Ernest's call was ended abruptly. He did not get to ask about the things he did not understand.
He was thoroughly confused.
It should be early morning in the United States at that hour.
Was Lowell not free?
Why was that?
In Ernest's opinion, it would not be inconvenient for him unless he was with a woman. Could Lowell actually be living with a woman?
Did he have a girlfriend? How come he had never heard of it?
Ernest shrugged with suspicion as he looked at everyone else around him. "Something's off, but I just can't wrap my head around it."
"The call was so short, and he was inconvenient to talk," Leah said, "Perhaps he is a little busy. Don't think too much about it."
"It's dawn there. What could he be busy with?" Ernest asked. "Even for Gary to have gone to the United States, something big must have happened. Lowell must know what happened.
Why didn't he explain anything to me?" "We don't know, so we shouldn't make wild guesses," Leah said, "Now, what we want to know is, what is up with Gary."
"Perhaps we were really overthinking," Liam thought for a while before he said, "I hope it's nothing big."
Maria also thought about it, she thought that maybe Liam really thought too much, and so did she.
The four of them sat downstairs for a long time. After waiting for over an hour, Lowell finally called Ernest.
Ernest answered the phone quickly. "Uncle Lowell, are you done being busy?"
Lowell said, "Yes, I was in the lab, I was busy with some data."
Ernest was startled, then he smiled. "What kind of experiment was it, Uncle Lowell? Why were you so busy?"
"It's medicine," Lowell replied.
When Ernest heard that, he knew that it was not right for him to get too deep into the details. Otherwise, it will seem as if he just didn't find him trustworthy, so he said, "I see. Well then, you should take care of your health better."
"I will." Lowell smiled gently and said, "You called me just now and said that there were some things you could not figure out, and that you wanted to talk to me. You can ask me now, I have time."
"Actually, I am a little curious about Gary. He returned to the United States in such a hurry. What actually happened? With Gary's temper, it would be impossible for him to leave Celeste behind while he went to the Unite States by himself. They are in their honeymoon period now. He would not be at ease."
Everyone was looking at Ernest as he talked on the phone.
"That is his arrangement." Lowell smiled. "I don't know why Gary did that, but I think he must have his reasons."
That was an extremely flawless answer.
Ernest was stunned.
"Okay, Uncle Lowell. I will ask this one more time seriously. Is there really nothing strange going on?"
"What kind of strange things are you referring to?" Lowell said, "Why don't you give me a hint?"
"Well, since that's the case, then I will stop asking," Ernest said, "I just heard Maria say that she saw Celeste crying when she went upstairs. I don't know why."
When Lowell heard that, he was slightly stunned for a while. He was quiet for a long time.
So, Ernest did not say anything else either. He believed that if something really happened, Lowell would definitely let Gary know that Celeste had cried.
That way, their goal would have been achieved too.
"Is Celeste sad because Gary did not allow her to come with her?" Lowell finally spoke, he seemed to be speaking in a solemn tone.
Ernest was stunned as well, he said, "Maria heard Celeste say that Gary did not allow her to go with him, and that was why she felt upset and cried."
"If that's the case, then you guys should go and comfort Celeste. If there's nothing else, I will end the call now, and I'll give Celeste a call," Lowell said.
Ernest was stunned, he said, "Okay, that works too."
After that, the call ended.
In the room upstairs, Celeste's phone rang as she was reading a book.
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