Three sets of eyes met in mid-air.
Finally, Neil pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. “Didn’t we agree the matter with Cynthal was the last time we would help Grandma?”
“Yes, we did.”
Nellie lowered her head and studied her tiny little fingers, feeling wronged. “Won’t Neil’s injuries be in vain, if we just let that bad woman go?”
Bethan sighed, walked to her and ruffled the little girl’s hair softly, “We just agreed to let her go, we didn’t say she would leave unscathed. Whether she’ll be injured, and how serious her injuries would be, that remains unknown. As long as she’s alive, we would have held up our end of the bargain, right?”
Nellie blinked, looking confused.
“Stupid, what Mommy means is we’ll beat her up, as payback for our hurt and injuries.”
The slightly swollen boy changed into a comfortable position and leaned on the sofa, his gaze imperceptible. “The mastermind behind our kidnap never wanted us dead, she just wanted to give us a beating to vent her anger. For someone like this, Idiot Morrison would most probably give her a beating in return and report him to the police, or confine him for some time then beat him up and send her home. In other words, fulfilling Alice’s request would just mean we would have to send her home immediately and cut the wait short.”
Then, he held out his hand to Bethan. “Give me the phone, I ‘ll talk to him. In case he thinks you don’t love me enough, Mommy.”
Bethan sighed and handed him the phone, “Does it still hurt?”
“It’s much better now after the ointment was applied.”
The little guy sucked in a deep breath, took Bethan’s phone, and slipped into the master bedroom, closing the door behind him.
Nellie looked at her brother’s retreating back, resting her chin in her palms. “Why is Neil hiding the call from us?”
Bethan laughed, “Maybe he wants to discuss with your Daddy how to take care of Yvonne Walter. It might get graphic, so he doesn’t want us to hear him.”
Neil remained in the bedroom for half an hour.
30 minutes later, the little guy walked out of the bedroom, and passed the phone elegantly back to his mother, “Alright, you can inform Alice to send someone to pick that woman up now.”
Bethan frowned, took the phone and looked at Neil suspiciously. “Brettley agreed to release her so readily?”
Neil smiled cheekily and walked to the sofa and laid down on top of it, his short legs hanging in the air. “
How could he refuse when his cute son asked him for a favor?”
Bethan sighed helplessly, turned and went to the balcony to call Alice.
After the call was answered, Neil closed his eyes and sighed, asking Nellie, “Say, do you think it’s not too late for me to start learning hacking now?”
Nellie, who had her head lowered, focused on drawing a design for a necklace, raised her head and looked at Neil as if he was crazy. “Nigel’s hacking skills and my design skills are both God-given talents. You’re not talented at this, Neil, don’t make it hard for yourself.”
Neil opened his eyes, rolled them in her direction and said, “But Idiot Morrison is starting to suspect. Just now on the phone, he asked me whether I studied computer programming. I asked him what about it, he said he met a young hacker recently who should be connected to the three of us.”
Neil’s words made Nellie shudder slightly. She raised her head. “So what should we do?”
Neil sighed, “I’m still thinking.”
Even though Nigel and Brettley had only crossed paths a few times before, but since Brettley already noticed, he would start investigating this matter sooner or later.
But Nigel’s identity was so obvious…
If Nigel’s identity was exposed, then Bethan’s aim in returning to Banyan City with the children would be revealed.
By then, for Nigel, they would have to agree to everything Brettley demanded, for Nigel.
Neil knew his brother very well. As the eldest of the three of them, after he fell sick, Nigel’s ego grew very big and very fragile.
He would not allow his mother’s hands to be tied by Brettley because of him.
If that happens…
He might give up on himself.
At this thought, Neil felt the metaphorical weight on his shoulders grow even heavier.
A short moment later, he looked at Nellie. “Why don’t we tell him Nigel is the hacker who taught me hacking?”
Nellie frowned and paused to consider his suggestion. “But will Daddy believe you? You haven’t displayed an ounce of hacking ability at all.”
Neil pouted. “I’ll start learning right now! “
Then, the little guy returned to his room, took the modified necklace and called Nigel with the simple calling device, “Nigel, I need you to teach me some basic hacking skills! “
At that moment, Nigel lay on the hospital bed, a tube inserted into his arm, feeding medicine into his bloodstream.
At Neil’s words, he faintly. “Brettley Morrison was a hacker once. Even if you learn the basics, he can see through your trick immediately, it’d be useless.”
Neil coughed awkwardly at being exposed by his sister, “I’m very smart, okay! “
“I know what you’re worried about.”
Nigel raised his eyes, looking at the scenery outside the window, his voice faint and expressionless. “I watched the press conference today, from start to finish. After Brettley and Alice get divorced, will he fall for Mommy?”
Neil pursed his lips. “Maybe.”
Nigel closed his eyes. “How nice it would be if Idiot Morrison wasn’t an idiot.”
Central Hospital.
Alice looked at the photo Yvonne sent to her, then looked at Yvonne who was lying on her death bed in front of her.
The bruises on her body were exactly the same as Neil’s.
But deeper and darker and more excruciatingly painful than his.
The woman hooked her lips in a cold smile. “What a vengeful man.”
Brettley made Yvonne’s bruises exactly the same as Neil’s first to vent his anger and lastly as a warning.
This man would seek revenge even for the smallest grievances.
“Alice, it hurts so much.”
Her face wrapped in bandages like a mummy, Yvonne opened her mouth, sounding as if she was crying, “Brettley looks decent on the surface, how could he be so vicious! Alice, you have to avenge me
Alice rolled her eyes at her coldly. “Avenge… you’re a If she was not afraid Yvonne would succumb to Brettley’s torture and questioning, she would not dirty her hands with her life!
Her words made tears start to accumulate at the corners of Yvonne’s eyes. “Everything I did, I did for you! Now Brettley Morrison did this to me and ordered me to leave Banyan City by today, otherwise he would call the police and have me arrested… Alice, we grew up together since we were children, I became like this because of you, you won’t just leave me to die, would you…”
Alice rolled her eyes at her. “For me? Did I ask you to do that? You fool.”
Yesterday, Yvonne stopped Brettley and Bethan in the market behind her back, exposing her identity as Alice’s best friend.
She had not even reprimanded her for that and now she caused an even bigger mess!
“Mr. Walter spoiled you thoroughly. Asking you here to Banyan City to assist me was a mistake.”
Yvonne sniffed, “Then was all of this for nothing?” “In the meantime, all you can do is put up with it.”
Alice sucked in a deep breath. “The car is almost here, you should return to Sea City.”
Mr. Walter was right, it was time for her to go home and suck up to the old geezer.
Otherwise, Brettley might really divorce her.
If he did, her time and effort these past six years to transform herself like this would be wasted.
To nurse the two little wounded soldiers, Bethan prepared a sumptuous dinner.
The three of them sat at the dining table, and were just about to tuck in when the doorbell rang.
Nellie thought it was her father and jumped off her seat in a rush. “I’ll get it!”
The little girl hopped to the door happily and opened it.
However, the man standing at the door was Theo Allen, surprise written clearly on his face.
Nellie knew him.
Not because he was once her mother’s idol but because both Nellie and Neil watched the press conference in the afternoon from start to finish.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.