Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 487

“I understand you are busy, but remember, we work for a better life. Right now, you’re a total slave to your academic research. Trying to get a hangout with you is harder than meeting the president of the USA, Jared spoke in a fatherly tone.

“Uncle, I hear you. But these years, you’ve been busier than me. Mom told me that you’ve moved your residence to your office, often forgetting to eat or sleep, pulling all–nighters. As a doctor, it’s my duty to tell you that if you keep this up, your health is gonna take a hit sooner or later,” Ryder responded in a typical doctor’s tone

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Jared just chuckled, “Ha, now you’re lecturing me, huh?”

“I just care about you.”

“Alright, I get it. I’ll explain things to your mom. You can’t make it back for the holidays again.”

“Thanks, Uncle.”

As he was leaving, Ryder asked, “Uncle, how long do you plan on staying here?”

According to Jared’s plan, he was only going to stay in Manhattan for three days.

But now…he had a change of heart.

Jared said, “This time, I plan on vacationing here for a while. I’ll be staying at Wavesong Villa, you can drop by anytime.”

Ryder didn’t say anything

After leaving the hospital, Jared returned to the villa.

house he bought here

river, it

buying this house was to sometimes bring ‘Agnes here

surprise,

house, Jared felt it

couch and plopped down,

to mind was the profile he saw in the car at noon.

was not

was just stunned

person

been four years. She had disappeared for four years.

his eyes, the scene from that night four years ago resurfaced

Maplewood Manor, he drove off to find her.

went to the

hours, Agnes still hadn’t returned.

out in

a bunch of cops and an

car had had a serious accident not far from the Pritchard

into a huge banyan tree by the roadside and was almost totally

Jared recognized it at a

Pritchard family’s

ran over like

blood, being