NovelEnglishChapter 575
There was a restaurant with a hundred years of history in the Old District and it had almost all the
specialties of Westchester City. To dine at the restaurant, one would need to book one month in
advance. Tonight, the place was bought out by someone.
That someone was none other than Odell.
He would come to this restaurant every New Year to have dinner with his peers and seniors from the
extended Carter family. It was a social gathering for the family members and also a chance for each of
them to maintain their relationship.
He attended the dinner like every other year and when he arrived, most of the Carter extended family
members were already there. The seniors were sitting up front while the juniors, or his peers, were at
the back Odell greeted each of the seniors before he followed them up into the room on the second
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The dishes tasted as good as always and the family members talked to him about more or less the
same thing.
After a few drinks, one of the seniors asked, “Odell, I heard you divorced Sylvia again and even let her
obtain the rights to the kids? What happened?”
Everyone at the table turned to him instantly.
Odell put his glass down and said, “Third Grandfather, I’ve agreed to keep the details private, so I can’t
reveal too much.”
The elderly known as Third Grandfather knew Odell’s temper well enough to know when to stop asking.
He sighed and slightly altered the question. “But you can’t just give her the rights to the children. It’s the
New Year. All your cousins brought their kids here, and you’re here alone. How lonely is that?”
Odell pursed his lips and said, “Third Grandfather, thank you for your concerns, but I’m doing just
alright.” Isabel was being clingy recently and she even told him to go home early before he left for
dinner
As he said, he was doing just alright, Third Grandfather swallowed his other questions and stopped
prying into his private life.
Sometime later, Odell put his cutlery down. When he stood up, the others followed immediately, Odell
looked at them and said, “Third Grandfather, you guys continue. I have to go back to attend to some
private matters.”
Everyone knew his temper, so they bid him farewell and did not even persuade him to stay.
Odell strode out of the restaurant and headed to the parking lot. The driver opened the door for him.
After he got in, the driver got into the driver’s seat and asked, “Sir, are we going home?” “Mhmm…”
It was snowing outside. The snow looked like marshmallows under the street lamps. After turning into
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There were almost no other cars on the lengthy road, so the car cruised smoothly ahead.
Just before it turned out of the road, a woman in rags dived in from the side. Startled, the driver
stepped on the brake immediately.
The woman fell to the ground and was horrified by the near-death experience.
It was then several other men, seemingly part of a gang, came over from where the woman dived in.
They were armed and they were eyeing the woman’s body. “Hey girl, where are you going?” “Come on,
I’ll make sure you enjoy it.” “No! Help! Help me!” The woman cried and got on her feet. She threw
herself on the car and cried for help from the driver The driver finally had a clear look at the woman’s
face and it shocked him. He turned around to the man in the rear seat and sald, “Sir, it’s Ms. Avery!”
The men put their hands on Tara and tried to pull her away from the car Odell’s eyes turned frosty
“Save her”
The driver nodded and stepped out of the car,
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