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?”

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

that night. Three

also switched Deirdre’s phone off, so she was barred from contacting anyone or receiving calls. She could only spend

on

impossible. She peeled her eyes as wide as she could, hoping

mind drifting to her phone. She should switch it back on and call Tobey to tell him to be careful.

Deirdre! I heard

‘Julia?

shook out of her shock and

She examined her surroundings and remarked, ‘This is where you’ve been living? There isn’t even any actual piece of furniture, for Christ’s sake! And that mat is like, what, ten years old at least? I know

stayed before this one, she would have been too afraid to even step in. At least the rooms in western Surstate were clean and devoid

instantly. “Why are you here, Julia?”

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

Deirdre