“Um, Carlos, I cto pick up Piggy. Thanks for taking care of her.
Could you please have a servant take her downstairs?” Somehow, Debbie resisted going inside the manor.
It was too depressing a place for her. She didn’t want to find out who or what was waiting for her
Carlos wasn’t in the mood to indulge her request.
“Cinside,” he said. He hung up and walked away from the window.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDebbie grappled with her emotions in the car. She sat there for a few minutes, trying to muster up the courage to enter the manor.
The place brought back too many painful memories. She didn’t know how to face it all.
Eventually, she killed the engine and stepped out of the car, shopping bag in hand.
She rang the doorbell, and a housemaid answered. She didn’t know Debbie but was smart enough to understand that whoever could pass the guards at the gate was Carlos‘ guest.
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“Hi, Miss. Carlos is upstairs. Please cin.”
“Thanks.” Debbie changed into slippers and walked inside.
The paintings, plates and the paneling were exactly the sas she remembered them, but the furniture was different.
Beautiful memories cflooding back to her as Debbie stepped on the stairs. Her heart raced.
Since Carlos was in the study, she made her way up there.
She pushed the door open. Carlos was typing something on the computer.
He continued with his work, as if he didn’t sense her cin.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Where is Piggy?”
Debbie asked as she looked around the study, but didn’t see her baby anywhere.
Carlos stopped working and fixed his gaze on her.
“Chere.”
She walked over to him and put the shopping bag on the table.
“I bought this razor for you when I was in Askor. It didn’t cost much, but I hope you like it.”
Carlos threw a glance at the bag and then asked, “When will you stop doing bad things?”
“Huh? What did I do?” Debbie was baffled.
“who drugged my father?” Carlos sneered.