he wanted was to get the money and take revenge on Jonas. Anyway, he was in a terrible situation now, at least it would not be worse.
After the cooperation, Emily didn't say anything but left. After a period of time, Melinda went to the company and prepared to go back to work.
"You do so many things as soon as you came back. You are indeed a capable woman." As soon as Melinda entered the office, she began to inspect the documents piled up in front of her.
It was the situation that had been appearing in the office since Melinda started working for a week.
"I have rested for such a long time." Melinda had too many things to deal with, but she would not force herself to finish them in a hurry, but simply act according to her physical condition.
Instead of working so hard as before, she should rest as much as possible to keep her health.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Melinda Mo." Melinda was working on her desk and picked up the landline phone.
She thought it was a customer or a writer, but she didn't expect him to be her grandfather.
"Linda, your father is sick. You should go to see him." Leonard' tone showed his anxiety. He was naturally worried since it was his child who got sick.
The two of them lived in the countryside. Even if they were worried, they couldn't make it in time. That's why they came to find Melinda.
Melinda's phone was put in a drawer, so she didn't see the phone call when she was doing her work carefully. Then Leonard called her landline phone.
It was that Melinda had called him with the landline telephone several times before, and he had recorded it carefully.
"Dad is sick! Grandpa, I know. I'm going there now." Melinda had not contacted her father for such a long time, afraid that her situation would be known.
She had always failed to know her father's temperament.
"Don't worry too much. He is always healthy." Seeing how worried Melinda was, Leonard could not help comforting her, and also comforting himself.
But the healthier he was, the more terrifying Melinda thought it was.
Many people took good care of themselves before they suddenly became seriously ill.
"I know, Grandpa. I'm going home now. Don't worry. You have to take care of yourself in the countryside." Melinda realized that she needed to calm down to prevent herself from disturbing Nelson.
The two didn't talk any more. After hanging up the phone, Melinda went to the office to ask for a leave from her leader. She was really sorry for asking for a leave after taking a long leave.
Melinda's father, Vern Mo, also lived in A City. Even so, Melinda rarely came back to this family, especially after the divorce of Jonas. She dared not come back.
It was an old community, but the green was very good, and the highest place of the house was only seven or eight floors. There was no elevator.
Melinda walked to this familiar yet strange place and felt a little complicated.
She walked slowly to the fourth floor. When she arrived, she was already panting.
She rummaged through her bag for a long time before she found the key. It was not used for a long time and took her a lot of time to open the door. Melinda pushed the door and entered. The two men inside were staring at her.
"Why are you back?" Vern asked, surprised to see Melinda. He didn't tell her about his sudden illness, but his father found it. It seemed that Leonard tipped the news off.
Jonas helped Vern sit down on the sofa, and then went to the door to receive Melinda. He came close to her and whispered, "You have a baby now. You can't be impulsive."
"Dad, are you all right?"
Melinda felt guilty at the sight of her father's pale face. She had never visited him even if she lived so close to him.
What an unfilial daughter she was! It seemed that Jonas could read her mind, he held her hands, and comforted her silently.
"Thanks to Jonas, I can walk around like this today. When you think of me, I guess I might be lying on the bed." Vern poured a cup of tea for himself and said calmly to Melinda.
Now, Melinda was more sensitive than usual, for the joke he made up was taken for real by her.
"Dad, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I promise I'll come to see you frequently. I'm really sorry. Don't be mad at me, okay?"
Her tears filled her eyes in an instant. Seeing that, Jonas felt very sorry for her. He said on her behalf, "Father, Linda has always been thinking about you. It was my fault. I was too worried about her to let her come back alone, and I always couldn't find the right time to visit you together."
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