lody Thorne started her car, placing the phone on the console before heading back to the Quinn family residence. Passing by the comrcial street, she suddenly thought of stopping by a foreign food store to buy Timmy’s favorite snacks.
He didn’t eat those things often, but occasionally when hungry at night, he would have so.
lody got out of the car, went up to the second floor, carefully selected so items, paid, and prepared to go downstairs.
"lody Thorne," a jarring voice pierced her ears, as if just seeing her brought extre displeasure.
lody recognized the voice, so she wasn’t about to turn around. However, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mrs. Thorne.
"lody Thorne, I called you, didn’t you hear?" Rochelle Thorne took a couple of steps forward, grabbing lody by the arm, "Do you think you can just avoid this forever?"
"Let go," lody’s gaze turned cool as she looked down, her voice dropping several degrees.
She had overlooked things several tis for Mrs. Thorne’s sake, but this only encouraged Rochelle’s boldness.
Rochelle did retreat a step due to lody’s sudden gaze, but she still refused to let go.
Not even abroad had anyone treated her like this!
"I’m talking to you. Do you think avoiding us ans my mom won’t sever ties with you?" Rochelle pressed on aggressively.
lody turned her head, her gaze landing on Mrs. Thorne. "It’s always been you shouting about cutting ties. Mom never said anything. She doesn’t rember the past, which is why you’re free to act as you do. If she rembered, she certainly wouldn’t let you act this way."
Rochelle’s naturally fiery temper flared at her words, "You think you’re so smart? Get Mom to listen to you then. I’m telling you, today is the day you’ll sever ties with her!"
"Make your move. I don’t have ti to waste here." lody exerted so force to retrieve her arm.
But Rochelle refused to relent, and the two began to tussle.
"Rochelle, Rochelle, stop it now," Mrs. Thorne called out, fearing they would fall from the staircase, her heart pounding. She moved to separate them.
A pedestrian who had just exited a shop suddenly walked by and unintentionally or intentionally bumped into them.
"Ah," lody and Rochelle scread simultaneously, both losing balance and falling toward the stairs.
"Rochelle," Mrs. Thorne instinctively reached for Rochelle, while lody went unchecked, falling towards the lower stairs.
Just as her body was about to crash onto the stairs, an arm appeared in ti to pull her back.
"Jared," the crowd gasped, shocked that Jared Quinn would actually save lody Thorne.
lody heard the crowd’s gasps and looked up to see the cold face above her, now clouded with anger and frost.
"J-Jared Quinn," Rochelle faltered, taking two unsteady steps back from the man’s face.
"Let’s go," lody tugged at Jared’s sleeve, feeling a chill in her heart; just monts ago, Mrs. Thorne had instinctively reached for Rochelle, while she was left alone and uncared for.
She didn’t want to make things difficult for Mrs. Thorne at this mont.
Jared’s sharp gaze swept over Rochelle, full of undisguised anger. He turned and left with lody.
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