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 her mouth

the mother and daughter immediately ceased their whispering. Emily quickly put on her usual depressed facade. After washing his hands,

going to be okay?" Emily could barely hold her anticipation for his answer but she continued to look toward the floor, still

of them wanted to hear him say that Xyla was

of them and sat

Xyla, that poor, poor child...” Emily almost laughed out. She pressed her thumb against her index finger so

on the news is just Stan's sister. No

that, May and Emily

of them assumed that it was probably just a lie to cover up

gently. "Darling, couldn't she just be lying to us? We've never heard of Xyla mention about him having a sister. Could it be that she's just too afraid that we'll be overly worried about her?" Sᴇaʀch

simply shook his head. "That's quite impossible. Xyla would never lie to us. Alright, I need to return