John was adamant that he had overheard something important as he looked at Cameron and said, “I won’t keep you any longer, Ms. Anderson.”
After Cameron and Rebecca left, John sat beside me and pestered me about the reason behind my two-month disappearance.
Miffed, I couldn’t be bothered to explain to him. Hence, I turned to Marcus and changed the topic. “Let’s order some takeaways and go home!”
Marcus nodded in response. Just as we were heading out of the restaurant, John blocked our path and asked, “Scarlet, what’s wrong with you? Do you know how much trouble you’ve caused us just to search for you? Someone even…”
“Mr. Stovall, if you really care about her, I’d advise you to stop pestering her. The hardships she had to go through are way tougher than what you can imagine,” said Marcus.
After grabbing the takeaways, Marcus held my hand and escorted me to the car as he saw that my face was getting pale.
“If you want to badger her to death, then be my guest.” Marcus took a glance at John who was still on our tail.
Ignoring him, John grabbed my hand. “I thought your illness has been cured. Why is it relapsing?” asked John.
He then turned his attention to Marcus and questioned in a cold tone, “What’s going on here? I thought she has fully recovered.”
Perplexed, Marcus looked at me curiously and queried, “You’ve had this illness before?”
I nodded and said to John, “I don’t want to get into it now. Let me get back home first, okay?”
Since I didn’t bring my medicine, I had a hard time keeping my emotions in check.
John nodded and gave Marcus a minatory look. “You don’t need to look at me like that. Ask Ashton if you have any questions,” scoffed Marcus.
Having said that, he quickly drove off, leaving John in the dust.
Since Marcus was driving at high speed, we were home in no time. After taking my medicine, I looked at him and asked, “Are the two of them still in our hands?”
Marcus was stunned for a while before nodding. “I’ve already ordered some of our guys to keep an eye on them.”
“I’d like to meet them now!” I stated. In order to deal a blow to the Moore family, I must start with Rebecca.
He pondered for a bit and replied, “Okay!”
I wasn’t worried about my illness acting up again as I had taken medicine to stabilize my emotions. And so, I went straight to the suburbs with Marcus.
The warehouse was nothing different from my vivid memories of it. Upon seeing it, I reminded myself repeatedly not to break down.
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