Chapter 319: The Stranger I Used to Know Well 6


    No matter how stupid one was, they would know how to avoid harm and take any advantage they might


    get. Now that Antonia had known my background, she would subconsciously be concerned about what


    I did or said to her.


    And now she was aware of what I was capable of doing, she would definitely think twice before she


    took any more action. Seeing Antonia had left, I stood in the yard, spaced out for a while.


    I was so grateful that I had spent the past four years in peace. But now I thought about it, with them all


    Uncle Link’s assistant came to pick him up after dinner. And Nathan took Joey back home, too.


    With Joey going home, rie ran back to bed and fell asleep.


    Perhaps it was because I was getting older, I didn’t seem to be able to fall asleep quickly. On a


    midsummer night, the sky was full of stars - It was naturally beautiful.


    Maybe it had been hot and dry these few days, and the cicadas were always making noises. But


    fortunately, the nights were quiet, and with thepany of the cicadas, somehow I felt less lonely.


    In the middle of the night, there was a knock on the gate of the courtyard. I got up and opened the door


    - It was Dennis.


    Under the dim streetmp, the man’s eyes were low and deep, and his slender body stood like a jade


    at the door.


    Before I could speak, he had already embraced me in his arms. He didn’t speak, there was only the


    faint smell of alcohol surrounding him.


    Helping him into the yard, I said, “Were you drinking?”


    He didn’t respond to me but just hugged me quietly, looking like he was already asleep.


    It waste at night and the yard was getting cooler, so I got up and helped him back to the bedroom.


    Before helping him to the side of the bed, I was pressed against the door frame by him, and he held my


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    face and sniffed it.


    I raised my hand and tried to push him away, but I didn’t have enough strength to, “Dennis, let go!”


    Dennis stopped, his eyes were deep, and his handsome face was filled with sadness that I had not


    seen in a long time, “It’s been four years! I thought I could slowly forget you, but the longer it has been,


    the more ingrained it has be. I could only depend on alcohol to numb yourself on those lonely


    nights.”


    His words were unintelligible but painful.


    “Just get some sleep.” Then I helped him to sit on the bed. Sometimes, the drunk person acted like a


    child.


    Dennis didn’t want to lie on the bed. He justy on my knees and put his arms around me. After a long


    time, I heard his faint breathing.


    I sighed. My voice was low and calm, “Are you really drunk?”


    He didn’t say anything, just kept hugging me.


    I probably already knew the answer. If he was really drunk, I didn’t know he would be able to make it


    here to find me.


    I picked him up, put him on the bed, and I left the bedroom.


    I made him some soup and ced it by the bed. And I looked at the handsome gentleman who still had


    his eyes closed on the bed.


    I said, “I have a kid at home.


    If you want toe by, juste during the day. rie Bear has light sleep and wakes up easy.”


    Dennis slowly opened his eyes, and his two ck eyes fell on me, noble and elegant, “Are you angry?”


    I shook my head, feeling very light, “Not really. You get some rest and the soup should help with your


    hangover.”


    After all, it was the person I had used to be in love with - Even if you had let go, you just couldn’t act


    like you wereplete


    strangers to each other.


    After leaving the bedroom, I got into another room and rested.


    The morning sunshine shrouded the entire HL Area. It was too early, the sun was not strong, and the


    dense fog surrounded


    the small town.


    If you got up even earlier and climbed to the top of the mountain, you might be able to see the


    fairnd-like scene.


    I had to send rie Bear to school, so I got up early. I stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom, and


    looked at the woman


    with pale eyebrows in the mirror - Her eyebrows were pale and her skin was pale. When did the sad


    look I used to have on my


    face disappear?


    Perhaps it was at the moment when I left for the HL Area. That was the moment when I let go of


    everything in my heart. This


    ce was really a good piace to recuperate.


    In the yard, Dennis was already up. He was standing under the apricot tree in the yard, and he seemed


    to be looking at


    something.


    I just took a look at him, I didn’t go forward to interrupt him.


    Dennis looked back, and his eyes were calm, “Hey, you are awake.”


    I nodded and asked casually, “What would you like to have for breakfast?”


    “Anything would be nice.”


    I didn’t have much to say. My temper seemed to have gotten much lighter.


    rie Bear woke up too.


    She saw Dennis and seemed a bit surprised. The world of children was always simple and she didn’t


    think much before


    speaking.


    rie looked at Dennis and said, “Sir, why are you at my home?”


    Dennis smiled, “Because I am homeless.”


    Sometimes, what you said might be interpreted differently by the other person. I lowered my eyes - I


    always felt that as time


    went by, everyone''s heart would be a wastnd, and there would be no life anymore.


    During breakfast, rie was talkative and kept asking Dennis some strange questions.


    Dennis answered each one of her questions with ultimate patience.


    He looked at me and said with a light voice, “I’ve handled the stuff here at the hotel, and I will be going


    back to City P for a


    few days.”


    I nodded and didn’t say anything else.


    Dennis looked at me, and his eyes were deep, “Have some good rest.”


    When Toby drove to pick him up, Dennis left without saying goodbye, but just telling me to take a good


    rest.


    I watched Dennis leave, and I had peace of mind. He didn’t inform me when he came and left silently.


    The arrival of Link Kennedy gave the small county a refreshed look, and Derek Gilbert was removed


    from his position.


    The people in the hotel knew about what had happened with me and Antonia Gilbert.


    In the bathroom during the day, I got a message from Alex saying that he had gone back to Newton


    Town and woulde


    eke ant el he


    I replied a few words, closed the phone, and got ready to go out.


    There already arose the voices of discussion outside before I could get up.


    “Did you hear that Antonia’s father got into trouble? He was suspended. Some people say that he’s


    locked up now because the


    Prosecutor’s Office found a lot of money from their home.”


    “I heard about that too! His father has been corrupted taking bribes for years. Finally, someone fixed


    him, and Antonia could


    finally stop being ridiculously triumphant!”


    “I heard that it had to do with ra, hadn’t it? How did she pull that off?”


    "Was she someone''s mistress?"


    “She shouldn’t be. I heard that she is the goddaughter of Link Kennedy, so..


    Staying in the bathroom for too long was not pleasant at all, so I got up and opened the door, then the


    chatter of several


    people stopped abruptly.


    They all looked at me, smiled, and said hello, “Ms. ra. What a coincidence!”


    I nodded, said nothing, washed my hands, and left.


    In our life, when we were young, we would dwell on heartless gossip against us for a long time feeling


    hurt. But when we


    looked back yearster, those heartfelt hurts hadn’t been so bad honestly, it was just that our


    endurance was weak before.


    People with real confidence and capabilities would never fear gossip at all. Those meaningless words


    were just said by those insignificant others of yours, none of them you ever should care about.


    What they said wouldn’t be able to hurt you physicaily, what you needed to do was ignore them and


    move on. Those who spoke ill of others behind others’ back might be spoken ill against too.


    Back at the office, Uncle Link called and said that he would go to the city and take a look. Things in the


    HL Area were basically done.


    The deputy magistrate would temporarily manage the county for a few days until the new magistrate


    transferred from the urban area had arrived.


    And after a few simple and subtle words, he left.


    I was in a trance. People hade and now gone. Everything returned to normal, it was as if they had


    never appeared.


    It was the weekend.


    The HL Area was small, but a lot of folks would love to spend their weekends enjoying nature. Nathan


    and I were off today, and he proposed that we should go climbing with the two kids.


    There was a beautiful church on the mountain in the east of the HL Area, and it was not crowded. In


    addition, there was a


    lively carnival downtown, so there weren’t a lot of people nearby.