Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Old Friends and New Troubles

Miss Lowell was taken aback by the title. She hadn’t been "Professor Lowell" for many years.

She looked at Roman Rhodes and asked hesitantly, "I’m sorry, you are?"

Roman Rhodes replied excitedly, "Miss Lowell, it’s me, Roman Rhodes! Don’t you remember me?"

Seeing Miss Lowell’s confused expression, Roman Rhodes continued to explain, "My mother was Yolanda Walsh. Do you remember her? She was in your department and lived next door to you in the faculty apartments. My dad was in the army back then, so my mom was raising us on her own. You often helped her look after me and my little brother."

Melody Summers listened quietly from the side, a little surprised. ’So Miss Lowell and Officer Rhodes have this kind of history together.’

His reminder stirred a memory buried deep in Miss Lowell’s mind. She smiled at Roman Rhodes and said, "So it is you. You and your brother were just little kids back then. Time really flies."

Back then, Roman Rhodes’s father was in the army, so Roman and his younger brother, Holden, lived with their mother in the school’s faculty apartments.

Yolanda Walsh wasn’t in good health and often fell ill. Miss Lowell, who lived next door, would help her take care of the two children. Whenever Yolanda was hospitalized, she would also bring meals to Roman and Holden, who were left at home by themselves.

Back then, neither Roman nor Holden were doing well in their studies, which was a headache for Yolanda Walsh. Miss Lowell would patiently tutor them while doing her laundry.

Later, when Yolanda Walsh passed away, Roman and Holden lost their mother. It was Miss Lowell who comforted them through that painful time.

Not long after, elders from the Rhodes Family took Roman and Holden abroad. Before leaving, neither of them could bear to part with Miss Lowell. The two boys hugged each other and cried for a long time.

Later, the Rhodes Family moved back to Anworth, and Roman went back to the university to see Miss Lowell, but he was told that Professor Lowell had already resigned.

Roman Rhodes was about to say more when his phone suddenly rang. He answered it and listened for a moment, his expression turning serious. "All right," he said. "I’m on my way."

After hanging up, Roman Rhodes said to Miss Lowell, "Miss Lowell, something urgent has come up. I’ll come by to visit you properly another day."

Miss Lowell just smiled and replied, "That was all decades ago. You young people are busy. You don’t need to make a special trip."

Roman Rhodes paused at her words, but since time was tight, he didn’t say anything more. He just nodded and left.

*

After the policeman left, Melody Summers linked her arm through Miss Lowell’s and asked curiously, "Miss Lowell, so you and Officer Rhodes really do have quite a history."

"You silly girl, that’s all in the past. Don’t bring it up again. This old woman can barely remember it all," Miss Lowell said, gently patting Melody’s head. "I need to get back to seasoning the meat filling. It’s the New Year. Let’s not let these things ruin the festive mood."

After Miss Lowell went inside, Winnie Summers, Colin Summers, and Grace Sutton came out to the front yard. They had just gotten alcohol and disinfectant from the storage room, ready to scrub away the pool of blood Silas Lancaster had left behind.

The more Grace Sutton looked at the blood, the more she felt it was a bad omen. "That damn little bastard," she complained. "Leaving a pool of blood in our yard on New Year’s, of all days. What terrible luck!"

Winnie Summers sighed, blaming herself. "It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have let them in. None of this would have happened otherwise."

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