“Unpack and then take a rest. I have to take off now, ” Edmund said. She seized his hand and asked, “Would you like to stay for dinner, maybe?”

“No, I’m good.” said Edmund with a fatigued face, in no mood to dine with her mother.

As a son, he had long drifted apart with her.

After the refusal, he got back into his car and his diver drove him off.

Instead of driving all way back to Vertoak, Edmund told the diver to stopped by a hotel and checked in.

The driver was tired after having been driving for hours,

Edmund was all the more exhausted by the hurried back-and-forth journey, so all he wanted was to find some place to relax.

to get things over with in such a rush was the idea

at the hotel, rather than hit the sack, he placed a call to Chelsea to tell her he was back and

video call to her but was hung up by Chelsea, who called him back in audio, “Sorry, I am not home yet,

and it broke her heart, “You should really go to bed and take a good rest

to say gently, “I will come see you as soon

whacked, he would have flown off to

“go get some sleep. I

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that’s been hung

that she couldn’t finish

he had told her on the phone that he would be more than happy to see her

she was sorry, saying she wouldn’t be available that day, and she would find the time to

He gave up.

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