“Calvin! I thought that you would change for the better once you got out of jail, but you didn’t change at all! I’m so disappointed in you!”
Jasper could not tell himself to ignore the woman’s voice, especially when she called the other man Calvin. It was Penelope.
Jasper did not forget what Penelope’s voice sounded like.
‘But didn’t I ask John to arrange some work for Penelope in ICBS?’
‘Why’s she suddenly in Nauritus City?’
Before Jasper could think about this, another voice rang out from the adjacent private room.
“Enough, Pen. I’m your brother. You know that I went to prison and people end up looking down on me because of this. Stop reminding me about the fact that I’ve spent time there. Don’t you know that our mom will be sad if you keep saying that?”
This was Penelope’s brother, Calvin’s, voice. The man who was once the source of the so much misery in Jasper’s past life.
He was still uncaring and casual.
“How do you have the shame to bring mom into this? If not for you, she wouldn’t have gotten so angry that she got Alzheimer’s! She doesn’t even recognize me now.”
“Not counting the first few days, have you visited and taken care of her even once since you came out? I’m the one who’s been taking care of her this whole time, so how do you have the shame to talk about her?” Penelope said angrily.
Calvin was also mortified and he shouted, “Enough! Are you done yet? You think I alone am the sole cause for how mom is now?”
“If it weren’t for you stupid f*cking boyfriend Jasper Laine, she wouldn’t be so angry now either! You bear at least half the responsibility here!”
Even Wendy’s gaze changed when she heard the man, let alone Jasper’s.
Meeting Wendy’s meaningful gaze, Jasper replied with a wry smile, “It should be Penelope and her brother. I don’t know why they’re here, though.”
“Do you want to go say hi?” Wendy suggested courteously.
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