Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 780 Is This Who You Really Are!?

Deirdre nodded, her head trembling.

Tobey hesitated no longer. “We should pack up and leave right now.” “No, we don’t have to go!” Deirdre tugged on his arm. “I told Julia not to pass any information about me to Brendan. Even if he wants to know about me, Julia’s going to dig up some excuses to throw him off my scent.”

More importantly, Deirdre knew they could no longer afford to run like fugitives.

“Are you sure?” The frown on Tobey’s face refused to go. ‘You’ve only known the girl for a week. He’s known her for way longer. What if she accidentally let out the secret and…”

“No, that’s not gonna happen,” Deirdre replied as the firmness in the girl’s voice returned to her mind.

“I told her a reasonably good fib. Julia might still be a little on the green side, but she’s a perceptive, bright kid. She should be able to cover us well enough.”

Tobey could not find much to argue with that, so he turned his attention to calming her down. “Okay. That aside, you should take a bath and take a break. From now on, you should stay home and not go anywhere. Brendan will leave here after getting no results, right?”

attention and effort on an unimportant side-chick like herself. He had Charlene already, so he should probably give up after

night. Three days passed,

anyone or

heard a series of knocks on the door.

into her stomach. Opening the door became impossible. She peeled her eyes as wide as she could, hoping that she could tell if it was just a salesman outside. A while later, the knocks

to

I

‘Julia?

startled. She shook out of her shock and

furniture, for Christ’s sake! And that mat is like, what, ten years old at least? I know you can’t see, but

Had Julia seen the place she stayed before this one, she would have been too

you here, Julia?” “Why? Why!?” Julia

your phone! I couldn’t sleep for nights, okay? I had to contact that manager

Deirdre said, contrite.