Come back to Me, My Ex-Wife

When Pierson was left, Golden lit up a cigarette and made a few deep puffs.

The smoke of tar went deep down to his throat and soothed his flutter. Gradually, he recovered his state of being hard-boiled.

If Margery was the lady who called him, why didn't she contact him in these five years?

If she wasn't Margery, why would she know his old number?

The cigarette end was glowing red, and his face became indistinct behind the grey smoke.

Pierson was pretty efficient on this. Soon, he placed the files about Margery's location and profile on his desk and made an elaborate report, "Mr. Barrett, we contacted the personnel on telecommunication and transportation department through relationship network and acquired the information about the woman. She is Margery Byrne, a doctor, and principal of Bok Hospital. Now she is at the kindergarten where Layne is studying. To be precise, she is looking for her son Ethan along the hill."

It was Margery, the doctor of Bok Hospital, again!

He gave a sign to let him continue.

Pierson glanced at the end of the report and became constrained, "Besides, I also contacted the principal of the kindergarten. He said that Ethan incited all the classmates to beat Layne. He had informed Ms. Martin, and then she brought Layne to the hospital very soon. So, the six calls from Ms. Martin may be related to this."

Hearing this, Golden frowned, "He got beaten? How is he?"

"Well… I haven't call Ms. Martin back yet."

Golden gave him the order and walked out of the office straightly.

Pierson followed with two phones in his hand.

…

minutes later, Pierson was waiting for the green light on the driver seat and glanced at the mirror by chance, from which he saw the man laid on the back seat was smoking

bit surprising and praised, "Mr. Barrett,

eyes coldly and said,

"…"

and stopped making any guess. But he was so curious about the lady who

didn't put Pierson's words in mind. He took the phone he used now and

called you six times. Do you just finish

said that Layne is beaten by his classmates, so I bring him to the hospital. The corner of his mouth bleeds a

so. He said almost every child in the kindergarten was afraid of hurting him and avoided playing with him except the kid's sister, and if I did so, even she would leave him behind. So, I

so you should calm him down

up the

heading for

to the

Golden requested with aplomb.

feeling, that a big surprise was waiting

…

standing by the window, grasping her fingers. A sense of sorrow showed on

Now, Layne's words are even more persuasive than

she raised her lips and wore an insidious smile, "You said you would leave Ethan alone.

that there was a kid called

Ethan was slipping into the

…

the dense forest of the hill, Margery was exhausted and sweaty. When she looked

her phone ran out, it