On their way home, Jay didn’t know what excuse to say. But since Doris had made her own ridiculous conclusion, he might as well use it as his prevarication. "I didn't go fishing, but I did fall into the river."
"Fell into the river? Well, you have the nerve to say that. You are a living person. Why didn't you go home last night? Why did you go to the river? Were you dating someone else? Why don't you tell me?" Out of rage, Doris' head began to ache. What did he do last night? Why couldn't he tell her frankly what he had been doing these past few days?
"I didn't date anyone. I was just upset, so I went to the river to relax." To avoid any more questions, Jay walked straight to the bathroom.
Due to this, Doris turned her cold eyes to Hanson which made the latter shiver. "Mrs. Fang, I'm leaving."
It was obvious that Doris didn't know a single thing about Jay's relationship with Eva.
Even if Hanson knew everything about it, he couldn't say anything since Jay didn't say a word himself. So he'd better run away.
However, when he was about to walk away, Doris shouted, "Stop!"
Hearing this, Hanson took a deep breath and turned around. "What else can I do for you?"
"Tell me the truth. Where did Jay go last night?" It was not hard to guess that Jay was lying to her.
What she wanted to know most now was why he lied to her. What thing was so important that kept Jay from coming home last night?
"Mrs. Fang, you have to trust me. I got a call from Mr. Fang this morning, and he asked me to pick him up by the river, so I drove there. When I arrived, I saw him soaking from water. He said he fell into the water, so I quickly drove him home. That's it. Trust me." All Hanson did was repeating the words that Jay said a while ago, so their excuse would matched.
Unable to get something else she wanted to know, Doris asked, "Which river?"
"Ah, it's the Pine River not far away," Hanson said casually.
"Why did he go there?" asked Doris.
"Oh, I don't know. Mrs. Fang, please don't worry about it. When Mr. Fang comes out of the bathroom, you can ask him yourself. I don't have anything else to explain. I'm leaving. I'm leaving." At this moment, Hanson had ran out of excuses to say so he had to get away as soon as possible.
Thinking that Hanson was not a liar, Doris believed what he said. "Okay, you can leave now."
After hearing this, Hanson left in a hurry, afraid that Doris would come up with questions again.
As she waited for Jay to finish his shower, Doris decided to cook noodles for him.
Jay, who hadn't slept and ate all night, was now hungry and exhausted.
Therefore, when he came out of the shower, all he wanted to do was to sleep in the bedroom, but he saw Doris sitting at the table, staring at him coldly.
Her eyes were absolutely colder than her face, which made Jay chuckle.
"Where is Ace?"
"I see, you still have Ace in your heart. But don't worry about the baby now; he's okay. I just want to ask you, what did you do by the Pine River last night?"
‘The Pine River? Hanson probably made it up.’
"I had told you, I went for a walk to have a rest."
"Did you have that condition again?" The first thing that came to Doris' mind was the condition that once happened to Jay. Some time ago, he had recovered, but maybe now he had it again. Jay couldn't face that disease, nor could he face her, so he escaped from her at night.
At the thought of this, Doris took a deep breath. 'Did Jay want to commit suicide when he fell into the river?'
"No, you think too much. Now I feel that my disorder was extremely ridiculous in the past. Well, as a man, how could I get that kind of disorder? If you don't have anything else to say, I will sleep." Waving his hand, Jay began to walk towards their bedroom.
After clearing her throat, Doris said, "I cooked noodles for you. Why don't you eat something before you go to bed?"
"No, I’m too sleepy to eat anything. I’m going to sleep now." The truth was, Jay was really hungry, but he was afraid that he had to face Doris' endless questions if he decided to eat now.
Knowing her, she wouldn't stop asking until she got an answer. And right now, Jay still couldn't give her that. How could he tell her those unbearable past of him?
Therefore, it was better not to say anything that could not be said.
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