Chapter 781
Zoe’s story was nothing but an enormous lie, yet he was even moreughable than her. At least Zoe
knew that it was a lie from the start, but he had believed her story up until now.
“Avery Tate, why would you do this to me?” Elliot mumbled as he quietly sobbed, “why?”
All he received in response was the sound of the wind blowing.
On the way home, La muttered in confusion, “why isn‘t Dad happy when he finds out that Mom was
the one who performed surgeries on Shea?”
“La, would you be mad if your brother lies to you?” Mike tried to exin with a metaphor.” Your dad
wouldn‘t have been upset if he had known about it all along.”
“Why didn‘t Mom tell him, then?”
“Because your mom didn‘t want anything to do with him at first. She was afraid that if she gets involved
with him, he woulde and take you and your brother away from her. By the time their rtionship
improved, it was too long in the past for her to mention.”
La still seemed slightly confused by Mike‘s exnation.
“The adults‘ world is soplicated!”
“Yeah! Which is why people like Shea are actually rather lucky.” Mike nced at La and said, “your
eyes are all swollen now. I thought that you had a rehearsal tonight?”
“It‘s a rehearsal, not the official live performance.” La rubbed her eyes and it hurt a little.” After the
show, I want to go find Mom.”
“Sure.”
In the evening, Avery made a video call to them.
It was seven in the morning in Bridgedale and that was usually the time they video called one another.
“Shea has been buried and La has gone off to attend the rehearsal for the night ball.” Mike and
Hayden stood before the camera in the video call with Avery.
“La told Elliot that you were the one who performed surgeries on Shea and he was really emotional
as though he had been struck.”
Avery remained silent.
“Did he contact you?” Mike asked.
“No.” Avery drew a quiet deep breath and changed the subject.
“La’s ssmate’s mother contacted me saying that her child will be having a birthday celebration
soon, would like to invite La as a guest. That child seems to be quite close with La so if you have
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time tomorrow, take La over. If you are busy, tell the bodyguard to send her.”
“Oh, I‘m busy tomorrow. I will tell the bodyguard to send her there, then.”
“Sure.” Avery turned her attention to Hayden. “Hayden, do you have ss tomorrow?”
Hayden nodded.
“What do you learn in the special sses?” Avery hadn‘t a clue about what Hayden was studying, as it
was apletely different field as her profession.
Hayden briefly went through the content of his curriculum and Averyplimented him as she often
did, “you are so brilliant, darling. I am so proud of you.”
It was a simpleplement, but Hayden felt especially proud.
After the video call, Mike looked at the time and said, “why don‘t we go shop? You mom said that La
will be celebrating her ssmate‘s birthday tomorrow, so let‘s go get a gift.”
Hayden didn‘t like going out at night and rejected his suggestion.
“Go find Uncle Chad for that!”
“Alright! La will get home a littlete tonight, so you can go ahead and sleep first if you get tired.
Don‘t wait up,” Mike reminded.
“I will be outte as well.”
“Okay.”
The next day, La arrived at her ssmate’s home with a present apanied by the bodyguard. As
the living room was packed with children, the owner of the house invited the bodyguard to a poker
game in the multi–function room.
After ying with the others for a while, La slowly developed the urge to relieve herself, so she
headed to the bathroom.
A woman followed her inside.
La, who didn‘t want to be watched as she used the bathroom, said, “Auntie, I don‘t need help.”
The woman locked the door from the inside and said, “go ahead and use the bathroom first, La. I
came in because I needed to ask you something.”