Chapter 569
In the blink of an eye, another week had passed.
When Jeremy went to the Serenity Sanatorium to visit his mother, he was surprised by what he was seeing. His mother, who had been deranged and had disheveled hair, was sitting on her bed and even looking into a mirror. She looked much livelier and refreshed after her hair was trimmed.
Lindsay waved at him after she was done combing her hair. "Aunty, look! Jeremy, your son is here to see you!"
"Jeremy? Jerry?"
Jeremy was over the moon when he heard his mother call his name. "Mom..."
In the past, he had always spoken to himself and did not dare to go near his mother. But this time, he took his mother's frail hand, it was so thin it's as if it was covered only by a layer of skin. His eyes were full of tears due to excitement.
"... Yannie, I still have a son. Yes, I still have Jerry!"
Although she only muttered and her words were all over the place, her mood had obviously improved. She even began to accept the fact that Yannie had passed away, and her mentality was obviously becoming more normal. Occasionally she would still call Lindsay Yannie, but now she would often call her Linds.
Jeremy was buzzing when he left the sanatorium that day.
In the following two days, he came to visit his mother every day. Although he would only stay and chat for a short while, he could see the improvement in her mental state.
After Jeremy looked at the time, got some food for his mother, and wrapped a coat around her, he got up and said, "Mom, I have some errands to run, so I'll make a move! I'll come and visit you when I'm free. When you're much better, I'll take you home..."
As soon as he turned around, he felt someone grabbing his hand. Jeremy turned his head with excitement, but he heard the woman say, "Yannie is gone, Jerry must live well. Linds... good girl."
"Mom?" Jeremy's eyes became red. He did not know whether she was talking nonsense again or that she was actually concerned about him. Just then, the woman began to murmur again.
"Be happy... Linds... good girl... Jerry..."
Although his mother only said a few simple words, Jeremy understood her clearly.
"Mom, I know you like her, and she has done a lot for me. I will be good to her..." Once again, Jeremy contemplated on whether he should just be with Lindsay.
The idea hovered in his mind throughout the day that day; he couldn't get rid of it.
At noon, his father called again. Probably because he had urged him to marry Waverly and that he would personally supervise the engagement, Jeremy was on the verge of breaking down.
Lindsay? Waverly? He did not want either of them!
However, this time, Jeremy's mind was filled with another thought under immense pressure. "Does it make any difference now that Ally is gone?" Finally, under the heavy ravaging and trigger, he finally broke down and compromised in the end...
When Lindsay came to the house that day, he did not insist on her leaving.
On the other hand, although Frederick and Alicia could not hang out and see each other like they used to every day, he couldn't be more satisfied with the way things were.
He habitually flipped through his phone after a meeting. There was a message from Alicia, "Darling, Eighth tonight, I'm not coming over. Remember to miss me! (kiss)"
He saved her new number as Misty Swift. Her profile picture was a cartoon girl with big eyes. It was very cute!
They were afraid that the messages would leak out and cause trouble, so they had been rather discreet with their conversations lately. They would not call each other husband and wife and he would try to avoid mentioning past names, even her contact was saved with only her full name.
He rubbed his finger against the screen, then responded, "Alright, baby you must behave. Please be safe!"
Frederick felt assured knowing that she would stay at Nicholas's house every time after she went to the Eighth Casino.
When Frederick received her 'kiss'
emoji, he replied with another one. Just as he was about to put away his phone, he heard his phone beep again. He swiped through and found that they were all from Danica, under the identity of Yasmine. She made all kinds of excuses to request to see him and even sent beautiful pictures of herself as memes to implied she was sad.
If he hadn't verified Danica's identity, Frederick would not have believed that she was one to take the initiative to flirt with men.
She kept changing his impression of her.
As usual, he ignored and deleted the text message, then directly turned off his phone.
Just when he was wondering if he should go to have a meal with Faye, there was a knock on the door, "Come in..."
"Frederick, I just got the news!"
Chet handed a stack of photos to Frederick as he sat down.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
"What's this?"
They looked like screenshots of a video. One of them was Danica hitting Faye and both of them were in costume. The rest were pictures of Danica cutting up clothes.
"Danica made some sneaky moves
to attack Faye. This was a video recorded by the program committee for their audition! It appeared that there were several rounds of auditions, talent being one of them. Faye and Yasmine were both qualified for this test. However, not only was Faye's performance dress torn but there were also glass shards in her shoes! She probably wanted to dance, but her feet were injured and her clothes were torn. I heard that she tied her clothes
together and performed a one- legged zombie dance when she got on stage. Although her performance was barely satisfactory, she managed to enter the next stage! However, I heard that she might not be the main actor! Yasmine's performance on the other hand was outstanding, so she got a heavier role than Faye."
Chet clicked on the image of the costume and said,
"This is a video recording of their rehearsal with their makeup on! I heard that Faye was really slapped and kicked, they even almost fought on the spot! However, because Yasmine was eloquent and the boss that invested liked her very much, she apologized and they just got over the matter! I heard that Faye's foot was so seriously injured that she had to go to the hospital! These photos were taken by a
photographer who had a kink. He
unintentionally took them with the
cameras he hid in the corner."
He paused for a moment before continuing.
"Frederick, Miss Randolph is more ruthless than we know and imagine! It seems that she won't treat whoever gets in her way kindly! She may look weak, but I didn't think..."
She was only back for a few days! Why did it feel like she was worse than before?
Although that sector was complicated, she was still a rookie. It was still shocking to see her being so flagrant!
As he looked through the photos and saw the painful expression on Faye's face, Frederick's eyes turned grave. However, another thought swirled in
his mind.
If it was not for Faye, would all of this happen to Alicia? He had only met Faye twice altogether!