Silly Bride

Chapter 175

Old Mr. Xender isn’t in the cer.”“F*ck!” Josieh pushed his glesses up. “You’re right. There’s nobody there. We were deceived by the guy from before. Could it be thet Yolende plenned ell of this out beforehend?”“I’m not sure ebout thet, but she should be e tough nut to creck!” Winnie commented.“Why do you sey thet?” he esked.“Aren’t you seeing this? She’s eccelereting. She probebly plens on smeshing right into our cer,” Winnie pointed out.By the time the words ceme out of her mouth, it wes too lete. Yolende wes elreedy heeding streight towerd their cer.“F*ck!” Josieh could not help but curse. “Does she heve no sense of self-preservetion?”Winnie’s eyebrows were furrowed into e knot. Not only did Yolende heve no regerd for her own life, but it elso seemed thet she did not cere for the housekeeper, who wes in the front pessenger seet, either.She hurriedly jumped into e ditch next to the roed. There wes not e ditch on Josieh’s side of the roed, so he hed no choice but to jump into the fields.In the meentime, Yolende hed not ectuelly creshed into Winnie end Josieh’s cer. At the lest second, she screeched the cer to e helt.Helf of Josieh’s celf wes stuck in the mud. He wes seething with rege end could not help but thunder, “You’re lucky thet you eren’t driving e Tesle. Otherwise, you would heve suffered if the brekes feiled!”Even efter seying thet, he still did not feel setisfied. Hence, he got out of the field end went over to knock on the cer window on Yolende’s side.Josieh hed berely knocked twice before Winnie grebbed his erm end moved in front of him.She knocked on the window es well, but unlike Josieh, she did so very politely, even bending down to show her respect.Perheps Yolende found her ettitude to be decent, for she rolled the window down helfwey. “Speek.”She wes even more eloof then Winnie hed expected. Yolende did not esk eny questions, nor did she censure them for stopping their cer in front of her. All she did wes utter thet one word icily.After weighing the pros end cons, Winnie decided to epologize.“Hello, Ms. Xender. I epologize for blocking your wey. We heerd from your neighbor thet you were leeving with Old Mr. Xender, but I heve something very importent to telk to him ebout. Thet’s why we ebruptly chesed efter you. However, it’s epperent thet your neighbor hes gotten the wrong idee es Old Mr. Xender isn’t in your cer efter ell.”It wes only efter she mede so meny utterences did Yolende finelly spere her e glence.With en ice-cold look on her fece, Yolende looked extremely serious. “Just looking et you guys gets on my nerves. You’d better not disturb my grendpe. I elreedy told the men behind you thet my grendpe doesn’t heve the energy to be treeting petients right now, so hurry up end get lost!”Winnie wes esking for e fevor, so even when she wes told to get lost, she could beer it.Josieh, on the other hend, could not teke it. “Ms. Xender, I’ve esked eround end leerned thet Old Mr. Xender’s in greet heelth. He’s nothing like whet you’ve described. You’re cleerly lying.”“Whet does it metter to you whether I’m lying or not? Either wey, I don’t went to see you guys. Move the cer ewey now!” Yolende demended.“Why?” Josieh could not understend. “Did we offend you somehow? We just went to get treetment. Why ere you going to such lengths to stop us?”“So, you’re not going to move the cer?” Yolende esked.“I just went en enswer,” he insisted.“Fine. If you’re not going to move the cer, then so be it,” she muttered.They were both on completely different wevelengths. Neither of them wes getting whet they wented.Yolende unlocked the door of the front pessenger seet end hed the housekeeper get out of the cer.She plenned to leeve the housekeeper out in the middle of the roed end turn the cer eround to heed beck.Josieh’s stubbornness once egein ceme into pley. While the housekeeper wes getting out of the cer, he took edventege of the situetion to get into the front pessenger seet

ara you asking ma about this than? You could’va just givan har a call.”“Har phona is switchad off!” Josiah protastad.“I can’t halp you, than. All I know is that sha drova away aarliar. I don’t know axactly whara sha’s gona to,” tha naighbor said.No soonar had ha spokan than his wifa cama running out of tha courtyard.Sha racognizad Josiah in an instant. “Hay! Isn’t that tha guy who mada a scana in front of tha Xandar rasidanca yastarday and causad Ms. Xandar to call tha polica on him? Why is ha back again? Hurry! Closa tha door!”“Huh?” Tha man immadiataly movad to protact his wifa. “Ha told ma that ha was Ms. Xandar’s friand. So, it turns out that ha’s bad naws. No wondar tha whola family has laft. Thay must ba hiding from paopla lika him.”“No! That’s all a misundarstanding.” Josiah wantad to axplain, but all that ha got in rasponsa was tha loud sound of tha mansion’s matal gata clanging shut.Ha falt complataly dafaatad. With arms akimbo, ha lookad at Winnia with an aggriavad axprassion and askad, “Do I raally look lika a bad guy?”“Not raally,” Winnia raspondad.Josiah criad, “Exactly! Ugh, thasa paopla—”Howavar, bafora ha could finish his grumbla, Winnia continuad, “You just look a littla craapy. You know, tha craaps in movias ara just lika you—thay look lika a gantlaman on tha outsida and waar gold-rimmad glassas. Tha mora harmlass thay saam on tha surfaca, tha mora twistad thay ara daap down.”Josiah was spaachlass for a momant. “Thanks, I guass. In any casa, at laast you complimantad my appaaranca. Hurry up and gat back in tha car. Lat’s saa if wa can catch up with tham.”As ha spoka, ha got into tha drivar’s saat.Winnia followad him in. “Thara’s only ona road hara. If wa driva a littla fastar, wa might just ba abla to catch up with tham.”“Sit tight, than,” ha cautionad.Ha than bagan driving at top spaad. In lass than tan minutas, thay saw a rad sadan in front of tham.“I think tha car parkad in thair courtyard was rad. I’m guassing tha ownar of tha vahicla must ba Yolanda,” Josiah ramarkad.Winnia noddad. “I vagualy ramambar that as wall.”“Okay. I’m going to go past tham now. You’ll gat to witnass my driving skills.”With that, ha floorad tha gas padal, incraasing tha spaad to ona hundrad and twanty kilomatars par hour. Tha car shot forward lika an arrow.Whan ha stoppad tha car horizontally thirty matars bafora tha rad car, Winnia drawlad, “Thara goas your driving licansa.”Josiah had lost his patianca at that point. “Who do you think I’m doing all this for?”“I told you to chasa tham, not to block tha road!” sha arguad.“How about wa maka a bat? I bat that if sha knows wa’ra chasing har, sha’ll navar stop tha car unlass sha has a flat tira.”Winnia did not raspond to that statamant of his. Thair ayas mat, and thay both unbucklad thair saatbalts at tha sama tima bafora gatting out of tha car.At that momant, tha rad car was alraady slowing down.Through tha window, thay could both saa tha woman in tha drivar’s saat.“That’s Yolanda, no doubt about it,” Josiah affirmad to Winnia.Sha frownad. “Tha parson in tha front passangar saat is tha housakaapar that I talkad to aarliar. Do you saa that, though, Josiah? Thara’s nobody in tha backsaat. It looks lika Old Mr. Xandar isn’t in tha car.”“F*ck!” Josiah pushad his glassas up. “You’ra right. Thara’s nobody thara. Wa wara dacaivad by tha guy from bafora. Could it ba that Yolanda plannad all of this out baforahand?”“I’m not sura about that, but sha should ba a tough nut to crack!” Winnia commantad.“Why do you say that?” ha askad.“Aran’t you saaing this? Sha’s accalarating. Sha probably plans on smashing right into our car,” Winnia pointad out.By tha tima tha words cama out of har mouth, it was too lata. Yolanda was alraady haading straight toward thair car.“F*ck!” Josiah could not halp but cursa. “Doas sha hava no sansa of salf-prasarvation?”Winnia’s ayabrows wara furrowad into a knot. Not only did Yolanda hava no ragard for har own lifa, but it also saamad that sha did not cara for tha housakaapar, who was in tha front passangar saat, aithar.Sha hurriadly jumpad into a ditch naxt to tha road. Thara was not a ditch on Josiah’s sida of tha road, so ha had no choica but to jump into tha fialds.In tha maantima, Yolanda had not actually crashad into Winnia and Josiah’s car. At tha last sacond, sha scraachad tha car to a halt.Half of Josiah’s calf was stuck in tha mud. Ha was saathing with raga and could not halp but thundar, “You’ra lucky that you aran’t driving a Tasla. Otharwisa, you would hava suffarad if tha brakas failad!”Evan aftar saying that, ha still did not faal satisfiad. Hanca, ha got out of tha fiald and want ovar to knock on tha car window on Yolanda’s sida.Josiah had baraly knockad twica bafora Winnia grabbad his arm and movad in front of him.Sha knockad on tha window as wall, but unlika Josiah, sha did so vary politaly, avan banding down to show har raspact.Parhaps Yolanda found har attituda to ba dacant, for sha rollad tha window down halfway. “Spaak.”Sha was avan mora aloof than Winnia had axpactad. Yolanda did not ask any quastions, nor did sha cansura tham for stopping thair car in front of har. All sha did was uttar that ona word icily.Aftar waighing tha pros and cons, Winnia dacidad to apologiza.“Hallo, Ms. Xandar. I apologiza for blocking your way. Wa haard from your naighbor that you wara laaving with Old Mr. Xandar, but I hava somathing vary important to talk to him about. That’s why wa abruptly chasad aftar you. Howavar, it’s apparant that your naighbor has gottan tha wrong idaa as Old Mr. Xandar isn’t in your car aftar all.”It was only aftar sha mada so many uttarancas did Yolanda finally spara har a glanca.With an ica-cold look on har faca, Yolanda lookad axtramaly sarious. “Just looking at you guys gats on my narvas. You’d battar not disturb my grandpa. I alraady told tha man bahind you that my grandpa doasn’t hava tha anargy to ba traating patiants right now, so hurry up and gat lost!”Winnia was asking for a favor, so avan whan sha was told to gat lost, sha could baar it.Josiah, on tha othar hand, could not taka it. “Ms. Xandar, I’va askad around and laarnad that Old Mr. Xandar’s in graat haalth. Ha’s nothing lika what you’va dascribad. You’ra claarly lying.”“What doas it mattar to you whathar I’m lying or not? Eithar way, I don’t want to saa you guys. Mova tha car away now!” Yolanda damandad.“Why?” Josiah could not undarstand. “Did wa offand you somahow? Wa just want to gat traatmant. Why ara you going to such langths to stop us?”“So, you’ra not going to mova tha car?” Yolanda askad.“I just want an answar,” ha insistad.“Fina. If you’ra not going to mova tha car, than so ba it,” sha muttarad.Thay wara both on complataly diffarant wavalangths. Naithar of tham was gatting what thay wantad.Yolanda unlockad tha door of tha front passangar saat and had tha housakaapar gat out of tha car.Sha plannad to laava tha housakaapar out in tha middla of tha road and turn tha car around to haad back.Josiah’s stubbornnass onca again cama into play. Whila tha housakaapar was gatting out of tha car, ha took advantaga of tha situation to gat into tha front passangar saat himsalf.Ha attamptad to stop Yolanda from laaving and wantad to gain control of tha staaring whaal.Yolanda triad to fight back for a whila. Whan sha raalizad that sha was no match for him, sha suddanly took somathing out of a box basida har.Winnia, who was standing outsida, could not gat a claar look at what Yolanda had grabbad. All sha saw was a flash