Jack wanted to beg off from Henry's invitation but ended up saying yes. As a concession, he asked for dinner to be at Henry's home instead of at a restaurant.
At that moment, Lea was handing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to Rita. When she heard, she raised her head to look at Henry, who was sitting on the sofa, and asked in confusion, "Weren't you planning to have dinner at a restaurant or a club? Why are you having dinner here? You know that I can't let you drink at home."
Henry put down the remote control, raised an eyebrow teasingly, and answered with a smile, "I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since the last time. Why can't you recognize that I have changed?"
"Changed?"
Lea couldn't stop laughter from escaping her lips. Rita raised her head, opened her eyes wide, and looked at her mother curiously, probably wondering what was wrong with her.
She rubbed Rita's head and said, "Looks like you now have a deep understanding of how undesirable your past behavior was."
"Thanks to my wife's guidance," Henry promptly replied with a serious nod.
"So you do have a conscience, after all," she countered teasingly.
The doorbell rang while they were exchanging humorous banter. When Henry opened the door and saw Jack standing outside, he looked behind him and asked with a frown, "Where is Rachel? Didn't she come with you?"
Since the dinner venue had changed, Henry also invited Rachel over the phone.
It was strange of her not to make an appearance.
Lea added, "Is she on night duty today?"
Jack's eyes darkened. Before he came to the hospital, the director told him that Rachel had asked for a two-day leave.
Based on her words, Jack could tell that Lea seemed to be unaware of what was going on with Rachel in the last two days.
"In that case, let's have dinner now." Henry placed his hand on Jack's shoulder. "Thank you for helping me with the project last time.
If not for you, I never would have gotten it even if drank myself under the table."
He was talking a lot, but Jack didn't respond. He stared at Lea, who was cleaning up the toys for Rita.
look at him and said, "I'll go change Rita's
and uneasiness in the past few days surged into her heart and flowed into her eyes, which were blood-shot. "Andy, how can you leave like this? Do you know how
him." Tears streamed out in rivulets down Andy's cheeks. He wiped his eyes and begged,
"Andy!"
quickly and hugged Andy tightly. "You have been
I rest assured? How can I live a good life?" Tears welled up in Bill's eyes. Before
patted on Bill's arm and said, "I'll go upstairs with the
left Bill and Andy and went
did not have a lot of stuff, just three sets of clothes for changing and some medicine for high blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease. Rachel packed them into a bag and headed downstairs, where she heard soft conversation between
guess that
thought, 'I was able to find him here, so it's not impossible for Bill to find
check her mobile phone. She saw five missed calls from Jack, but she had
said, "I've been really busy until
at Henry's house tonight. I called you earlier so I could
have things to do here.
response. Much as he wanted to, he didn't ask Rachel what was taking up her time in the end because he knew that she wouldn't answer
asked her, but she didn't tell me. Maybe she would tell you if you asked her. I'm not suspecting her of anything, I just want to know what's making her so
The next day, Lea asked bluntly, "Tell me the truth; what have you been doing
the cup on the table and looked
come to dinner. You didn't call me, nor did you text me... Miss, do you really think that I'm
"I didn't mean that."
lips, and her eyes narrowed slightly. She appeared to be hesitating, like she didn't know whether she should speak
"What on earth is it? Tell me
Lea about what had happened to Andy. She heaved a small sigh and said, "I
way, did Jack know that you went out to
before. The two of them have been at each other's throats ever since they met, so I couldn't tell Jack.
think I better not to
thought, Lea patted her hand on
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