“Thank you, I got it,” Joanna said with a smile and a nod.
“Really? Take your medicine, then.” Irene handed Joanna the medicine and poured her another cup of warm water. After Joanna had finished her medication, Irene added, “You have nearly $100,000 , which is more than enough money to pay for the surgery! You can hire a caregiver after the surgery to help you recover faster. Once you leave the hospital, you can do whatever you want.”
“Yeah.” Joanna sipped her water and nodded.
Irene realized Johanna wasn’t paying attention to her, so she said seriously, “Johanna, don’t even think about giving up! You must survive. You can work at my parents’ supermarket if you can’t find a job. Don’t worry about it.”
“Thank you very much.” Joanna forced another smile, but she appeared frail.
As she retrieved the thermometer, Irene frowned, saying, “You still have a fever. I’ll bring you every meal to your ward for the next few days.”
Saying that, she gathered the items in the tray and turned to leave when she noticed a strange man at the door. “Hello?” Irene asked cautiously.
The man did not appear friendly and he directly ignored Irene. When he walked into the ward, he looked at Johanna lying on the bed. “I’m looking for her,” he said.
Joanna frowned as she looked up at the man. She paused, realizing she had never seen this man before.
“Do you want to see Joanna? She’s been here for six months, so how come I’ve never seen you before?” Irene asked, shaking her head.
The man turned to face Irene and said, “It’s none of your business. I have something to say to her.”
Irene was enraged by his attitude. She slammed the iron tray onto the shelf, crossed her arms, and said, “She has a fever and needs a good rest now. What do you want to tell her?”
The man, however, did not appear to take her words seriously. He pushed Irene out of the way, walked past her, and went to Johanna. Then he said to Joanna, “I’m not looking for you, but I’m just here to tell you about it. Someone else is interested in seeing you.”
Wide-eyed, Joanna felt foreboding and asked, “Who wants to see me?”
“She just told me to tell you that she’s paying for all your surgeries.”
Joanna clenched her fists tightly beneath the sheets. She remained silent for a few moments before asking firmly, “Where is she?”
“You just have to go with me. I’ll lead the way,” The man responded.
Curious about who she was going to meet, Joanna jumped out of bed as soon as possible and put on the sweater she had worn the day before. She didn’t say anything, but her actions spoke volumes.
In a hurry, Irene snatched Johanna’s coat from her grasp and tossed it onto the bed. She said, “Don’t leave! You still have a fever! The doctor just told you that you can’t go out anymore.”
“Please don’t stop me, Irene. I must see this person.” Joanna was firm as if she couldn’t be easily persuaded. She bent down, picked up the trench coat on the bed, and put it on as she spoke. “Let’s go,” she said as she picked up her bag and looked up at the man beside her.
Before realizing she couldn’t stop Johanna, Irene reached into the closet for a scarf=. She wrapped the scarf around Joanna’s neck, completely covering her. With a relieved sigh, Irene patted Johanna on the shoulder and said, “I’ll wait for you.”
Johanna blinked, then nodded. She then left the hospital, following the man’s lead. After they got into the car, the man started the car and moved quickly toward the meeting place. In the passenger seat, Johanna gazed out the car window at the scenery that receded backwards. And she recalled something that happened in the past.
In his office, Wayne sat drowsily on the leather couch, one hand on his brow.
Meanwhile, Ryan sat on another couch, his arms supporting his thighs and his body leaning forward. As he stared at the coffee table in front of him, his fingers were crossed, and his eyes were blurry.
Putting on a serious expression, Ryan said, “I believe that Ada entered the country using another person’s identity. Plus, she was acting discreetly. She did nothing herself but have someone else do everything for her. What makes it more difficult for us to track her down is that these people only worked with her briefly, and no one knows who she is.”
After pausing for a while, Ryan kept going, “At this point, this is the quickest way I can think of to find Ada. I don’t need to police to do this for me. Actually, I can ask my friends to help me with it.”
Before nodding, Wayne frowned and remained silent for a long time. “I’m just afraid that even if we find Ada, we won’t be able to get Anna to win her case,” he worried.
Ryan understood why Wayne was worried. Ada had taken a big risk by returning to Birmingham, and she had gone to great lengths to plan everything. Even if they found her, she might refuse to admit that Bill worked for her.
“If we cannot do so, we will have to turn to one last option. Anna told us that Gary is Ada’s son. We can threaten her with Gary.”
Wayne nodded as he said, “Okay, that’s our only choice. I’ll leave this matter to you. Also, is the guy you found trustworthy?”
“I can assure you that we can trust him. But, there is one more problem.”
“What is it?”
“I think we should put a tracker on Ada, but it is risky and dangerous. If she finds out about it, we’ll be in big trouble. However, we haven’t found a better tracking system yet.”
Wayne was perplexed and asked, “You must have used a lot of tracking devices in the army. So, you can choose the one that works best for you.”
“Ethan hasn’t had much experience with these types of cases, and he learned limited things in school as an undergraduate. I’m worried that he’ll fail,” Ryan shook his head and said.
“So, what do you recommend?”
Ryan paused for a long time before responding. At that point, Noel burst through the office door, exclaiming, “Someone has come to see you, Mr. Wright. I can’t stop him.”
Wayne frowned as he noticed a tall man emerge from behind Noel. The man walked past Noel and went straight into the office with a calm expression.
“That is very typical of you! You never tell me before breaking into my place,” Glaring at the man, Wayne said with a pout.
Jasper didn’t seem bothered by his sarcasm. He sat down on the couch, raising an eyebrow toward Wayne’s phone and said, “Before I came here, I called you three times. I believe you were too busy to answer the phone, and perhaps you were too scared to face me after what happened.”
Embarrassed, Wayne also leaned back in his chair. He then looked at his phone on the coffee table and said, “Did you forget that I’m Anna’s husband now?”
“I was Anna’s husband, too,” Jasper laughed, “But I’m a lot more reliable than you.”
Hearing his sarcastic words, Wayne frowned immediately.
“The satellite positioning system that our company has recently developed might come in handy,” Ignoring Wayne, Jasper said to Ryan.
At the time, Ryan was extremely embarrassed and didn’t know what to do. But when he heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, “Tell me more about it.”
“Aside from using a small tracker, we have another option. We can use viruses to help us. We can hack into her phone’s system and locate her as soon as she taps on a link or QR code to our program.”
“That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of in my life,” Wayne said calmly.
Yet, Ryan didn’t notice Wayne was upset and continued, “We might be able to pull it off if we think of a method related to this now. It’s certainly less risky than simply implanting a tracker in Ada.”
“I can give you my company’s director of technology’s cell phone number, and you can contact him.” Jasper nodded and started talking to Ryan. They completely ignored Wayne.
Ryan immediately nodded and ignored which side he was supposed to be on. Wayne stood motionless, cursing his brother in his mind.
“I have something to discuss with Ethan, so I’m leaving now.” It wasn’t until then that Ryan noticed the strange atmosphere. So he left the office after saying that.
After he left, the office was very quiet, with two men sitting on the couch facing each other.
“What else are you going to do if this doesn’t work?” Jasper asked.
Wayne gave him a glance, then leaned back on the cushion and ignored him.
“If your wife is a murderer, it will be a huge blow to your personal image. Furthermore, the impact on the entire Carousel Group would be far greater than anticipated. Of course, you don’t need me to remind you because you must have a backup plan.”
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.