Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 177

All right, let’s do our own thing. Halley is a real pain in the ass, but he’s his mom’s only kid. His mom was crying her eyes out in front of me, and I just couldn’t say no. Stella sighed and hung up the phone.

I was sitting by the roadside, making phone calls to a few of my buddies in Rosemont, asking them to help me find Halley.

They were more than willing to lend a hand, and now I just had to wait for the results.

By the time I hung up the last call, it was getting late. I was about to hail a cab when Bailey pulled up in his car.

“Ms. Finch, are you done with your business? I can give you a ride home.” Bailey always had a serious look on his face.

He was really attentive, which made me pretty happy.

I got into his car and said, “Let’s hit the road.”

I felt a bit worn out on the way home, so I closed my eyes to catch a few winks.

By the time we got home, I was already snoozing. Bailey had to wake me up.

It was really late by then. I told him to be careful on the way home, and then I headed inside.

Just before I hit the sack, Stella asked me in the group chat, “Rena, did you know? Bonnie’s friend is actually dating Louis. I was totally blindsided. Louis is Neil and the guys‘ buddy. What on earth does he see in her?”

I had known about this for a while. I replied, “Well, to each their own, let’s not meddle in their business.”

Barbara asked Stella, “How did you find out that?”

Stella replied, “They’re going back to their homeland and asked Mitch out for a meal. Going out this late, I didn’t let him go, so they postponed, but I bet they’ll ask again tomorrow”

I was beaten. I told them to continue their discussion in the group chat, and I was off to sleep.

I

Stella. She sounded really excited. “Rena, Neil sent me a photo. Halley’s

“What’s he

don’t know, is he aware of Halley’s whereabouts, then deliberately not telling us, and then… Stella said somewhat helplessly, “he’s waiting for you

frowned. Is Neil still playing

time, I would be able to find Halley. But given Halley’s current situation, by the time we find him, it might be

I got up. This was my way of repaying Halley for his past help.

you really going to go find Neil? This could bring a lot of trouble to you. How about we look for him

was always willing to help me and didn’t want anything in return. I can’t stand by and watch him get hurt. I don’t know who’s so badass to beat

her mind right away, “All right, go find Neil. Mitch is about to go have a

So it was pretty safe to say he

soon as I got the address, I dashed out the

hunch that Malinda and Louis were going back to their homeland today to treat everyone to a meal. There would be quite a

pushed the door open, I saw Neil sitting right across from the entrance, with Mitch and Louis

me, and she called me over right

Malinda, and Kate.

me,

sat down next to her, with Cooper on the other side. She arranged this seat to make

were fixed on me the whole time; I could feel it

probably

didn’t avoid my gaze. Instead, he gave a

figure out how to bring up Halley with Neil. If he could tell me where Halley was right away, there would be

time no see!” Louis spoke up, and he warmly

to him, immediately scowled and

apparently

about their attitudes. I just took out my phone and texted Neil, “Do you know where Halley is? Could you do me a favor and

He read the message but didn’t reply.

Bonnie suddenly asked, pretending to be puzzled. She asked Malinda, “Malinda, did

would I invite her? I’m not close with her.” Malinda