Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone With The Money

Chapter 617

That way, she could return a healthy Joshua to Old Man Neal and Daphne sooner. With these thoughts, Cynthia’s mood eased at

bit.

“When Yoel was discussing the past with me, I felt as if my mental age had shifted a bit. That’s why I lied about going to fetch the cufflinks,” Joshua confided, now that he knew she did not despise him.

“So you lied to see Sean?” Cynthia frowned, seemingly confused about his approach. According to their earlier plan, she would have taken him to see Sean for a check–up that day anyway. Why would he lie and go alone?

“Mm–hmm.” Joshua nodded, cautiously testing Cynthia’s boundaries and blaming Sean in the process, “Sean had told me earlier to seek him out if I felt uncomfortable in any way.”

Cynthia knitted her brows. Why had Scan not informed her?

are you angry?” Joshua was unsure of

a serious talk with Sean, but before that, she needed to

truth, albeit with an added

what?” Cynthia

to what extent my mental age had recovered. If I had fully recovered, you certainly wouldn’t need me anymore. I didn’t want that.” Joshua’s words held a measure of truth

of complexity washed over Cynthia. Captain was right. Joshua’s

to inform me promptly about such matters. Understand?”

mad about

resentment, still

“Thank you, sister.”

too complex to articulate. As she gently established some distance between them, before she could articulate her thoughts, Joshua spoke again with an almost pitiful tone, “Cynthia, do you…

I am a woman. We shouldn’t embrace

good terms. Even though Yoel told me we used to be married, I have no memory of our past. All I know is that we are nice to each other,” Joshua replied with an innocence befitting a seventeen–year–old boy.

to explain further, but Joshua cast his eyes down, muttering, “Or is

resent me.‘