Chapter 517 Busted

“I’m out handling some matters.” Joseph gripped his phone tightly, his tone growing stern.” Chloe’s at the hospital?”

“What could possibly be more important than my sweet granddaughter-in-law?” Harold questioned.

“Somebody saw my mother at Seawell Plaza.”

Harold fell silent. It took him a moment before he asked, “Did you find her?”

“No, it’s possible they made a mistake.”

“Do you think that the Sinclairs are merely spouting nonsense to trick you?”

“No matter what you think, I’d rather believe that my mother is alive and managed to escape as opposed to that she’s long gone.”

Harold let out a long, heavy sigh. “That’s not what I meant. I just want our family to be safe.”

“The safety of our family has nothing to do with whether my mother is alive or not. Back then, we just weren’t strong enough.”

“All right, I’ve lived to this age. What do I have to fear? I’m only worried about you, cough, cough…”

began to cough uncontrollably before he could finish his sentence. His coughs came in rapid succession, resembling a heavy burden on his heart, leaving

face sank and he quickly changed the topic. “How do you know that Chloe went to

Patrick went to another. hospital to fetch it, and he happened to

her why she was

was on the phone, so

old comrades for now. Stay home

and check on Chloe,

“I will.”

way home, Chloe received a call from Joseph. She stared at the incoming call on her phone, her face showing hesitation.

please pull over to the

“Okay, miss.”

from outside, and lightly tapped the answer

you?” Joseph

wrong? Are you done with your business?”

stayed silent for a few seconds. “Why aren’t you home? Why are you running

at home is boring, so I thought I might as well

time, the pause on the other end was much longer. After a while, Joseph replied calmly and emotionlessly, “I’m heading home. I want to see you before seven o’clock.”

about to test if he knew something, Joseph abruptly ended the call. Upon arriving home, she found him seated on the couch, still in the same expensive black shirt and perfectly tailored trousers.

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