Lost in deep thought for a moment, she finally cback to her senses realizing that the call was still connected.
“Tomboy, hear me?”
“Yeah. I heard everything. Look, Emmett’s a nice guy. Think about it okay?” Debbie persuaded
Kasie paused. After a while, she said, “I… Letthink about it.”
As Debbie was chatting fervently with Kasie over the phone, a knock at the door interrupted her. It was a housemaid, informing her that
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCarlos’ grandmother wanted to see her. The old lady was waiting for her downstairs. It seemed that Debbie had been too naive. She thought that as long as she stayed in her room, nobody would mess with her.
‘What does she want?’ she thought. Ending the call quickly, she asked the housemaid curiously, “Did she say why she wanted to see me?”
“Sorry Mrs. Hilton. But Mrs. Valerie didn’t tell me,” the housemaid replied.
Despite her reluctance, she had no choice but to follow the housemaid downstairs. It would be impolite for her to keep an elder waiting
In the living room, Valerie and Megan sat on the sofa while a few housemaids were busy with housework.
Valerie was sulking silently. Seeing Debbie cdownstairs, Megan asked, “Aunt Debbie, have you seen a string of Buddhist prayer beads made of lobular red sandalwood?” The main feature of lobular red sandalwood was the wood grain which Looked like stars on each bead.
“A string of Buddhist prayer beads?’ Debbie frowned.
“No, I haven’t seen it. I’ve been in my room the whole time. Why do you ask?”
Megan gave Debbie a meaningful glance before answering in a regretful voice, “Grandma’s string of Buddhist prayer beads is gone. It was here yesterday, but we can’t find it now. We’ve been Looking for it for a while.”
Debbie nodded and comforted Valerie, “Grandma, please take it easy. In my experience, the more you try to look for something, the less likely it is you’ll find it. But if you stop worrying about it, it will show up one day, out of the blue!”
Valerie sneered and gave her a cold glance.
“Did you mean to say I shouldn’t look for it?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmUnder Valerie’s cold glare, Debbie felt utterly speechless. ‘Fine!
Everything I say is wrong. Better zip my mouth. ‘
A loud yawn broke the awkward silence in the Living room. Debbie turned around and saw Lewis coming downstairs.
Lewis’ eyes Lit up with excitement at the sight of Debbie. He picked up his pace and ran up to her.
“Debbie, you’re htoday?”
“Yeah.” The contempt was obvious in her voice.
But Lewis didn’t care a bit even if he had sensed it. Instead, he tried to butter her up.
“I can show you the hottest spots in town. How about