Chapter 97
Since the chief had already said so, Veronica could only accept the fact calmly.
After all, this was not the city where they had plenty of choices to choose from.
She took out her towel and body wash from her luggage and proceeded to head out to the pond by the entrance with a flashlight. Sitting on the stone used for washing clothes, Veronica dipped her foot in the cool water before swinging her legs, making the water splash about.
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.
The sound of the frogs croaking paired with the grasshoppers chirping made for a relaxing scene.
Suddenly, small balls of green light appeared in the dark, to which Veronica looked at dazily.
When she was young, fireflies were a common sight. However, now that she was an adult, she rarely saw them again, so she didn‘t expect such a large number of them here.
Splash.
Veronica jumped into the pond and took a satisfying bath since there was nobody around in the dead of night. –
The pond at the entrance was deep with cobblestones underneath while its water all came from the mountain.
After swimming for a while, she took a bath as she sat on the washing stone with soaked clothes before washing her hair. Basking in the night wind, she felt a tad bit cold yet she wasn‘t drowsy at all and didn‘t want to sleep either.
Crack.
The sound caused Veronica to turn her head behind as she saw a man lighting a cigarette. From the dim light illuminated by the lighter, she recognized at once that the man was Matthew.
“When did you arrive?”
Was he actually peeping on her when she was taking a bath?
Although she was wearing activewear that consisted of a pair of shorts and a T–shirt, she didn‘t accidentally reveal anything. Rather, it was because he already knew that she was there and still chose to linger around.
shameless
cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again made it seem like there
silence merely notified Veronica that he was annoyed
didn‘t care enough to coax him; she merely
room,
changed into another set of clothes
lying down and closed in to ask, “So, you‘re my brother‘s girlfriend. I heard from Dad that
times in front of the media that they were going to bring her back to the Larson Residence as
strange that the Crawfords knew
gossipy middle–aged woman, Melissa continued to ask enigmatically, “Why did the Larson Family abandon you
do know is that something‘s wrong with
Roni. You‘re
to look at Veronica. “No wonder my brother likes you so much. I fancy your personality too, but I prefer Matthew. Hey, I also heard that you have saved Old Mrs. Kings before.
the upper
that
in the
“So, it‘s real?”
elbows and probed, “That‘s great news! Can you tell me
“You‘re not paying,
“I‘ll add you on Whatsapp then and transfer the money to you. Oh right, there‘s no signal here. Wait for a
Veronica after digging through it.
cash in question all came in new notes and wrapped
character printed on the note, a baffled Veronica asked, “Why did you bring so much cash to
deeply in the midst of her explanation. “If I had known that this god–forsaken place would not even have a supermarket,
whose
includes me telling you all about him. Heck, I could even arrange a
trailed off as she reached out to rub her thumb and index
gesture was basically
you really set up a
eyes glimmered brightly
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