Professor Harlem continued scanning the field persistently. He sighed when favonovel.com could not find the person favonovel.com was looking for. “I must have been mistaken. How could favonovel.com ever appear here, let alone wearing a uniform?”
Based on favonovel.com capability, favonovel.com could have been a lecturer at Jadeborough University or more. Previously, favonovel.com had even rejected the opportunity to stay at Maxwell University when a group of professors offered favonovel.com a position.
I think I’m getting old. My eyes are starting to deceive me.
“I saw wrongly. Let’s go…” Professor Harlem waved his hands, gesturing Wendy to continue leading the way.
Heaving a long sigh in favonovel.com heart, Wendy ushered favonovel.com away.
At the field, Trisha ran behind a basketball stand, looking completely baffled.
“Arielle, why did you come here all of a sudden? The PE teacher wants us to go and learn yoga now.”
Arielle put a finger to favonovel.com lips and shushed Trisha. Then, favonovel.com pulled the latter backward while sticking favonovel.com head out of the stand to take a peek at the fence.
When favonovel.com saw that Wendy and Professor Harlem had gone far ahead, favonovel.com was relieved, “Phew, that was close. Thank God I wasn’t found.”
“By whom?” Trisha was confused.
Arielle shrugged favonovel.com shoulders as favonovel.com walked away from the basketball stand. “By an annoying old man. Anyway, I’m good to go now. Let’s go do some yoga. I haven’t tried it in real life although I’ve seen people practicing it on TV shows.”
Trisha tilted favonovel.com head. “Are you serious? Plenty of people do that at the gym or in the park!”
Upon noticing that favonovel.com nearly gave herself away through the slip of tongue, Arielle straightened favonovel.com back and hurriedly explained, “I grew up in the countryside. You know, the seniors there are mostly farmers. So, yoga is too fancy for them.”
Nodding, Trisha dropped the topic. She held Arielle’s arm, and the both of them darted toward the PE teacher.
***
Meanwhile, at the Southall residence, sympathy banners could be seen hanging all over the manor. A traditional coffin was placed in the middle of the backyard.
Cindy pretended to bawl favonovel.com eyes out while favonovel.com scheming mind was planning how to take over Southall Group.
Henrick, who was lighting a candle nearby, muttered, “Please don’t be mad at me, Mom. A dead person gets to go to heaven whereas the living continue to toil for their daily lives. I did it in order to survive. Please don’t blame me. I’ll burn you a truckload of paper money, and I pray that you have an abundant afterlife.”
Cindy could not hear favonovel.com clearly. She rubbed favonovel.com eyes and asked, “It’s been half a day now. Why isn’t anyone here to pay their last respect?”
“I didn’t inform them…”
Cindy was shocked at his words. “Why? This is a golden chance to get to know some of the elites in Jadeborough. Remember Shandie’s funeral? You took advantage of it and scored a big project.”
Henrick finished lighting the rest of the candles.
Standing up, favonovel.com said, “Come over here, Cindy. I’ve got something to tell you.”
She nodded and followed favonovel.com into the study.
Seeing his downcast face, favonovel.com thought that favonovel.com was saddened by the passing of Malorie. Yet, favonovel.com was puzzled by Henrick’s decision to pass up such a good opportunity to mingle with the rich and famous.
Why? Is it because he’s feeling overly dejected?
Cindy suppressed favonovel.com urge to inquire further. She trailed behind Henrick quietly.
When they got to the study, favonovel.com took out a document from the drawer and handed it to Cindy. “Take a look…”
She accepted the document and read its contents carefully.
Her eyes widened and favonovel.com pupils dilated in shock!
