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Jared frowned as he retrieved his memories. “As far as I can remember, there wasn't anything wrong.”
Natalie was unsure how she ought to dwell on it.
Meanwhile, Joyce couldn't stand it and grabbed Natalie's phone away from her. “Jared, it's me.”
“Hey Joyce,” Jared greeted her smilingly.
“Good boy!” Joyce said delightedly, “Well, let me cut a long story short. Shane is crazy and abusing Nat mentally.
The reason behind it is that Yulia probably did something wrong to the Thompson family. As a result, Shane vents
his anger on Nat now.”
“What?” Jared's smile froze for a while. “How dare Shane do this to Nat! Is Nat alright?”
“She's healthy mentally but not in good spirits. Anyway, she has felt a lot better after I comforted her. So, we want
to figure out what Yulia did in the past to solve the predicament between Nat and Shane,” Joyce explained.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJared frowned for a while. “I don't know if Mom ever offended the Thompsons. I can't recall anything related to it so
far.”
“Think closely again! After all, Yulia took care of you, and you spent a lot of time with her. Could it be that you
overlooked things that might look trivial to you?” Joyce didn't give up.
After all, Jared was their only chance to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Joyce tried it with Shane and Silas but couldn't get more information from them.
“Alright, let me think again.” Jared's expression turned grim.
He had to recall the past carefully for the sake of Nat.
While Jared was deep in thought, Joyce handed the phone back to Natalie.
Natalie heaved a sigh. “Perhaps Jared doesn't know anything.”
“Let's wait and see if Jared can remember anything. Otherwise, you can buy some sleeping pills to feed Mr. Shane.
Also, you can consider making him drunk to extract information. What do you think?” Joyce gazed at her playfully.
Natalie almost burst into laughter and wanted to tease Joyce for coming up with the crazy ideas. All of a sudden,
Jared yelled, “Nat, I remember something!”
Natalie and Joyce gazed at each other, for they were surprised by the dramatic turn of events.
Meanwhile, Joyce said smugly, “See? I told you that we should wait.”
“Damn it.” Natalie rolled her eyes at Joyce and put the phone near her ear again. “Jared, have you recalled
something? Did Mom ever do something unfavorable to the Thompson family?”
“I'm not exactly sure what Mom did. It happened nine years ago, and I remember the date was...” Jared knocked on
his forehead and continued, “I think it was October 9. On that day, Mom looked drunk and cried once she got home.
Also, she kept apologizing and saying that things would be different if she could be there earlier.”
“Be there earlier?” Natalie was confuddled.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhat does it mean?
Jared scratched his head as he recalled the details. “Mom came home after she met David. So, I wonder if
something happened between them on that day.”
Natalie's end was quiet, and she only pursed her lips as though she was deep in thought.
Joyce nudged her and asked, “How is it?”
“October 9... This date is vaguely familiar.” Natalie frowned deeply.
After a while, Jared added, “By the way, I remember that Mom would go out on that day every year since I was
three years old. When she came home, she wouldn't look too good. I had never thought more about it until nine
years ago when Mom came home and looked completely devastated.”
Come to think of it, October 9 was perhaps a significant day for Mom.
“Wait a second. Yulia would be in a bad mood every October 9 since Jared was three years old. However, Jared also
mentioned that Yulia probably had a fallout with David nine years ago. These events seem to be interconnected,
and are perfectly complementary to one another...”
Although Joyce stopped halfway, Natalie understood what she was trying to say.
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