Stuck in you

"No, I like it," Rachel said.

A smile was at the corner of his mouth as Jack drove away. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that she was smiling, too.

He couldn't help but ask, "What's making you so happy right now?"

Rachel typed a message and sent it to Lea quickly. When the screen showed that the message was successfully sent, she turned to Jack and said to him joyfully, "Mendes' father is coming back."

'Hmm, why would she be so happy about someone else's father coming back?' he wondered.

"Well, he has been away for so long. His return is long overdue," he said.

"Yes," Rachel said. "I hope the kid's parents can take responsibility for him this time. Don't leave him alone here."

Noticing that her mood had suddenly darkened, Jack tried to comfort her.

He said, "Maybe his parents have to do something and can't go back home."

Jack didn't know much about the complicated matter of Mendes' family, so she bit her tongue and replied simply, "Anyway, it's wrong to abandon a child."

Her parents died when she was a child. Her lonely childhood was one of the reasons why she was so eager to have a family of her own. She couldn't even understand how someone could just ignore his own child and stay away for such a long time.

After all, who could be more important to anyone than one's own family and child?

Before a man gets married and becomes a father, he doesn't behave as affectionately and gently as a woman does.

In Jack's view, either the man was simply unable to come back to his child, or he didn't want the child.

The latter possibility was the most likely one.

"If I had a child, I would never abandon him," he whispered.

Jack believed that that was a man's most basic responsibility. If you can't even take care of your own flesh and blood, what else can you be responsible for?

After saying that, he glanced at the woman beside him, who had suddenly turned to him and was staring at him. With his eyes looking straight ahead, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

With an unreadable look on her face, she lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers. "Nothing."

After they had been driving for a while, Rachel noticed that they were not on the way to go to her place.

Ten minutes had passed, and the road outside Rachel's window was unfamiliar. She looked out of the window and asked, "Where are we going?"

"To my place,"

Jack answered.

Rachel still didn't know where Jack lived. She could see the road sign which indicated that he was heading towards the north side of the city and towards the seaside.

later, they arrived uptown, in the north-side neighborhood known

single apartment on the top floor.

as she knew, Jack had been

to this apartment felt wrong

walked to the door and opened it. After a moment of hesitation, Rachel finally followed

for Rachel in the shoe cabinet of the hallway, so he had to take a pair of his own. He put them on the floor,

doesn't matter." She took off her shoes and put them on. But these slippers were several sizes too

she had to stop. She looked at Jack helplessly. "I

from laughing, and said,

eyes and looked at her feet. She said, "Okay,

his neck. Surprised by the

he didn't feel anything unusual. He walked to the sofa quickly and put her down. He

warm? He

living room. Rachel finally saw the decoration of his apartment clearly, including the marbled floor and the hanging lamp on the

was

kettle on the table

room was perfectly clean and had no signs of having been lived in. It was

to have dinner delivered here. Can I drive you back later?"

was not in a hurry to leave.

back at him and said, "I'm not in a hurry, but are you

it's not..." His answer was a bit tentative. He felt rather tired, but he didn't care about

didn't think there was anything unusual about

asked, "Do you

short pause, Jack said, "I suppose... I

cabinet.

thermometer was

out of the cabinet and said, "You can put the

all that. I spend most of my time in

thermometer, washed it with water and gave it to him. She said, "Put in your mouth and press

had a

he was trying to hide

She raised the thing in her hand

a smile on his face, Jack raised the

and said, "May I use the kitchen? We can make some

took the thing out of his mouth and replied, "But

around and said, "Don't

Rachel walked around the kitchen and sighed, "Sure enough, there is nothing to eat. What will we

not to speak, he made a gesture to her, but

with his cell

was very prompt. He rang the bell in twenty

Jack already had

looked at her innocently. He really didn't feel