Agnes felt a pang of sorrow in her heart. She walked straight over to Mamie and hugged her.
Mamie struggled a bit, but Agnes held her even tighter, and in the end, Mamie stopped struggling. They both ended up crying.
Choking on her words, Mamie said, "Don't think that this means I've forgiven you. If you ever disappear like that again, I swear I'll skin you alive."
Two men stood on the sidelines, watching this scene.
Jared spoke up, "She never showed that much concern for me." Ivan echoed, "Same here."
The two men exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Ah, women."
When they sat down, Mamie was like a different person. She was all warmth and concern for Agnes, asking about her life over the past few years. And Agnes shared her experiences in Manhattan in a chatterbox manner.
Mamie listened, her heart aching. A young woman struggling alone in a foreign place, wandering for four years.
Agnes talked about her thrilling experiences as a journalist as if they were just interesting stories.
But everyone else was on edge, only she seemed nonchalant. Even Jared was hearing these stories for the first time.
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