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“Got it,” Rachel said with a nod.
Gerald struggled to stand up and walked towards the stairs with the help of a servant.
Rachel approached Cassandra and nodded at her. “Mom, shall I send you back?”
“No! Take care of your mess. Let me remind you again that Tyler isn’t as easy to deal with as you think he is.” No one knew Tyler better than the Lewises. He was no ordinary, normal person.
Rachel nodded with a smile. “See you, then.”
Jim signaled to a servant to see Cassandra out. No matter what, he wouldn’t compromise on basic manners.
After everyone left, he approached Rachel.
“Rachel, that was too rash of you. I understand how anxious you are to fetch Mom back home, but we can always think of other ways. Something so risky… Although we don’t have direct interactions with Tyler Hunt, we’ve heard much about him over the years. He’s not someone easy to deal with.”
Jim didn’t seem to understand why Rachel wanted to take the risk.
But this was something only Rachel knew. This was a risk she had to take. Time was ticking, and Tyler was a bone she had to chew–no matter how tough.
However, she didn’t want her father worrying about her.
“Dad, don’t worry. I have my ways. Don’t worry so much. Also, I know you’re very filial, but don’t be blindly filial. What I mean is, do think for yourself, too.”
She was implying that Jim shouldn’t shortchange himself for Gerald’s sake, and to counter the latter at appropriate times. Jim knew what Rachel meant. “I know you’re saying that for my good. Regardless, your grandfather is an elder.”
To that, Rachel said nothing further. “I’ll be off, then.”
Jim thought about the reports he had read, and held Rachel back for one last reminder. “Don’t get too close to Tyler Hunt. He’s not someone we can handle. As for your sister… You know she doesn’t listen to me.”
“Okay.”
Rachel left the house after bidding Jim goodbye.
When she walked out the door, she looked up at the azure sky. Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes as she felt her heart growing cold.
The world was so vast, yet there was no place she could call home.
This house she used to live in felt unfamiliar to her right now.
She used to think that wherever William was would be her home. Yet now, even that was taken away by Samantha.
Their home was filled with her putrid stench–it disgusted Rachel thoroughly.
However, her priority now was thinking about how to persuade Tyler.
Given Tyler’s character, she knew even before she tried that he would never agree to helping her.
Thankfully, she had to return Tyler’s jacket, which at least gave her a chance to contact him.
Rachel knew clearly that, given Tyler’s suspicious nature, he would find out at one glance what she was trying to do.
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How was she going to persuade Tyler to agree to help her?
Rachel felt her head pounding. She had no idea where to begin.
Jim was right. No one in this world, even the most cunning of businessmen, could make her feel this way.
What made things worse was that she was running out of time.
She had to get this settled as soon as possible.
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