Next One Is a Babe

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John had no idea about Dexter’s personal struggles and was at a loss for words to comfort Isabelle. She sobbed quietly for a while before wiping her tears away in a hurry. She asked him in a whisper, “Are you here alone?”

Not knowing what she meant by this, he explained, “My dad is in your dad’s room.” She nodded and lowered her voice further. “John, you need to be careful. Be careful, got it?”

He still didn’t get what she meant by that, so he stared at her intently without a word. However, she didn’t want to elaborate and merely added, “Tell Sophia to look out too.”

Then, the two sat there in silence before someone came knocking at the door, informing them that Mrs. Bailey wanted to jump out of the window to take her life. The servants could not seem to stop her. She must have been triggered to an extreme, which caused her to act out violently; she had knocked down a few servants who were there to help.

Isabelle was calm upon hearing that. She tidied her shirt and opened the door without a word to walk to a room on the other side of the corridor.

John stepped out after her and immediately heard some crying mixed in with the commotion on the other side, which reminded him of the scene at Old Mr. Constance’s passing. The memories that flooded his mind also included a sudden recollection of Sophia’s family issues. Farewells in life and death are definitely an inevitable challenge for every mortal.

Consumed by the agony of losing her child, Mrs. Bailey screamed at the top of her lungs about wanting to meet Dexter. At that moment, her thoughts were nothing but muddled. But sadly, Old Mr. Bailey had no time to care for her; he didn’t even bother to walk out of his room to check on her.

John briefly went over to check on the situation before heading to Old Mr. Bailey’s room. William was still there to comfort Old Mr. Bailey, who was silent but appeared to be an empty husk even if he did not break down like his wife.

Looking at the mess, John felt that he had nothing to contribute anymore. Since he had not had lunch, he excused himself to get some food and return to the company.

William understood that things were crazy and noisy at the Bailey Residence, an environment that John disliked the most. He nodded at his son. “Sure, you can leave now. I probably will leave a little late.”

John headed downstairs to leave, but he stopped at the entrance to take a last look. On the second floor, Mrs. Bailey was standing beside a window and crying her heart out. Sighing, he felt that despite his dislike of the Baileys, he could only feel pity for them.

He drove back to the company, and right when he stepped out of the elevator, he immediately received a call from his subordinate. According to the report, there were some changes at the shadow bank today. Something must have happened because the members were meeting up at the shadow bank.

Husky was good at catching the right timing. When the others were busy greeting each other at the shadow bank, he took the opportunity to record a video with his phone from upstairs. The video was transferred to one of John’s subordinates, who enhanced the quality of the video to display the clear features of the attendees.