Chapter 553 Accompany You To See Your Mom
After leaving the hospital, Derrick got into his car and leaned back to watch the incessant flow of cars outside the window as a gush of unfathomable emotions began clouding his eyes. A dozen minutes had passed by the time he straightened his body and stepped on the gas pedal to drive off.
His destination was the restaurant where Kate and Tiffany had their meal that day. Upon entering the restaurant, he used his connections to have the restaurant manager obtain the recordings from the surveillance cameras. The footage showed Kate and Tiffany entering the restaurant together, to the part where the latter furiously stalked out with her bag. A waiter was later seen entering the private room, followed by a group of waiters rushing into the room. Before long, the ambulance arrived, and Kate was carried out of the restaurant.
“Was there anything odd with these two people when they first stepped into the restaurant?” Derrick asked.
The waiter gave the question a thought before answering, “They were chattering away happily—there was nothing out of the ordinary. As you know, Mrs. Hisson is breathtakingly beautiful. She had everyone’s attention as soon as she stepped foot into the restaurant, so we are fully aware of how she was acting when she was here.”
Derrick furrowed his brows. “During the time Tiff left the restaurant, did she behave strangely?” he asked.
To that, the waiter responded, “Mr. Hisson, isn’t it clearly shown in the footage? We weren’t paying much attention to Ms. Winters when she was leaving. It was only when Mrs. Hisson made a call to the reception to ask for waiters to take orders that our waiter found her on the ground. How is she now?”
Derrick simply nodded and turned to leave.
When he got into his car, grimness darkened his gaze as he leaned his back against the driver’s seat, seemingly deep in his thought.
Then, he called Tiffany, who only picked up after a long time.
“Derrick,” she called out on the other end of the line.
Derrick took in a deep breath and tried to maintain an even tone. “Tiff, are you at home?”
“Yes, I’m at home. I will be going to Amelia’s place for dinner. Do you have time? Care to join us for dinner?” Tiffany offered.
He shut his eyes and opened them again. “I will see about that when I get to your place.”
Right after he spoke, he hung up the call without giving her a chance to ask if he was in a bad mood.
Derrick drove to Tiffany’s condominium.
In one fluid series of movements, he parked his car and took the elevator to the floor.
When he got out of the elevator, he stood outside the door for a moment. Just as he lifted his hand to knock on it, it was unexpectedly opened from the inside.
Seeing Derrick standing in front of her, Tiffany laughed and said, “I figured you would be here at this minute, so I came to get you. Don’t you think there is this telepathic connection between the two of us? That we could read each other’s minds?”
He merely threw a glance at her, then walked past her to enter the house. Tiffany frowned at the sight of his apathetic demeanor. She could tell he was not in a good mood and had a hunch that it had something to do with her.
Having shut the door, she approached him and bent down to meet his eyes. “What’s wrong, Derrick? Tell me about it. I can see that you’re not in great spirits.”
Derrick gazed at her intently.
Tiffany lifted her hand and caressed his face. “What’s wrong? Does your foul mood have something to do with me?”
At that moment, he finally spoke, answering her query with a voice that sounded a little hoarse. “You went to have lunch with my mom, and you left early?”
Upon hearing that, Tiffany tugged the corner of her lips into a forced smile. “Did Mrs. Hisson complain to you? Are you here to interrogate me?”
“My mom was admitted to the hospital.”
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