Chapter 82
Chapter 82
“Are you chatting up your ex-wife online?” Dn moved closer to Hayden as he said it, peeking at
Kieran’s messages. He burst into a fit ofughter, his face red with amusement. “Wow, that’s so you!”
Kieran didn’t hide his phone, instead he looked up at Hayden and asked, “When did you get back?”
“Just now.” Hayden shrugged off his suit jacket and tossed it on the couch, revealing a crisp white shirt
underneath. He had a brooding aura about him, even dressed in clean-cut attire – just like Kieran.
Hayden took a seat in the sofa across from Kieran, lighting a cigarette and asking, “Did Bertha really kill
herself?”
“Why don’t you ask QuadDn?” Kieran suggested, looking at Dn.
Before their older brother Lucian’s unexpected death, Dn had insisted they call him “QuadDn”
since elementary school.
Lucian was six years older than Kieran, naturally taking on the role of their leader
Hayden was younger than Lucian, ten months older than Kieran, and Dn was two months older than
Kieran. But Kieran had made his stance clear – he didn’t want to be the youngest, he wanted to rank
the third. If not, he would refuse to acknowledge the ranking.
For some reason, Dn agreed, allowing them to call him QuadDn. At first, they didn’t think much of
the ranking and nickname, but it eventually became a habit.
They were carefree in their youth. Hayden was more outgoing back then, and Kieran wasn’t that quiet.
Dn remembered Hayden’s parents were both police officers, very righteous people. Hayden was no
different, always ready to stand up for what was right. Back then, Dn could freely joke around with
Hayden and even use his nickname asionally
Who could have foreseen Hayden’s parents being murdered, which was believed to be a revenge
killing, and Hayden getting adopted, losing contact with Lucian, Kieran, and Dn?
Not long after when Kieran was twelve, his mother had a sudden mental breakdown and killed Kieran’s
father, Lucian was eighteen that year.
On the day of Lucian’s college entrance exam, Kieran’s mother had her episode, killing his father in
front of him and setting their house on fire:
Lucian rushed home after turning in his test early. The fire was already severe. Without giving it a
second thought, he ran into the burning house and saved a barely alive Kieran, injuring his legs in the
process and losing the ability to walk.
After this tragedy, only Kieran, Lucian, and their grandmother remained in the household. All the
company affairs fell on eighteen-year-old Lucian’s shoulders.
Kieran was raised by Lucian from age twelve to twenty-one. After the tragedies in Haydenis and
Kieran’s families, the Pierson family sent Dn, who had just graduated middle school, abroad to
study.
Although Dn and Kieran kept in touch, he didn’t know much about what had happened over the
years.
He only knew that Hayden and Kieran had reunited. After reuniting, he learned that Hayden was
adopted by gang leader Miles Simson. Haydenter worked with the National Security Agency to take
down Miles, and had been busy dealing with the gang issues Miles left behind, keeping him upied.
Today was the first time Dn had seen Hayden in person since they had grown up, aside from online.
To be precise, his helicopternded directly on thewn of his vi, and he was brought to Noblewood
Retreat
Hayden clearly knew more about what had happened over the years, or he wouldn’t have asked about
Bertha’s cause of death right off the bat.
Dn finally replied to Hayden, “On Bertha’s body, there were no signs of a struggle before she died,
no signs of resistance. Other than the injuries from the fall, there were no other human-inflicted
wounds. Whether it was suicide, we can’t determine from the autopsy”/
“What about the kid?” Hayden asked, blowing out a circle of smoke that slowly dissipated in the air.
Kieran stepped forward, snatching the cigarette from Hayden’s hand and stubbing it out in the ashtray
“The kid’s with Joyce.”
“What does that mean?’ Hayden’s gaze sharpened as he looked at Kieran, “Does Joyce know the
truth?”
Kieran shook his head, “Not yet. But we’ve kept her close, so we can keep an eye on her. It’s a bit
more reassuring that way”
“Let her hate you for now, before everything’s been figured out.” Hayden said seriously
Kieran gave Hayden a look, and let out a reluctantugh. ‘She’s not mad at you, so you wouldn’t care.”
Finally, the quiet Dn spoke up, “If I’d known all this would happen, I wouldn’t have studied abroad.
Listening to you guys talk is like hearing a weird code, I don’t understand a single thing.”
“I’m tired. I’m going to rest,” Hayden stated, standing up to leave.
“Wait” Kieran’suddenly stopped him.
Hayden paused, waiting for Kieran’s words. “Just wanted to give you a heads up, Annalise Hansen has
been asking about you since she came back to the country a week ago.”
“Who’s Annalise?” Hayden asked calmly
Dn helplessly pointed at Kieran to answer for him, “His aunt, Annalise. The woman who has been
into you for over a decade.”
“Oh”
Kieran nced at Hayden speechlessly, “She’s my rtive after all, so don’t be too harsh when you
turn her down.”
What Kieran meant was not to hurt Annalise too badly when rel
After a moment of silence, a brief reply came from the door, Tr
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Watching Hayden’s retreating figure, Dn finally sat down where he had just sat, “Which side do you
think Hayden is on? I feel like he’s on Joyce’s side.”
“You just call her Joyce? Kieran gave him a stern look.
Dn rolled his eyes, “How do you want me to address her?”
“Call her Mrs Hernandez.”
“But didn’t she get divorced?” Dn looked at Kieran with a dismissive look, I think Joyce sounds
better.”
Then just call her Joyce”
“Really?” Dn looked at Kieran incredulously.
Kieran nodded, “Anyway, that guy is back. I’m not worried about having no one to clean up if something
happens to you, call her whatever you want!”
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Dn felt a chill. “Of course I prefer to call her Mrs. Hernandez, it sounds so appropriate!”
“How’s the investigation you were doing for me?” Kieran’s look suddenly became serious
Dn also got up and walked to Kieran, “Before I give you the answer I found, you need to seriously
answer a question for me.”
“Go ahead.”
You and Bertha…”
He had anticipated Dn’s question, so he answered before Dn had even asked, “Nothing
happened.”
After a silence of a second or two, Dn looked at Kieran carefully, analyzing his expression, “We’ve
known each other for so many years, you can tell me the truth. Nothing really happened between you
two?”
“We’ve known each other for so many years, are you doubting that I just lied to you?” Kieran’s voice
was a little provocative, sounding somewhat dangerous.
Dnughed and shook his head, I’m not suspecting you. I’m just afraid you’re an irresponsible
person! Joyce is a naive girl so you can’t be irresponsible to her.”
Just as Dn finished speaking, he saw Kieran pick up his phone.
“Who are you calling?” Dn asked casually
Unexpectedly, Kieran replied, “I’m calling that guy over to take care of you”
Dn quickly went forward and grabbed the phone from Kieran, then hurriedly said to Kieran, “About
the anonymous donation you asked me to investigate for Sansa, I have some leads. The ount is a
shell ount opened overseas. I need further investigation to determine who is operating behind it. But
this is definitely not ordinary. If it was a regr donor, even if anonymous, they wouldn’t need to be so
secretive, unless they intended to.”
“How could I let you waste time investigating ordinary donors?” Kieran nced at Dn, then said,
“You’ve worked hard, keep investigating!”
Was this man criticizing him first, and then encouraging him right away?
The next morning, considering that Julie’s foot was injured, Ivan insisted on not letting Julie send him to
school, but obediently got in the car with
Shawna
Shawna said that this was the best behavior Ivan had shown in the five years she had served him.
Considering that she was injured due to work, Kieran gave Julie a month off. Julie’s foot healed well
and the cast was removed about three weekster.
However, in those three weeks, or rather, after that time at the noodle shop, Kieran never came to see
her again.
Instead, it was Elliot, who had called her several times during this period.
Apparently, thendlord was staying in the hospital all the time. It was unclear whether it was Kieran’s
doing, but overall, thendford hadn’t bothered her during this time. Daphne had helped Julie visit the
landlord in the hospital several times, and apparently there was nothing seriously wrong. Thendlord
just didn’t want to leave the hospital, probably hoping to get more benefits from Julie.
After Julie had her cast removed at the hospital, she received a call from Dr. Brice.
In Dr. Brice’s office.
Dr. Brice handed Julie a business card, “This is the card of a friend of mine who works at Oakhurst
Hospital. I’ve already contacted him, so if you decide to transfer….
‘Dr. Brice, thank you. But, I might need some more time, my cast was just removed, I’m worried about
mobility.”
That’s okay I’ve told him, whenever you’re ready, you can go there,” Dr. Brice said with a smile.
‘Dr. Brice, I really appreciate it”
“If you’re really grateful, then treat me to lunch! I still don’t know what I’m going to eat today!’ Dr. Brice
laughed, took off hisb coat, and said to Julie, 1 heard there’s a new restaurant near the hospital
that’s good and offers a discount, why don’t we give it a try?”
“Sure!” Julie readily agreed, thinking that Dr. Brice was considerate, knowing that she was short of
money and therefore chose a restaurant with discount, but she had no idea that she would run into..