“And then?” I asked nervously.
Jack sighed, “and then they became enemies! In fact, the man had informed Sean before and Sean was always careful. He had several near accidents, but he dodged them. This time...”
Jack didn’t go on, but I understood.
He was careless because of me.
Jack seemed afraid that I would ask him more. He turned on the radio. At this time, a news was being broadcast, “last night, the Leonid meteor shower came to the earth...”
Jack soon began to play the music.
Meteor shower?
I heard the news and immediately took out my cell phone and began to check it.
Sure enough, there was a Leonid meteor shower last night!
That was why Sean asked me out to the mountain!
It was probably because of it.
I watched the news on my cell phone and I was sad.
I didn’t speak again.
The next day, I went to the hospital. This time, there were bodyguards from Jessop Family on the whole floor. I was kicked out before I got out of the elevator.
I called Sean and no one answered.
At the weekend, I accompanied Lester and had no time to go to the hospital.
When I went to the hospital again and the elevator door opened, there was no bodyguard at the door. There were only empty corridors.
It was like the first day I came.
I stood at the end of the corridor and realized what had happened, but I still walked on.
I got to the ward where Sean lived before.
The ward was empty.
The bedding was neat and there was only a thermos on the cupboard. There was nothing else.
He was discharged from the hospital.
I walked towards the elevator dejectedly. When I passed the nurse station, I asked again and got the answer I had already guessed.
I got to the first floor.
As I walked out, I saw a familiar figure!
Eric!
I ran over. “Eric, where’s Sean?”
Eric saw me and was not surprised at all. He smiled and said, “Hello, Miss Jones, President Jessop has been discharged.”
“He...”
“President Jessop asked me to tell you that he has nothing to do with your work, so if you don’t have anything important, don’t contact him again.”
Eric interrupted me.
There was a sharp pain in my heart.
Couldn’t we get in touch again?
What did he mean!
“I have something important!” I said immediately.
Eric stood there and said, “please tell me. I’ll tell President Jessop.”
“I want to see him!” I clenched my fist and said with some reluctance, “tell Sean I want to see him. No matter what happens, I would like to stay with him!”
Eric didn’t change his expression and nodded, “OK, I’ll tell President Jessop.” With that, he said, “Miss Jones, I have to go.”
Eric had been an assistant to Sean for several years.
His style was more and more like Sean’s.
His tone stopped me from asking him. I could only say, “OK.”
“Miss Jones, take care of yourself.”
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