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

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

confused, “What’s he

then deliberately not telling us, and then… Stella said somewhat helplessly, “he’s waiting for you to come to him.”

frowned. Is Neil still

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

said as I got up. This was my

a bit, “Rena, are you really going to go find Neil? This could bring a lot of trouble to you. How about

me because of you, he was always willing to help me and didn’t want anything in return. I

is about to go have a

asked Neil, but Neil didn’t tell him. So it was pretty safe to say he was waiting for

I dashed out the

today to treat everyone to a meal. There would be quite a crowd.

saw Neil sitting right across from the entrance, with Mitch and Louis next to him and Russel a few seats away.

you’re here” Stella was waiting for me, and she called me over right away. “Come over here, let’s eat

mixed bag, especially Bonnie, Malinda, and Kate. They

squinting at me,

straight over to Stella and sat down next to her, with Cooper on the other side. She arranged this seat to make me feel

I could feel it clearly, and I’m

Bonnie was probably

at Neil, he didn’t avoid my gaze. Instead, he gave

If he could tell me where Halley was

see!” Louis spoke up, and he

sitting next to him, immediately scowled and

apparently

took out my phone and texted Neil, “Do you know where Halley is? Could you do me a favor and tell

phone beeped. He read the message but didn’t

suddenly asked, pretending to be puzzled. She

close with her.” Malinda