Love You Enough to Leave You

Chapter 447 Cling On To You

Carter was waiting outside the operating room. The lights went off after a mere one hour. The surgeon came out and told him that Jennifer was fine and that she was lucky to have only fractured her thigh bone and got herself a few scrapes here and there.

Everyone present let out a sigh of relief.

Laura followed as Jennifer was pushed into a general ward. Carter wanted to follow too, but Vincent stopped him.

Bone-wearied, Vincent spoke. “Carter, go home with your mother. Laura is still hot under the collar, and she won’t be nice to you. Don’t worry. Jennifer’s fine now.”

Carter pressed his lips and hummed for a bit. He eventually nodded his head.

On their way home, Faye angrily probed, “Carter, what on earth is going on between you Jennifer? Weren’t you just going for a meal?”

Carter bit his lips and kept his eyes on the road.

His silence made Faye more cross.

“Have you turned mute? Say something!”

“Mom, can you be quiet? You’re giving me a headache.”

“Hahaha!” Faye let out a mocking laugh.

“Carter, aren’t you a grown man now? You’d gotten Jennifer into an accident, and now you’re saying that I’m annoying. I was just thinking, so many accidents had happened within the past few years. Oscar got into an accident, Tiffany got into an accident, and now Jennifer. Anyone who’s in any way related to Amelia somehow got into an accident. Is she a jinx?” Faye didn’t hold back.

Carter frowned at his mother’s words. “Mom, it was an accident. Why is Amelia in the picture? This has nothing to do with her, okay? Stop accusing her.”

That was the last straw. Fire of rage could be seen gleaming through Faye’s eyes, and all she wanted at that moment was to vent her fury.

“You’re so quick in defending her! I’m pretty sure she had something to do with the accident. You and Jennifer always quarrel because of this woman!” Faye lost her graceful composure. “It amazes me. What’s so good about her that makes you go out of your way? Do you think you’re in some sort of romance drama?”

Carter’s silence persisted, and it totally drove Faye up the wall. He didn’t want to sing to her tune and kept quiet, dissolving her sharp lambastings just like that.

When they got back to their residence, he emotionally distanced himself. “Mom, we’re here.”

Instead of getting off the car, Faye stayed put.

Seeing Faye glued to the passenger seat, Carter looked at her coldly and said, “Mom, if you like this car that much, you can sit in it as long as you like. I’m getting off.” He opened the door and stepped out.

young man.” Faye quickly unbuckled her safety belt and got off

to a halt and looked at his mother, who rushed to stand in front

me alone today, okay? You and Jennifer had been driving me

looked at him fixedly, and something came across

to calm herself down. “Carter, tell me the truth. Does Amelia

about. Amelia has nothing to do with them, but you somehow blamed her for their occurrences. I know you don’t like her, but she has already got a husband and

Faye didn’t yell

strokes and replied, “Alright. She has nothing to do with it. That aside, I want to know what’s going on between you and Jennifer. How did she get into that accident? She gave me a call before it all happened, saying that you two were going for a

stare, strode, and eventually ran to the car, chucked himself in it, and drove away before she could

the car was driven further and further away. When she finally

dozen beers, and drowned his sorrows

right next to him on

and as Carter wanted to speak, Bam! Derrick bulldozed his fist into the latter’s right cheek

was sent smashing into

is for Jennifer, who’s still lying on the hospital bed. Is it to your liking?” Derrick coldly

and softly stroked where the fist landed.

then shifted his bum to where

my! Since when Mr. Scott became mute?” Derrick sarcastically

large gulp, Carter placed a bottle in

the offer. It looked like

“Mr. Scott, Jennifer got into a car accident. I understand that she’s stable now, but shouldn’t you

I might be convinced that you’re in love with Jennifer from your unexpected concern for

a millisecond and

Scott, you have quite an imagination. However, I already have a lover. Jennifer is like

she’s not your real sister, isn’t she?” Carter sneered. “Derrick, I don’t know your stance, but man to man, you should know how it feels like to have a woman you don’t love clinging to you for two years. If you’re close to the

just here to have some beer because I couldn’t sleep.

drink, Derrick stood up

right

However, the beer seemed to

rest of the beer bottles and figured that drinking alone wasn’t that fun after all.

lolled himself on the sofa. He allowed his mind to

Slowly, he dozed off.

made time to go to the

Carter when she opened the door. She looked daggers at him not long after that, though. However, she wasn’t as critical as she was the evening before.