Chapter 220


    Emily saw that the calls were all from Joyce and James, and there were a lot of people texting her, but


    she didn''t have time to text them back one by one. She quickly dialed James'' number, but no one


    answered, so she had to call Joyce.


    As soon as Joyce picked her phone, she asked, "Emily, where the hell have you been? Why didn''t you


    call me until now?"


    Emily was also speechless since she didn''t want to do so, so she had to exin, "It''s a little


    troublesome and is out of my expectation. Where''s James? I dialed him but no one answered me just


    now. Is he at your house?"


    "He''s long gone." Joyce said, "The day we went back and then the next day, he received a call from his


    family saying something happened at his home. He was in a hurry to go back home to deal with it. He


    even left Bryce with us. I haven''t heard from him in the past few days. He disappeared like you, but he


    made a phone call, and then there was no word from him."


    "What? Something happened to his family?" Emily was surprised.


    James'' family was a family of academics, and his parents and rtives were engaged in scientific


    research. They were either university teachers, professors, or editors. Normally, they lived a peaceful


    life. How would something suddenly happen?


    "You can''t get through to him, right? I can''t get through to him either. The kids have been nagging about


    you for the past few days, and I''m in a great hurry. Emily, if you cane back now, thene back


    first! Just to see the kids, and then we can think of a way to contact him after youe back." Joyce


    added.


    Emily said "Yes" and quickly answered, "Okay, I''ll be right back. Wait for me."


    After she hung up, Emily said to Lisa, "Drive me to XXX road! I''ll go to visit my friend."


    "That girl named Joyce?" Lisa asked.


    Emily nodded. Lisa and Joyce knew each other, so she didn''t keep it secret to Lisa.


    Lisa sighed and opened her mouth as if to say something to Emily, but she didn''t speak out. She


    stepped on the gas and quickly drove her to the ce.


    Emily thanked Lisa after she got out of the car and hurried to Joyce''s house.


    Joyce was at home to look after two kids. When she saw Emilying back, she asked anxiously,


    "Emily, where have you been all this time? You don''t even give me a call. Do you know we''re all


    worried about you?"


    Emily apologized immediately, "Joyce, I''m sorry, I''m so sorry. It''s all my fault. I really didn''t expect


    Franklin to lock me up there and not let me out. If I had found a way, I would have contacted you."


    "Mom." Bryce heard her voice and ran out of the room. Then he hugged her leg and called her


    aggrievedly.


    When Emily saw that his son''s eyes were red, she quickly lowered her head, picked him up, and kissed


    his little face hard.


    "Bryce, do you miss mom? I''m sorry, I''m sorry. It''s all my fault. Mom will never leave you behind


    anymore. Please forgive me, okay?"


    "Mom, don''t leave Bryce behind anymore." Bryce said aggrievedly and nudged her neck lovingly.


    The mother and son huddled together and were so intimate that Joyce was embarrassed to say


    something unimportant.


    When the mother and son finally had gotten quite an intimacy, Bryce got out of Emily''s arms and went


    to y with Deny.


    Only then did Joyce say to Emily, "You said Franklin locked you up? Couldn''t he have imprisoned you?"


    "Yes, he''s a psycho. I don''t even know why he did this. He''s simply..." Emily blushed at the thought of


    what Franklin had done to her during that week. It was so unspeakable that she was both angry and


    shy.


    However, Joyce did not realize what had happened and she just thought that Franklin just simply


    locked Emily up. Joyce could not help but frown and say, "Yes, it''s too much for him to lock you up even


    though he''s getting married."


    "What? Who''s getting married?" Emily was stunned and immediately asked Joyce.


    Joyce said, "Of course it''s Franklin. Two days ago, he announced that he was going to have a wedding


    with Avery. Even the wedding date was set in next month. Then he exined why he hadn''t gotten


    married before. He said that he had an ex-wife, you, who had been missing and recently appeared. So


    Franklin got divorced from you before he nned his wedding to Avery. You don''t even know what the


    what''s going on."


    Emily looked at Joyce in a daze, only to see Joyce''s mouth open and close. Emily could no longer hear


    what Joyce said.


    Two days ago?


    "Emily, Emily?" When she saw that Emily was in a daze, Joyce pushed Emily to bring Emily back to


    sense.


    Emily then came back to her senses but looked at Joyce in a daze.


    Joyce said, "Are you too happy to say anything? That''s good. He''s getting married so he won''t pester


    you anymore. You can live in peace with James. To be honest, James is a good person. He is cultured,


    educated, and good to your children. He is a rare good man, much more reliable than that Franklin."


    "Show me the news. I want to make sure if it is true." Emily didn''t seem to hear Joyce''s words and was


    still thinking about the reliability of the news.


    Joyce quickly found the news on her phone and showed it to her, "Look, the news has been announced


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    for several days. It has been being reported over the past few days."


    Emily read the news. It was true.


    Then thements below were even more heart-wrenching. Franklin got married but people were all


    cursing Emily. They said that Emily had been a dog in the manger and then she stopped the couple


    who were childhood sweethearts, a perfect match, so she should have hereuppance.


    Anyway, there were all kinds of unpleasant words, which were so uneptable, and cursed her, the


    ex-wife to die early.


    Emily''s face turned pale. Joyce quickly grabbed the phone and said, "Don''t read thements


    anymore. These people really have nothing to do but poke their nose into others'' business. They don''t


    mind their own business but they like to meddle in other people''s business. They don''t know what


    happened. They have no reason to gossip here. Emily, forget it."


    "But Joyce, I..."


    Emily suddenly wanted to cry and felt extremely aggrieved.


    She was like a girl who had been bullied and humiliated for so many days. Even though she had been


    bullied for so many days, in her heart, she still felt that the person who bullied her still had feelings for


    her. But now she knew that he was only flirting with her without any feelings at all. Her self-esteem was


    suddenly trampled on and her heart was pounding and then it was thrown into the mud.


    "Haroooo..." Emily couldn''t help but cry on Joyce''s shoulder.