Crossroads

Chapter 316

Chapter 316

Unable to sleep, Scott opened Instagram and scrolled through his new feeds in the middle of the night.

To his surprise, he found a post made from his account that he had no recollection of making

It took him just a second to realize it was his son Andy’s mischief. Have I been spoiling him too much? I’ve heard that boys need to be raised with strier discipline, he mused, reflecting on his parenting.

Andy’s post was titled Our Happy Day), which displayed the typical elementary school writing level. It included six photos and a ten–second video.

Lying on his side in bed, scout scrutinized the post. It contained photos from the dinner at Stephanie’s place with Vincent and Andy.

The photos and video all prominently featured Molly. There were shots of her cooking in the kitchen, serving soup, and the others sat and waited. with Andy grinning widely in every frame.

Thinking back on what he ate just now, Scott realized he couldn’t even remember the dishes.

“You little brat,” he muttered, knowing his son had taken these photos to taunt him.

Scott tapped

After contemplating, he noted. “She’s not mad.”

the screen as he searched for Molly’s Instagram. He scrolled through her recent posts. A

Like many other girls, Molly posted about interesting and happy moments. It seemed his outburst hadn’t affected her. Smiling, he thought. Such a simple–minded creature He then turned off his phone and went to sleep.

appeared. She was in a foul mood, tossing and turning, unable

began questioning herself, wondering why she was drawn to Scott, a seemingly refined but cunning man. Not only that, but he came with a mini–version of himself. After all,

all men blind?” she muttered, hugging her

often made her feel inadequate by comparison, and she lamented why she was made so average.

pressing concern, which was her money–hungry mother. Andrea had arranged a blind date for her on Christmas, which she skipped, and now her mother wouldn’t stop nagging her about

relatives. And she hadn’t even found

like I’ve done anything immoral, Molly grumbled, ruffling her short, fuzzy hair in frustration before burying

the adult world’s many worries made a peaceful sleep till dawn a

been suffering from insomnia recently.

since Vincent brought Andy over for dinner the other day, her apartment had returned to its usual quiet, almost eery. Sometimes, the silence was

man upstairs hadn’t

habitually checked her WhatsApp every morning, but Dominick hadn’t asked her to buy breakfast in days, and there was no more basketball noise from

struggled with herself for a minute before deciding against it. Going to look for him would be like offering herself up willingly.

That w

would be too foolish.

her weekly shooting practice at the club. This time, without the

as the coach packed up, he chatted with her in his broken Aurithian. “Ms. Reed, what are you distracted

all. Feeling caught out. Stephanie awkwardly raised her gun and fired a shot into the distance. The loud bang made

need to

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Chapter 316

do you mean?” Stephanie suddenly

want to come, and now that you’ve mastered the

thinking, “What reserved and shy nonsense?‘ She looked at the seemingly honest coach and hesitated before saying, “Where

eyes widened, surprised by her sudden inquiry about his boss. Noticing her unusual behavior, he chuckled and teased,

evident. “Someone like him doesn’t need caring. Not from me, anyway. He has plenty of people lining up

him. All my patience and waiting are not for

matters to me.”

face was a mix of emotions, and she clearly had held this in for a long

The

off and sighed, “Ms. Reed is not as

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