The Runaway Groom

Chapter 268

Ricky hid his phone under his blanket, and moved so quickly that neither Irene nor Sheryl noticed it.

Sheryl walked up to the food she left on the bedside shelf. “You must be hungry, right? Come have some breakfast.”

As she spoke, she unboxed the food she had cooked

meticulously.

“I’m not hungry. Can I be alone for a while?” Ricky’s expression and tone was flat, but he didn’t appear too

miserable.

Sheryl tried to talk to him, but Irene stopped her. “Let’s give him some space, Mom.”

As such, Sheryl restrained herself. However, she told

Ricky, “I’ll leave everything here. Eat it when you’re hungry.”

Ricky did not respond, however, leaving her sighing.

“Alright,” Irene said as she pulsed Sheryl along. “Take your time, Ricky.”

Closing the door behind her, she told Sheryl, “Ricky

needs time to accept reality. He won’t be eating, but don’t

try to be pushy. Samantha’s his mother, and being unable to take it is normal.”

Sheryl understood. “I’m just worried about his health. He’s still hurt, and he’d harm his own health if he gets

too depressed.”

Irene stared at her mother lengthily. Sheryl was much too kind for her own good. Irene was surprised how Sheryl

could bear no ill will towards Ricky, the son of the woman who ruined her marriage, and genuinely treat him like

her own son.

For some reason, Irene felt that something changed in Ricky today. She couldn’t tell what it was, but it was there!

Naturally, she was worried that Ricky would get confrontational with Sheryl and hurt Sheryl.

“Mom, you should really know when to quit.”

Sheryl understood what Irene was getting at, but did not take it to heart–she genuinely believed that Ricky and

Samantha were different.

For Irene’s part, she did not persist. She soon left since she had other things to do.

She went to meet Miss Lang, who treated Irene to

breakfast at a good diner to thank Irene for her help the

other day at the dance competition.

Over at Sky Group, Stan was already waiting when Isaac arrived, having found the location where the anonymous

text was sent.

“It’s actually from Ian’s casino ship. Someone took it out to sea even though it had been confiscated– when my men and I found it, we searched it again and found the computer which sent the text. All clues and evidence point to the Jeffersons.”

Isaac sat behind his desk, lounging against his chair.

He listened to Stan’s words, but said nothing. He was preoccupied with his thoughts–even if the Jeffersons did this, what was their point? Did the death of Samantha serve any purpose?

Suddenly, Isaac narrowed his eyes–Samantah was survived by her son.

He connected the dots right there and then.

They had lured him there so he would show up at the place where Samantha died… So that Ricky would think that he murdered Samantha, and then use him against

Ricky.

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That meant Ricky would have evidence he killed Samantha, which was mostly likely a video since it was both direct and incriminating.

Once they had a video of Isaac showing up where she

died, all they had to do was send it to Ricky and tell him

that Isaac killed his mother.

Rising to his feet, Isaac said, “We’re going to the hospital.

“Why?” Stan could hardly keep up.

Isaac didn’t have time to explain. “Let’s just go.

“Okay.” Stan quickly followed.

However, they had just taken the elevator and arrived downstairs when Isaac’s phone rang. He hurriedly

answered it.

“Hello, Isaac. It’s your Aunt Quincy-”

Isaac hung up before Quincy could finish. NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

Within the minute, Stan’s phone rang–it was Quincy again. “Tell Isaac that I have Kathy York. I’ll have her deflowered if he still doesn’t answer my call!”