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His voice was almost pleading. “Why is the Thompson family suddenly keeping to themselves? Is it because of me?
“What do you think?” Whitney countered.
Alex was left speechless.
In the evening, Alex returned home, his face dark as thunder.
“Anyone would think you’d been to war. Look at you,” said Nancy.
“Mom, if you have the energy to scold me, you might as well help me think of a solution,” Alex said, his face grim.
“You’ve done all the wicked things,” Nancy said, poking herself in the chest. “I’m not as heartless as you, nor as thick–skinned. If you can’t think of a solution, what can I do?”
Alex was rendered speechless.
Late that night, the lights were off in the master bedroom on the second floor of the Warren family house. The dark room flickered as a lighter clicked.
Alex sat casually on the edge of the bed, his legs in black suit pants. He wore a black shirt, the collar open and the hem pulled out from his waist.
He kept his head turned, staring at the silicone doll beside him, his eyes unreadable. He kept clicking the lighter.
As if he had suddenly remembered something, he got out of bed. Ten minutes later, he left home.
“Mr. Warren, where to now?” Barry asked. He had been woken up by a phone call from Alex and his eyes were still blurry.
Alex said, “Go to the Mosley family.”
A few afternoons later, Joanna and Whitney were talking downstairs when Ellie, fully dressed, came down the stairs.
Hearing Ellie was going out, Whitney and Joanna quickly stopped her.
Joanna said, “Ellie, you’re not fully recovered yet, so don’t go out. If you want to buy something, I’ll go buy it for you.” Ellie gripped her phone, a hint of urgency in her voice. “Mom, Lacey is injured and in the hospital. I have to go see her.”
Lacey was a good friend Ellie had known since college in Jinerity, so Ellie remembered Lacey.
“Mom, Whitney, I know you’re worried about me. Although I’ve lost some of my memory, I’m an adult. I’m just going out to see a friend and I’ll be back. Don’t worry.” Ellie finished and was about to leave when Whitney stopped her.
Whitney gave Joanna a look.
Joanna said, “Ellie, the doctor said your headache hasn’t completely gone away. It’s too dangerous for you to go out alone. I’m really worried.”
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Whitney said, “Ellie, why don’t I go with you? I can pick Aaron up on the way.”
In the end, Whitney accompanied Ellie out the door.
Around noon. Jaslands Hospital.
Whitney accompanied Ellie to Lacey’s ward.
Seeing Lacey lying in bed with her leg bandaged and her mother taking care of her by the bedside, Whitney greeted Lacey politely.
Seeing Ellie chatting with Lacey by the bedside, Whitney thoughtfully walked around the room, looking around.
She thought Alex was sly and wicked. So before she left, she called her husband and he reminded her not to let Ellie out of her sight, just in case Alex tried to take advantage of Ellie’s amnesia to coax Ellie away.
“Mrs. Thompson.” Vanessa came over and pulled Whitney’s hand toward the door. “I heard that your nephew still doesn’t have a girlfriend, right?”
Seeing Vanessa’s demeanor, Whitney knew that Vanessa was going to introduce a girl to Aaron again.
“Temporarily no,” Whitney answered truthfully.
“Mrs. Thompson, let’s talk outside and let the two girls talk,” Vanessa said, pulling Whitney out of the ward.
“Mrs. Mosley, if you have anything to say, just say it here,” Whitney said, standing in the corridor, her eyes never leaving the door of Lacey’s ward.
In the ward, Ellie was sitting by the bed talking to Lacey when someone suddenly grabbed her ankle.
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