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?”

not possibly waste his attention and effort on an unimportant side-chick like herself. He had Charlene

that night. Three days passed,

or receiving calls. She

she heard a series of knocks on the door. It was not Tobey*s time to

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,

it back on and call Tobey to tell him to be careful. She took only two

you’re in there, Deirdre! I heard

‘Julia?

was startled. She shook out of her shock and opened the

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

rendered speechless. Had Julia seen the place she stayed before this one, she would have been too afraid to even step in. At least the rooms in western Surstate

instantly. “Why are you here, Julia?” “Why? Why!?” Julia was

sleep for nights, okay? I had to contact that manager and ask for your address to

Deirdre