Hearing the sounds, I cast my gaze over, only to be greeted by the sight of Ashton walking in expressionlessly.
He wasn’t at all surprised to see me. Instead, he calmly swept a gaze over the room. Upon seeing no signs of Joseph, he looked in our direction and asked placidly, “Where is he?”
“He made off.” Emery shrugged, indicating that everything was as he could see, and there was no need to search anymore.
After hearing that, Ashton lowered his eyes, seemingly in contemplation. In the next moment, he spun on his heels to leave.
“Wait!” I called him back. “Do you know what they did to him?”
Ashton stopped with his back to me, utterly silent.
Perhaps he didn’t know anything, or maybe he didn’t want to admit it, but I wanted him to face it and confront everything he once cared about deeply.
“They broke into his house and caged his wife and children in, blackmailing and threatening him. They injected drugs into him. You’ve seen what an addict looks like. That’s exactly Joseph’s condition right now. He trusts you greatly, but what about you? How did you treat him? You merely watched as Rebecca humiliated him and walked over him, forcing him to pay the price of his dignity for your personal grievance. And now, he’s even tormented by drugs, not even daring to see anyone. This is how you treat a friend who’s even closer to you than a brother!”
to him, I forced him to look me in the eye. The distance between us remained
confidence soared. I looked right at him
his
me, and my mind went blank as I stared
strangers. When they saw someone in a sorry state, compassion would then well within them. But at that very moment, there wasn’t a hint of sympathy in Ashton’s
well, or am
of my throat. I cowardly felt that I wouldn’t
proved
Ashton replied in a voice as calm as ever, “No, but I can only
grasp the meaning
some patience though his words remained dry and unpleasant. “Am I not
he become so egotistical? Those people were obviously sent by Rebecca to take revenge on Joseph. What has that got to do with whether Joseph is as astute as
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