Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 144

The butler was startled. He hurriedly intervened. “Mr. Pliskin, your leg…”

He looked at Lester’s legs and the wheelchair, saying sadly, “Last month, Mr. George Pliskin wanted to send you to run an overseas branch, but you broke your leg. You’ve been staying in the wheelchair for a month and still haven’t recovered.

“It might be a bone injury. Your leg isn’t fully healed yet, and traveling to Zyrrinthia might worsen it.”

Lester stopped the butler with a gesture. “My leg is not important.”

His sister mattered the most.

Born with a silver spoon, his sister was the only daughter in his family, the apple of everyone, yet she went missing at a very young age.

Over the years, his family had never given up searching. They had investigated for any slight clue or a similar-looking girl, but each time, they found nothing.

Lester stared at the photo of Ashley emotionally.

Ashley’s features bore a faint resemblance to his mother’s in her youth. ‘Could this Ashley be my sister?”

The butler was still worried, and he advised, “Mr. Pliskin, with your leg condition, it’s really not good for you to move around. You can’t even get out of your wheelchair. Perhaps you shouldn’t go in person, just to be safe. I can let someone investigate immediately.”

Lester dismissed the suggestion again. “No, I’ll go myself.”

The butler was genuinely concerned. “But your leg, you can’t even leave your wheelchair…”

He stopped abruptly, his eyes widening in astonishment.

Just then, Lester, who seemed unable to walk and sat in his wheelchair, suddenly stood up.

The butler was utterly dumbfounded. “Mr. Pliskin, your… Your leg is. healed!”

Lester kicked his legs, smiling slyly. “What do you mean healed? My leg

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was never injured. I just didn’t want to go to the overseas branch, so I lied. to George, saying I broke it.”

The butler stood speechless.

To avoid going to the overseas branch, Lester pretended to be lame month and even used a wheelchair. That was typical of Lester.

Lester glanced again at Ashley’s photo. “I’m going to Zyrrinthia in person, leaving right now.”

butler no longer tried to stop him. Instead, he asked, “Should we

“No need to tell her

the years, his mother had missed her lost daughter every day, often thinking she’d found her,

want to see his mother go through another

sorrow.

wait until things were certain before telling

butler asked again, “Should we

Lester shivered. “No.”

a ruse, then he might end

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the Zyrrinthia, Ashley and Jaden had just left the banquet hall and were walking towards the hotel’s parking lot when suddenly, two figures jumped

we just saw the live broadcast. Turns

wondering how these two had just come

were the Ramos, his face

stared at Ashley and hurried to explain, “Matthew and I

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dinner, so we waited for you. at the hotel’s parking lot, and you’re

kept nodding. Jeremy and I have been waiting outside for over three hours since the banquet started until we finally saw you

in red and swollen

choice. The corner had too many mosquitos and couldn’t fend them

hours of waiting for Ashley outside, they had feasted the

was about to continue, but Ashley turned to Jaden. car?

gestured. “Just

“Then let’s

“Where’s your

that, they walked towards the parked

in his heart when he got ignored, a wave of loneliness overwhelming him, his eyes

biting his lips as he watched Ashley and Jaden walk away. “Jeremy, should

something. “Matthew, let’s go back to

puzzled. “Back to Ramos

Mom about the real reason why Ashley was brought back home in

a realization dawning on him. “Right, Jeremy, if we can figure this out and then tell Ashley, she’ll definitely

furled by determination and immediately went

reached the parking area when a

car, Jaden