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“I'm not sure of the details. Three days ago, Ms. Rivers broke down after she left Stanford Hospital. When I checked
the security footage of the hospital, I saw Ms. Rivers crying uncontrollably. After that, she applied for leave from you
and headed back to her parents' place. As such, my guess is that what happened to Ms. Rivers could be related to
Dr. Quinn from Stanford Hospital,” Asher replied.
Natalie nodded and said, “All right. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your hard work. I'll transfer you the remaining
payment in a while.”
“Sure, thank you.”
After the call ended, a crease appeared between Natalie's brows as she put down her phone.
Initially, the woman had thought that Joyce was acting strangely because she had run into some trouble.
It turned out that they had come one full circle as it was because of Stanley instead.
Natalie suspected that something must have happened on the day Joyce spoke to Stanley; otherwise, Joyce would
not have acted that way.
With that thought, the woman picked up her phone and rang Stanley.
However, she wasn't able to contact him as his phone was still turned off.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtNatalie could not help but feel frustrated.
Even if he wanted to find the killer, he didn't have to switch off his phone and cut himself off from the rest of the
world.
While the woman was deep in thought, Mrs. Wilson's voice rang out from outside the door. “Madam, are you awake
already?”
Snapping out of her thoughts, Natalie looked toward the door and answered, “Yup, I am.”
“Then, do you want to come down and have breakfast first?” Mrs. Wilson suggested.
“Sure, I'll be down in a minute,” Natalie replied.
After hearing the woman's answer, Mrs. Wilson turned around and went downstairs.
Natalie put down her phone and continued getting changed.
Forget it. Since I can't get Stanley, I shall speak to Joyce instead.
I shall ask her to come back and have a good chat with her. Perhaps, she will tell me what happened between her
and Stanley, and I'll be able to help her.
After Natalie got dressed, she put on some light makeup before heading downstairs.
While she was having breakfast, she texted Joyce, asking her to return to J City for work.
Meanwhile, Joyce was watching a movie with Justin at his request.
When she saw Natalie's message, they had just finished watching the movie and were walking out of the cinema.
“Justin, let's sit over there for a while. I need to reply to a message,” Joyce said, pointing at a bench in front of
them.
Justin nodded in agreement and said, “Sure. Why don't you head over first? I'll go get us some drinks. What would
you like to have? I remember that you loved mango milkshakes when you were younger. Do you still like it?”
“Of course!” Joyce nodded happily and continued, “I didn't expect you to still remember that. It's been twenty
years.”
“I'll never forget that. I remember everything that you like,” Justin said, fixing his gaze on the woman with an
unfathomable glint in his eyes.
Joyce's smile froze on her face, and her lips moved.
Just when she was about to say something, Justin let out a chuckle and said, “All right. Just wait for me over there
yeah? I'll go get you your milkshake.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked toward the milkshake shop.
A slight crease appeared between Joyce's brows as she watched the man walk away.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhat's going on?
From the way Justin was looking at her earlier on, to what he had said, it seemed to Joyce as if the man was
interested in her.
Am I just imagining things?
Yeah, I must be thinking too much. It's been twenty years since we last met. How could Justin be interested in me?
Joyce shook her head to clear her mind of those thoughts before heading over to the bench.
She only opened Natalie's text after sitting down. When she saw the content of the message, the woman's eyes
dimmed for a moment before typing a reply. She texted: Sorry, Nat. I don't think I'll be able to return tomorrow. I
want to stay here a few more days and spend more time with my parents. I hope you'll understand.
There were still a lot of things that Joyce had to settle for her parents.
After she completed everything, she would then...
Natalie's phone buzzed after she finished the milk. She put her glass down at once and picked up her phone, and
saw that Joyce had replied to her message.
When she saw her friend's reply, the woman pressed her lips together and sent a voice message. “Joyce, are you
not coming back yet because you want to spend more time with your parents, or is it because you just don't want
to come back?” she said.
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