Crossroads

Chapter 272

Stephanie had been in a daze lately. Ever since Molly had brought Scout’s son to see her last week, she hadn’t interacted with anyone else.

The whole world seemed to be bustling with their own business, but she felt like she had suddenly lost her direction.

She called Molly, hoping to ask her out to go shopping.

“Scott’s been working on a big project with the Innovate Group lately. He’s always on business trips, so he leaves Andy

dy with me. That little pump is so annoying. He takes up all my time!” Molly complained on the other end of the phone.

“Do you want to go shopping with me?”“”“

Molly, always prioritizing her best friend, thought for a moment and said, “Scott came back last night. He’s in his study now. Let me go talk to him Hold on. Don’t hang up..”

Molly was about to rush to the study to ask her boss for time off when the doorbell rang

Who would come here at this hour!

As a

a diligent employee, Molly was keenly aware of her duty and wen

went to open the door for the guest first.

The moment the door opened, both women were taken aback, staring at each other in surprise.

“Why are you standing at the door! Go make some coffice” Scott’s voice came from behind, snapping the two women back to reality

Hearing this, Molly forced a polite smile and said to the woman at the door, “Come in. 111 go make some coffer for you.”

She quickly prepared a pot of coffee in the living room and then quietly retreated.

As she left, she couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Scott,

“Why is Hayley here” she thought

she doing here?” Hayley was

casually

housekeeper! Molly? Hayley sounded incredulous. After all, Molly used to work for her, and she was

Since

Molly

Stephanie’s good friend, Hayley was extra curious. She glanced toward the kitchen and teased, “So, Scott, are you dating

serious expression, “Ms. Snuggleton, Andy’s school

ear pressed against the wall when she heard her

These capitalists always ordered people around as they wished. “Why me? It’s the weekend, and there’s no overtime pay

servant, she had no say in the matter and

hadn’t ended, and Stephanie could hear the faint

hide it “I heard she got another promotion at the Innovate Group. She’s probably here to talk to Scott about a company project.

listened quietly, emotionless.

together to lift the mood. Stephanie declined. Seeing those

another antidepressant. Staring at the empty house, she couldn’t muster any energy. So, she decided

to leave the city, go somewhere new, or even

holding onto, but deep down,

least not yet.

year or if her body had become weaker, but early December had already made her feel chilled to the core. Even wrapped in a long coat and scarf, she still shivered

and many shops had started decorating with Christmas trees, playing cheerful carols,

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Santa Claus figures.

families out and about on this weekend, with parents and children enjoying rach other’s company, her eyes welled up. Such warmth and happiness

along

into, but suddenly, she heard the sounds of a struggle.

a woman were fighting. The man, at least six feet tall with a burly build and tanned skin, held a thick metal rod in his right hand. His face was contorted with rage as he raised the rod to strike the woman’s

tall figure made it

go that way. The woman moved with incredible speed. Before Stephanie could even see clearly, she

man’s attack.

man’s wrist, targeting a precise point. The man’s face turned pale as his wrist went limp as if his

Stephanie marveled at the woman’s astonishing fighting skills, she recognized her side profile. It was the strange woman named Lucy she had met a

hand and grabbed the man by the back of his neck.

and the man roared in agony. But Lucy quickly clamped down on his throat, and in the next moment, she could

back but accidentally kicked an empty soda can.