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“Don’t bother, I’m not going to agree to this,” Samuel replied, his tone dead serious.

“There was an accident at your mom’s company’s anniversary party tonight. She got seriously hurt,” Jeffrey said. “She came home and didn’t get any treatment.”

Samuel’s heart clenched. “Wait, weren’t you there?”

“A crystal chandelier fell from the ceiling, but I was too far away to do anything,” Jeffrey said, voice tense.

Samuel fell silent. Normally, he would quickly spot the flaws in the situation. But right now, his mind was filled with images of Rebecca being injured, making it hard for him to think as clearly as usual. “Really?”

Jeffrey nodded seriously. “It is.”

Samuel hung up on Jeffrey and immediately dialed Rebecca’s number. Her phone, left buzzing on the couch, went completely unheard by Rebecca, who was in the shower. But Jeffrey, standing right by the door, caught every single ring.

His hand unconsciously tightened around the phone. He prayed that Rebecca was either in the middle of washing up or blow–drying her hair and hadn’t heard anything.

This time, fate was on his side. The call rang a few times and then cut off. Just then, Samuel’s call popped up on his phone. “Alright, you can come in, but you better not be mean to Mom.”

“Sure, your rules,” Jeffrey replied, keeping a straight face.

“Don’t get handsy with Mom,” Samuel warned, tossing off his blanket and hopping out of bed to pull on his shoes.

“If your mom passes out, how am I supposed to get her to the hospital without touching her?” Jeffrey, sly as ever, shot back. “And who’s gonna take care of her wounds if I can’t even help?”

Samuel froze on the stairs. Jeffrey kept going. “If you keep hesitating and something actually happens to your

mom.”

go in, you have to keep me updated about Mom. Better yet, do a

code?” After Jeffrey had used a key to get in last time,

safety, he told him anyway. He could always change it later. “It’s my birthday

be bothered when real business started later, he switched his phone

to Victor that he needed to head over to Maple Garden ASAP. Victor tried to call Jeffrey to ask what was going on, but Samuel

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patching

uncertain for a moment, but with Jeffrey ignoring the call, he ended up

anyway.

in the back seat, called his dad. He couldn’t

keypad and slipped through the door. He shut it with

strained to listen, she couldn’t detect anything. Just to be safe, she locked the bathroom

was lying all alone on the couch. Jeffrey sat right beside it, his gaze growing colder as he listened to the faint

out in her pajamas, totally on guard, clutching a glass bottle like she was ready to go full defense mode if anything

creeping around like a burglar in your own house?” Jeffrey

you doing here?” She

smart one,

the code himself,” Jeffrey said, handing over her phone. “Seriously, if you don’t believe

the phone. Sure enough, there was one missed call from Samuel. She dialed Samuel back, but her suspicion toward Jeffrey

burst out, filled with worry. “Are

Samuel. “Huh?” she asked, a frown settling on

and when you didn’t answer your phone, I got worried, so I gave him the code to let him in,” Samuel said, laying it all out. “Is

Rebecca said, shooting Jeffrey a look full of annoyance. ‘He’s even lying to his own kid?‘ Rebecca

glass shards had cut her. Even from this angle, he could see the tender flesh beneath the skin. “Come here and

“Mom, just treat the wound first.

up the phone. To case her worries,

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