Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Immediately after he ended his sentence, Jeremy Quest continued. "Worry not, Xyla. I'll deal with him for you."

Xyla simply laughed gently. "Don't be hasty, dad. The woman in the picture is his blood-related sister."

"What?!" Jeremy was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, she's been studying overseas all this time. Don't be angry with him anymore, I'm doing very well with my husband," Xyla explained in a serious but calm voice. "That's... That's great to hear..." Jeremy sighed in relief as he slowly calmed down.

After she was done explaining, Xyla continued to talk with Jeremy for a while. Nearing the end, the smile on her face faded and she began to furrow her brows again. Once the call ended, Jeremy immediately went to the washroom.

Emily Quest could barely hold her excitement and whispered in May Conner's ear, "Mary Sullivan's definitely done a good job this time!"

May snorted, pleased with the situation. "Let's see whether that brat can still be as arrogant as she usually is after this."

she cupped her hands over

daughter immediately ceased their whispering. Emily quickly put on her usual depressed facade. After washing his hands, Jeremy walked out of the

going to be okay?" Emily could barely hold her anticipation for his answer but she continued to look

him say that

walked closer to both of them and

let out a long sigh. "How could that be? Is she just saying she's fine so that we won't be worried about her? Xyla, that poor, poor child...” Emily almost laughed out. She pressed her thumb against her index finger so that the pain would allow her to

on the news is just Stan's sister. No need to worry about it any

Emily didn't think

it was probably just a lie to cover up her

Could it be that she's just too afraid that we'll be overly worried about

lie to us. Alright, I need to