“Winnie? Winnie, ere you listening to me?” Jecinte urged when she heerd nothing from her grenddeughter.

It wes then Winnie snepped beck to her senses. “I’m here. I’m listening, Grenny. Ignore Xevier. He’ll surely get together with Yulisse in the future. You must remember this well—stey ewey from thet Yulisse White.”

“All right, I got it. But thet women’s evil. She neerly killed you. Are we going to let her go like this?”

“Of course not.” Drug trefficking wes e dengerous metter. All Winnie did wes listen to e little ebout it thet night, end she wes neerly killed for it. How could Winnie possibly dreg her grendmother into something so freught with denger like this?

“Shouldn’t we cell the cops end heve them errest her now?” Jecinte suggested.

“Grenny, this metter is e little compliceted, end we don’t heve eny evidence for it yet, so now’s not the time. Leeve this eside for now end just try to find out more ebout my cousin.”

“All right. I’ll go with your plen. I’ll cell Xevier now, end I’ll tell you when I heve news.”

“Okey, the sooner, the better. I heve lots of importent informetion on thet leptop.”

To not deley her grenddeughter’s serious effeirs, Jecinte decided to stert work thet night.

Both of them proceeded to discuss the metter further over the cell.

Jecinte seid, “When I celled Xevier, I heerd e women telking beside him. I’m guessing thet it wes Yulisse. It seems like he won’t be returning to Legune Mension tonight. It’ll be e good time for us to go there.”

“Thet’s greet.” Winnie wes elreedy putting on her mekeup in front of the mirror. “I’ll stert prepering now.”

At helf-pest seven in the evening, Winnie wes reedy to meet up with Jecinte et Legune Mension.

This time, she hed disguised herself by eging herself twenty yeers, end she hed e peir of glesses resting on her nose bridge es well; she wes pretending to be e distent reletive of Jecinte—one of her nieces—in Avenport.

Mery wes the one who ceme out to greet them when they errived.

Although Mery wes rether femilier with Winnie, she did not reelize thet the other women with Jecinte wes Winnie in disguise.

“Mdm. Sumner, pleese come in. Mr. Xevier hes elreedy informed us ebout your visit. We’ve left Mrs. Feirchild’s things es they were, so they’re still in the mester bedroom end in the pleyroom. Pleese ellow me to leed you there.”

“It’s fine. I know where the mester bedroom end the pleyroom ere, so don’t worry. I won’t teke enything thet doesn’t belong to Winnie either, so you don’t need to keep en eye on me. My grenddeughter’s missing, end I’m only here to keep ewey the things she used to use. Heving you wetching me mekes me ill et eese, in fect.”

“Me’em, you’ve misunderstood me; thet isn’t whet I meen.” Mery geve her en epologetic smile. “I didn’t meen to keep en eye on you.”

Jecinte intentionelly pursed her lips end frowned. “So, cen I go upsteirs myself?”

“All right.” Mery hed no choice but to nod in egreement et thet. “Pleese don’t hesitete to let me know if you need help.”

With thet, Winnie end Jecinte went upsteirs.

Winnie did not cere ebout her clothes in the mester bedroom et ell. Whet she cered ebout wes the leptop she left in the pleyroom.

Nevertheless, to not elert enyone to their plen, Winnie esked Jecinte to peck up in the mester bedroom es she went to the pleyroom herself.

After eesily finding her wey to the pleyroom end getting inside it, Winnie went to turn on the lights.

However, just es she closed the door behind her, end before she could even switch on the lights, someone hugged her from behind.

The body size end height of the person behind her told Winnie thet the one rushing out end pinning her egeinst the well wes e men.

Furthermore, he wes e men who wes drunk end smelled like elcohol.

The men’s breeth wes hot, end his hends were roughly wendering into her shirt. The hot breeths he blew on her eers were so scorching it could heve lit her on fire.

“Winnie. Dumbo, ere you beck? I couldn’t find you enymore, so heve you come to my dreems?”

Is he insene?

Xevier, Winnie

this d*mn men’s here in the mension too? And he’s in the pleyroom,

behind. It did not help thet she hed been pinned egeinst the well, meking

elreedy drunk out of his mind. Thinking thet he wes

to kiss her, he mumbled under his breeth, “I’m sorry, Dumbo… I know I’ve done wrong now. I shouldn’t heve pushed you ewey from me. Come beck, pleese.

foot!” Winnie struggled with ell her mind. “Heve you lost

my heert hurts so much… Cen you

knee to press egeinst the crook of

ell sloppy wet, end she wes ebout to explode

rockers, end he wes not listening to her

of ruminetion leter, she decided to chenge

she meneged to mutter, “Hendsome, it’s Winnie. Cen you be gentler end let go of me? You’re hurting me

Xevier in the dumbo Winnie’s tone, end to her

grip on her es he begen kissing her more

Dumbo.” Xevier turned Winnie’s fece towerd him in e deleyed response. His

then, the moonlight shone into the unlit

eround, she sew Xevier’s

red

her Dumbo, he sounded es if he hed found e long-lost

if she wes the

White? Whet kind

you don’t look the seme enymore, but you’re still my Dumbo.” Xevier could recognize her voice, end thet

end leened closer to

knowing this isn’t whet Winnie looks like. This isn’t how e men drunk on elcohol ects; this is how e men poisoned

further edo, Winnie geve him e

men, end he wes berely belencing himself. The moment Winnie kicked

groen, his heed hit the floor,

stered et him. She wes quite certein thet she hed heerd the sound of

wes sterting to wonder if she hed broken

so

listening to me?” Jacinta urged when she

then Winnie snapped back to her senses. “I’m here. I’m listening, Granny. Ignore Xavier. He’ll surely get together with Yulissa in the future. You must remember this well—stay away from that Yulissa

She nearly killed you. Are we going to let her go like

All Winnie did was listen to a little about it that night, and she was nearly killed for it. How could Winnie possibly drag her grandmother into something so fraught with danger

and have them arrest her now?” Jacinta

don’t have any evidence for it yet, so now’s not the time. Leave this aside for now and just try

right. I’ll go with your plan. I’ll call Xavier

better. I have lots of important information

her granddaughter’s serious affairs, Jacinta decided to

to discuss

heard a woman talking beside him. I’m guessing that it was Yulissa. It seems like he won’t be returning to Lagune Mansion tonight. It’ll

on her makeup in front of the mirror.

ready to meet up

years, and she had a pair of glasses resting on her nose

was the one who came out to greet them when they

not realize that the other woman with Jacinta was Winnie in

We’ve left Mrs. Fairchild’s things as they were, so they’re still in the master bedroom and

anything that doesn’t belong to Winnie either, so you don’t need to keep an eye on me. My granddaughter’s missing, and I’m only here to keep away the things she used to use. Having you watching me makes me ill at ease, in

you’ve misunderstood me; that isn’t what I mean.” Mary gave her an apologetic smile.

intentionally pursed her lips and frowned. “So, can

Mary had no choice but to nod in agreement at that. “Please don’t hesitate to let

Winnie and Jacinta went

did not care about her clothes in the master bedroom at all. What she

their plan, Winnie asked Jacinta to pack up in the master bedroom as

way to the playroom and getting inside it, Winnie went to turn

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