Chapter 63
Chapter 63 Old Comrade
When Jared brought Hilda home, he realized Chloe was still at his house chatting with his parents.
Initially, he had nned to let Hilda regain herposure before sending her back. But now, they had
been sighted.
The moment they saw Jared and Hildaing home together, Chloe and Gary were surprised. Only
the blind Hannah was oblivious to what had just happened. She asked, “Jared, are you back? Why did
youe home sote?”
Gary quickly gave Hannah’s hand a tug. “Jared is with Hilda. They have returned together.”
Gary was all smiles when he spoke.
After Hannah heard Gary’s words, her face lit up in delight. “Jared, you could’ve just told us that you
were going to see Hilda. There’s no need to be so secretive about it. Are you trying to give us a
surprise?”
Just when Jared tried to exin, he realized he didn’t even know where to begin.
Only Chloe noticed that Hilda was looking out of sorts as if she had just cried earlier. Knitting her
brows, she asked, “Hilda, did you have to workte? Why did you cry? Moreover, you reek of alcohol.”
Bombarded by Chloe’s questions, Hilda panicked and was lost for words.
“Mrs. Wace, Hilda wasn’t working overtime. She just went drinking with her colleagues. However,
some of them were trying to get her drunk. Luckily, I happened to be there, so I brought her back
instead.”
Jared quickly cooked up a story.
The moment she heard it, Chloe got to her feet and checked Hilda’s body. With a concerned look in her
eyes, sheined, “What kind of colleagues are they? How could they make you drink when they
knew you have low alcohol tolerance? They went too far.”
When she saw how worried her mother was, Hilda couldn’t contain her emotions any longer. Hugging
Chloe, she burst into tears again.
Chloeforted, “Hilda, if you’re unhappy at work, why don’t you just quit? Especially since you have
terrible colleagues.”
Chloe thought that her daughter was feeling indignant after being bullied by her colleagues.
After all, Hilda had just started work recently and was considered new. It wasmon for neers
to experience such treatment.
“Hilda, stop crying. At most, you can just quit your job. Tomorrow, Gary is going to get a friend to help
Jared find a job. Why don’t we ask around for you too? Since you’re a university graduate, it shouldn’t
be difficult to find a job,” Hannah quickly reassured Hilda.
Gary added, “I’ll ask him about it tomorrow. It shouldn’t be a problem because he’s an oldrade of
mine.”
The more everyone consoled her, the harder Hilda cried. Unfortunately, only Jared knew the real
reason why she was crying.
Powerless to do anything, Chloe had no choice but to take Hilda home.
“Jared, you should sleep early too. Tomorrow, we’ll take you to Mr. Saunders’ house and get him to find
you a job. We’ll also ask him if he could help Hildand a job. She really has it tough.” Hannah sighed
before she continued, “You should treat her better instead of bullying her.”
The man Hannah spoke of was Franklin Saunders. He used to serve in the military together with Gary.
Ever since they were discharged from the military, Gary went on to work as a civil servant, while
Franklin used his pension to start a business. As of then, he had done well for himself and was living a
good life.
“Mom, I—”
“Enough. Go to sleep now.”
Not bothered about what Jared had to say, Hannah walked right off.
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Jared was in a dilemma. He had always treated Hilda as a sister and never had romantic feelings for
her. But now, he had no idea how to break it to his parents.
Shaking his head in resignation, Jared returned to his room. For the time being, he couldn’t return to
Dragon Bay because he didn’t want to anger his parents.
The next morning, Hannah yelled, “Jared, get up quickly and dress presentably for once instead of
looking sloppy. Mr. Saunders has taken a day off on purpose.”
“I know,” Jared replied as he opened his eyes.
After having a simple breakfast, the three of them left home hurriedly. They hailed a taxi and headed to
Franklin’s house together.