Lost Me, Gained Regret (Jane and Bryant Ferguson) novel Chapter 748

"Danny, I'm just thinking about what's best for you. I feel like Miss Jackson has it out for me. I should just leave, don't want to be a thorn in your side."

"Even though I'm leaving, I won't go back to the Clarksons. I won't let Auntie Carol find out about this. I'm planning to go abroad and never come back. If you really care about our past, Danny, the best thing you can do is to send my grandfather's ashes to me overseas."

"That way, I won't be all alone in a foreign land, and I can still pay my respects to grandpa every year."

Danny's frown deepened with every word, as if he could catch flies between his brows.

After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Christine doesn’t have it in for you, and nobody thinks you're in the way. You're imagining things."

"Going abroad is one thing, but I can arrange for someone to take you back to Maplewood."

"Can you come down now?"

Nelly shook her head. "Danny, please, just send me abroad. With everything that's happening, it's just a constant reminder of the wedge between you and Miss Jackson. If I stay, every time you see me, you'll remember, and Miss Jackson will be upset. I'll be upset because you're upset."

"Danny, I'm the one who got hurt. Staying here, always being reminded of last night, it scares me. That's why I want to go abroad, to get away from it all."

But Danny felt like Nelly was just looking for an excuse to escape.

Going abroad would make her harder to find.

And though she said she wouldn't tell the Clarksons, with how easy communication is these days, who's to say it wouldn't reach Auntie Carol's ears?

"Is someone trying to jump?"

"Oh my God! I need to get this on video!"

"..."

A crowd had started to gather below, and Danny had no choice but to agree.

"Fine, I'll send you abroad."

Nelly didn't seem ready to come down. "You'll have to figure out what to tell Auntie Carol."

Danny said, "Alright, come down."

Nelly knew Danny too well, and she could see through his willingness to compromise just to prevent her from making a scene.

The moment she came down, she would be under his control, until they could get the surveillance footage fixed.

Sure enough, as soon as she descended, she was taken into custody by his men.