The place on her back where Patricia scratched still hurts like hell, her hair is a mess, and her sweaty face is abnormally red.
She stood there for a while, then turned around and went home blankly.
The family was discussing the arrival of an ambulance in the neighborhood.
“I don’t know what happened to someone’s house, the ambulance was so loud at night… Hey! Paula, what’s wrong with you?”
Everyone was shocked. Maxine quickly grabbed a towel to wipe her face and checked if she was injured.
“Paula… What happened to going for a walk? Where’s Ms. Carver? And Nelson? Wasn’t he supposed to go look for you guys?”
Paulette lowered her gaze, “Went to the hospital.”
“Patricia and I…took a tumble.”
Maxine repeated softly, “Since she went to the hospital, why didn’t you go? You should get checked out to be sure!”
Because Nelson didn’t care about her at all.
Paulette said softly, “I’m fine, I just need to go back and rest for a bit.”
She was originally planning to spend a few days with them at the Chapman’s mansion, but she had just returned not long ago and everything was in chaos every day.
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Paulette thought maybe it was time for her to leave.
This might be what Nelson and Patricia wanted.
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She was tidying up the room when Jeremiah called and asked, “What are you doing?”
Through the receiver, you could hear the faint city background noise flowing on the other end of the phone. Paulette’s eyes immediately turned red and she whispered, “Pack up.”
“Hmm?” Jeremiah’s voice lowered a bit, “Where are we now?”
“At home.”
Paulette had her phone on speaker next to her, her voice sounding quieter, “I’m leaving early tomorrow, I already sent my luggage back to Fromond, then I’ll head to Crireton.”
Jeremiah was silent for two seconds, then asked softly, “Feeling wronged?”
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Paulette didn’t say anything.
Tears couldn’t help but flow down from the red eyes.
Jeremiah sighed softly, his voice filled with helplessness and concern, “Paulie, can you take better care of yourself? Hmm?”
“I took good care of it.”
Paulette wanted to say, She had tried her best not to care about those two people anymore.
But there is still the grace of upbringing, so it’s hard to completely not
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care.
Jeremiah raised his hand to check the time and whispered, “In ten
minutes, I’ll be waiting for you at the intersection outside the Chapman’s
mansion.”

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