Lost Me, Gained Regret (Jane and Bryant Ferguson) novel Chapter 447

Edith quickly changed the topic to avoid his guess, "Do you remember what day it is tomorrow?"

"What day?"

"Your own birthday, you goof!" Edith was exasperated. "It's the perfect day to invite Jane out and introduce her to your childhood buddies."

"Oh." Gregory was indifferent. "I forgot. We'll see."

"What do you mean we'll see?"

With a grand gesture, Edith declared, "I've got the place booked, and I'll handle the invites. You better muster up some liquid courage and sweep her off her feet."

After ending the call, the cleaning lady had just finished up and was leaving.

Gregory, fighting through the pain in his legs, slowly made his way to the bathroom and picked up the bathrobe Jane had worn.

After ensuring it was dry, he folded it neatly and placed it on the bedside table, right next to an ugly, but sentimentally valuable, bunny piggy bank.

It was a piggy bank from twenty years ago, handmade by her.

And now, another one, twenty years later, also handmade by her.

Fiddling with the piggy bank, an idea crossed Gregory's mind, leading him to make a call, "Ophelia, I need you to check something for me."

"What do you need?"

"Check if Jane has any travel records from two years ago."

"Jane…? But I thought you two had…"

"Ophelia, that's none of your concern."

"My apologies, I overstepped. When do you need it?"

"As soon as possible."

Hanging up, Gregory felt a bit clearer about his thoughts.

Jane had mentioned she wasn't around Bryant during those two years.

And he hadn't heard from her at all.

The only possibility was that she was abroad.

If she was, then Bryant's influence wouldn't reach there, making it easier to track down her activities during that time.

As evening approached, I had just finished giving Ike a bath when I saw Christine storm in, clearly upset.

"What's wrong? Trouble with the store negotiation?"

Christine had come to Vista Town specifically to negotiate a lease for a new store, which would be a significant step for Janedream's brand development.

That afternoon, she had a meeting scheduled with a shopping center manager about it.

Christine, standing under the air conditioner vent to cool off, was livid, "It was a disaster. They outright refused to lease to us."

"Why not?"

"Who knows."

"And they agreed to meet with you why?"

"Beats me."