Nerissa was stunned. "Minnie, why did you come to Jarold City?"

"Mr. Hendrix and Arianna are both here. A few days ago, Arianna was injured, so Mr. Hendrix asked me to come over and take care of her. How have you...been these few years?"

Nerissa nodded and smiled at me, who was about to stand up and greet her.

"Arianna, where is Hendrix?"

I signalled Minnie to make tea before I looked at her and said, "Recently, there have a lot of things going on in the company. He hasn't been back for a few days now. Ms. Roberts, what can I do for you?" When she heard me address her as Ms. Roberts with a distant tone, she frowned and said, "Arianna, are you still angry with me for what happened before?"

I said, "No, I'm just used to addressing you this

go of the past. I am a daughter of the Roberts family. Your aunt was injured many years ago and became infertile, and as you know, I may not be able to give birth to a child too. Thus, Hendrix is our only hope for a descendant. After your child died in that accident, Andrea came to me and said that the child in her belly belonged to my family. As an elder, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. So I didn't want to leave

haggard. Although she was well-dressed, she looked much thinner. Few wrinkles were still visible on her

than the last time

on this topic. After a

out my cell phone to call Hendrix. Unexpectedly, she quickly

"You're here to see

to speak. "Arianna, you know that too many things have happened to the Granger family recently. There are not many people in the family to start with. Now that Yohannes and Helen have left, I am the only one left. Your Uncle Granger's memorial tablet is left in the Granger family home and hasn't been buried yet. After all, there are too many things going on that

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