To Be Yours Again by Taylor

Chapter 218 Stephanie’s Lie

“Stephanie? Didn’t she come here with you?” Mr. Walker looked bewildered. “A few days ago, she said she was going to stay over at your place. You didn’t know?”

Jenny was stunned. Stephanie hadn’t mentioned anything like that.

“Something happened to you, right? Once you got back, Stephanie said she was going to keep you company for a few days. I figured that since you’d been through an earthquake, you’d need the support. So I didn’t think too much of it and let her go,” Mr. Walker continued.

Jenny didn’t answer. She remembered how Stephanie had called her to check in on her but had not come to see her. Jenny thought that she was busy, but that wasn’t the case, apparently.

Her silence made Mr. Walker nervous. “What’s wrong? Didn’t she go to see you?”

“No. She gave me a call but never visited. I thought she was busy, so I didn’t think too much of it.” Who would have known that Stephanie told her father she was coming to see her? Wasn’t this a blatant lie?

nervous. He called Stephanie at once, but the robotic voice coming from the other end made his heart sink. “The

didn’t go to see you?” Mr. Walker was worried that something

“Don’t panic, Mr. Walker. Maybe she’s just busy, and her phone happened

to me?” Stephanie clearly hadn’t gone to Jenny’s place, yet she

was quiet for a bit, and then she suddenly remembered Stephanie’s secret boyfriend, whom she

Stephanie had mentioned that he didn’t put a name to

“Stephanie has a crush on someone.

to get someone to find him at once.” Mr. Walker sensed that if his daughter had a crush on someone, her lie would have something to do with it. She had probably gone

worried

know who it is, either. Stephanie never let me see him. I

was panicking. He no longer cared about her

her.” Mr. Walker headed toward the exit. He was no longer in the mood