In the city, who would ever dare to offend Charles?
"It's all because of you women. I find women are just trouble and can't do anything right!" Jay reiterated.
By that time, the policeman and Jay had reached the room where Charles was locked up. Jay ended the call after telling Doris off.
"Hey, what's the matter? What did you mean by that?" Doris couldn't fathom what was going on and thought to herself, 'Charles already has Nancy. Why would he be involved with another woman and get into trouble?'
Did this mean he had a mistress on the side?
'Wow, rich men really can't stay faithful and will go out to play, no matter what!'
She pondered whether or not to tell Nancy. After a while, she decided to let her know. As they were best friends, her loyalty was with Nancy anyway.
Nancy was still awake at that time. Like Doris, she couldn't sleep either.
Listening to the patter of rain outside, she felt ill at ease.
When her phone beeped, she didn't expect it to be Doris. After all, it was already so late.
Therefore, when she saw the screen flickering, she thought it was just a message.
However, she saw that it was not a message but a call from Doris.
Before picking up, she thought with a bitter smile, 'This pregnant woman, why don't you have a good rest at this late hour? It's not good for the baby!'
"It's already so late. Why..."
Before she could even finish her words, she was suddenly interrupted by Doris, "Nancy, Charles isn't at home now, is he?"
"How did you know he's not home?"
"Well, he's in..." Doris faltered, feeling embarrassed.
"Tell me, where is he? Just say it. You can't leave me hanging. You either finish your words or just drop it. Or do you want me to play guess the riddle?" Nancy said, obviously agitated. She only asked Charles to go out fix the issue in the hospital. The night was almost over, but he had not yet returned by then.
Now she couldn't even get through to his phone, which made her paranoid the whole night, thinking of nonsense things.
"Uh, he is at the police station. He is detained because he seems to have committed a crime," Doris finally said with difficulty.
Nancy was stunned when she heard that. Charles was detained? How did that happen?
Was there something wrong with the medicine that he bought?
Did the patient have an adverse reaction after taking it?
She was so petrified just thinking about the possibilities that her brain was about to explode. "Tell me exactly what happened, Doris."
"I don't know. I'm not sure either. I only heard that he was with a woman. Oh, I really don't know. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that in case Charles doesn't go back tonight, you don't have to worry about him. He has found a place to stay in, ha ha..."
This heartless woman never forgot to make fun of her at every opportunity that she could find.
Nancy's mind was in a total mess. She couldn't imagine what could have happened and didn't understand what Doris meant at all. She quickly ended the call and dialed Jay's number instead.
But by then, Jay had turned off his phone because he was irritated by the way Doris had behaved earlier.
Thus, Nancy's call couldn't get through.
Jay knocked on the door of the room where Charles was held. Charles was taking a nap that time. When Jay entered, he opened his eyes which were slightly red.
"Charles, didn't you have anything better to do than stay here for the night?" Jay said jokingly to lighten up the mood, seeing how embarrassed Charles was.
"I'm sorry to bother you at this time. I'm a busy man. However, I didn't expect that I would be blackmailed by this woman. You'd better find a witness to prove my innocence. By now, the Internet must be full of public opinions about me. Well, judging people and killing them invisibly is very hateful!" Charles didn't have his phone with him because the police took it. But based on experience, the news about him on the Internet must have been blown out of proportions by now.
Jay looked at the woman on the next room and pointed towards her with his chin. "Is that her?"
"Yeah, that's the one." Charles nodded slowly.
The woman was sitting on the chair, looking tired as if she was about to fall asleep.
Jay decided to walk over and knocked on the glass wall. "Hello."
The woman vaguely heard his voice. She raised her head and looked at Jay in horror when she saw him.
"Do you go around blackmailing people?" asked Jay in a contemptuous tone.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Sweet Twins Indulge in Daddy's Love