Finding a seat beside the window, the man sat down and put the camera with its bag on the desk in the inn. He looked around and had a mixed feeling when he appreciated the decor there.
“Drink some warm water to warm your body up, sir. Please wait ten minutes.”
Lily put a cup of water on the desk, and asked, “May I have your name, sir?”
“Bay.”
“OK, Mr. Bay, please wait.”
Then Lily went upstairs to clean up the room.
The man took the drink, and then took the camera out of the bag. He measured the public area in the inn, then stretched the lens and aimed it at the second floor following the stairs.
The lens was aimed at the end of the corridor on the second floor. There was a board decorated with dried flowers. Through the lens, the man could see the words on the board, “Room of the host. Knock before entering.”
The man couldn’t help smiling.
In the room, with the dim light, Rebekah sat by the window reading her book. She wore the brown waistcoat, on which there were her long hairs, like the waterfalls. She was in her fifties, but she still looked young.
Benjamin stood there with a plate in his hand. He had been standing there for ten minutes.
“Mom, please, you should have the meal. You can scold me or punish me, but please, take care of your health.”
“Put it there,” Rebekah replied, but she even didn’t move her eyes from the book.
Benjamin was worried, “You’ve been eating so few after you came back from Nanking. Even Lily has found your bad emotions. I even don’t know what I should do.”
Rebekah frowned, and then closed the book. She looked at Benjamin and said, “What did you think I should do when you hid your investigation of the Beckham family from me?”
Benjamin was speechless.
Rebekah just stared at Benjamin. This young man looked quite similar to that man, and both of them looked fragile and bookish. She had made a mistake. She shouldn’t have permitted Benjamin to study at the University of Public Security. She had the fluke mind, and she shouldn’t think that the city was too big to let Benjamin meet members of the Beckham family.
Things would still be acceptable if just Joseph met Benjamin, but what if the old man saw him? She could never hide the truth anymore if so.
Rebekah looked at Benjamin for a while, then she sighed and opened the book again.
“Put it there. I will eat it later.”
Benjamin observed his mother’s face. Though Rebekah looked gentle, he knew his mother was stubborn. Benjamin knew it was useless no matter how many words he said, so he had to put the plate on the desk.
“Please eat it. Just call me if it’s cold.”
“I know.”
Rebekah nodded, and then focused on the book.
Actually, Benjamin didn’t intentionally hide his investigation from his mother. He also asked Rebekah many times if she wanted to meet Joseph. Maybe she thought he was joking at that time.
With mixed feelings, Benjamin did not stay but turned around and left.
As soon as he got out of the room, a flash of the camera shocked his eyes. He subconsciously covered his eyes and said with anger.
“What’s this?”
Then he moved his hand away, and went to the handrail on the second floor.
He saw the man sitting there in the public area on the first floor.
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