Chapter 181
I forced a smile and nodded. “Okay, I got it.”
Lyla looked at me. Then, she said to Antoine at the door, “Let’s go.”
I heard the sound of the door closing, and the sound of footsteps at the door gradually faded into the distance. Without any more distractions, I looked in the direction of Grandma’s bedroom Tears rolled down my cheeks. I opened my mouth and tried to cry out loud, but I couldn’t.
1 staggered to my feet and walked toward Grandma’s bedroom. The room was terrifyingly empty, and all the bedsheets, blankets, and equipment in the room had been removed.
The only thing left in this room was the bed where Grandma had slept.
When I tell on the bed, I finally made a sound. I mummured, “Don’t worry, Grandina. I’ll find the person who hurt you.”
As soon as I said that, I heard the electronic lock on the door open. I thought Lyla and Antoine were back, so I quickly wiped away my tears. “Didn’t you two just leave? Why are you back so so- Before I could finish my words, I met eyes with the exhausted Liam. Without saying anything, he approached me and hugged me. “Don’t be afraid, Evelyn. I’m still
here.”
His words st
stunned me for a moment. But then, I returned to my senses and calmly pushed him away. “How d “Lyla told me “Lim looked pale. He also sounded lethargic. It was obvious that he hadn’t gotten enough rest. “How did you know?”
I sighed. Immed to smile, but I still couldn’t “I’m fine. Life and death is a normal thing.”
I didn’t know it I was saying this to comfort myself or to reassure Liam.
By the way I looked up at him, remembering something. “It’s still the New Year. Since you’re back here, what about your parents?”
“off, it’s fine. Their arguments happen all the time. I’ll head home as soon as I’m done with things here.”
I nodded and sat back down on the couch Grandma’s death was too much for me to bear. Now, I didn’t even have the energy to concem myself with other people’s
Liam went into Grandma’s room, probably wanting to say his final farewells. I didn’t stop him. Grandma would be very happy in the afterlife if she saw that so many people missed her
About half an hour later, Lyla and Antoine returned with the food. Lyla’s eyes were red. She probably had just cried.
When Liam fur and the sounds, he walked out of the room and greeted them. Lyla and Antoine didn’t seem surprised to see him. They must have talked about his vist long ago. ere some mild
“You’re back. Let’s eat together. Lyla put everything on the table and naturally invited Liam to sit down. The takeout box was opened, and there were dishes
La pushed the oatmeal in front of me. “Eve, just eat a little. Okay?”
she said in a gentle tone, as if she was coaxing a child.
I looked at the patimeal, then at Lyla stervent gaze. I picked up the spoon and reluctantly ate some patmeal.
Antoine and Liam were talking about something on the balco
even looked over here from time to time.
Once we finished esting, Antoine and Liam cleared the table while Lyla sat with me.
After alongs le, tumed my dull gaze to the window, not knowing what I was looking at
“Live” Lyla observed my facial expressions and said tentatively, “I found a really good private detective. He should work taster than the police. Do you want to try letting him look into this? As she said that, she held her phone in front of me.
Blooked through the povare detective’s Twitter account for a while. He usually posted photos of han partying all da unreliable
“Give me husnumber Thank you,” i sald
Lata bummed in assent and quickly sent me the private detective’s member,
all day. Because of that, I found him a little
Thadn’t rested well for the past few days. Now that I had some free time, I finally felt a little sleepy.
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