Jed froze. If he listened to Ruby and took Avery away from Ylore by force, Avery would be furious when she woke up, and she might even end their friendship. If he did not take her away, Avery might be exposed to grave danger by continuing to stay in Ylore.
After some consideration, he decided to accept the tickets and medicine.
"I knew you would accept these. You must love Avery, so you must understand how miserable I am right now." Ruby picked up the glass and took a sip of water.
"Ms. Gould, people are born differently. I can only know the pain my friend is suffering, and I can't understand yours.
You have misjudged the relationship that
Avery and I share," he said, correcting her assumption.
He had not been in contact with Avery for years. They had only recently made contact, and there was no way he would fall in love with her in such a short period of time. However, their bonds as classmates would never change.
"Oh, let's just say that I've misjudged you, then! So long as you two leave Ylore, I don't even care about you." Ruby set the glass down and said, "I just want to protect what's mine."
"I will take the tickets and the pills for now, but I can't assure you that I will succeed," he said and got up from the couch.
"Jed, give me your contact number!" Ruby said. "You can call me if you need help."
Jed did not think that he would need her help. To him, Ruby was merely a naive young girl, and it was amusing to watch her act and talk like an adult despite how young she looked.
Once the two exchanged numbers, Jed exited the mansion, and when he returned to the hotel, he rang Avery's bodyguard's doorbell.
The bodyguard had just finished lunch with Avery and had returned to his room. They had come up with a plan to locate Hayden over lunch. The bodyguard was slightly surprised to see Jed standing in front of his door. "Dr. Hutchinson, you need me for something?"
"Yeah." Jed entered the room and closed the door behind him. "How is Avery today?"
"She is doing pretty well. She had slept until noon, ;b,=YKT; she has just gone back to her room for a nap," the bodyguard said." I don't think that she can actually fall asleep, though. She just wanted me to get some rest because I spent all morning looking for Hayden."
"Am I interrupting your rest, then?" Jed asked in embarrassment.
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