“Um…” Jessica hesitantly said, “can I stay in this house until I can walk?” Russell looked up at Jessica in a bit of a shock. “W-What?” “I mean, my brother isn’t home, and I will be there alone,” she quickly explained. “You know how unsafe that neighborhood is.” “Uh…” Russell didn’t know whether to stay silent or accept her request. Knowing her, he didn’t think she purposely injured herself so she could stay here. “This isn’t my house, so I can’t be the one to make the final decision.” “Leave it to me, Russell. I’ll convince the old man,” Jessica confidently said. After all, she got injured because of the old man’s inadequacy, so she was sure of making him feel guilty enough he’d allow her to stay in the house for a few days. “And about Amelie, how about we post it in the news? This could help us in case she’s still somewhere.” “News, huh… Why would they help us? All it does is give them an opportunity to demand money from Roddick,” Russell said. Jessica was surprised to hear tha

Regan explained from his perspective the need for power to fend off the feds and keep his dream game going strong in the future.“I’ve built something that will help humanity experience fantasy on a whole new level, sir. I’ve got no ill intentions,” Regan spoke as the head chef personally brought the thousand -year-old wine and opened the seal right before their eyes and served it.Irene was watching that from a distance and was very surprised. “The Millenium Wine! Just a sip costs 10,000 dollars! Why is Mr. Regan wouldn’t easily serve the most precious wine of the hotel even to the VVIPs is now serving to that man? He even brought a whole damn sealed pot. Just who the hell is that apple?” Her mouth watered more the more she looked at him. She tried to take a picture from a distance, but to her surprise, the picture came out blurry. She took another photo and the same thing happened. Just the part of Benjamin was turning out to be blurry. “What the heck? Is there a problem with the le

The next morning.Jessica woke up in the tuition hall. She had slept on the mat without much of a problem, even with the wound she had on her foot.For a second, she was surprised because she forgot that she hadn’t slept in her house last night. “That’s right. I’m now staying at Russell’s teacher’s house.”Just then, Russell brought her molten chocolate and biscuits, but he teased her by dipping the long biscuits in the chocolate and eating them himself.Jessica drooled visibly. Her greatest weakness in life would probably be her addiction to chocolate. “R-Russell, if you eat all of it yourself, you’re going to get diarrhea!”“No. I won’t.”“Don’t you know that sharing is caring? Give me some of that!” Jessica raised her voice.“If you want your injury to heal fast, you should avoid anything that has sugar in it,” Russell replied. “That’s why my teacher is preparing a special herbal decoction for you. You should look forward to it.”“Then why are you eating chocolate biscuits in fron

“I-I never had the opportunity to learn how to drive,” Jessica lowered her gaze and scratched her cheek. “So…”Tom went silent for a bit. He put some pieces together and realized that Jessica was probably from a poor background. Otherwise, it just wouldn’t make sense that she wasn’t able to learn how to drive a car when that would be the first thing any growing teenager from a decent family would do. “If you don’t know how to drive, then you just have to ask Russell to teach you.”Jessica’s eyes brightened. “Y-You really are super smart, sir. H-How could I not think of that? I will definitely ask him to teach me!” She could already imagine Russell holding her hand while helping her change the gears in the car, and she blushed in return.“Then I’ll leave you to your devices,” Tom said and walked away. “If you need help, then just ask.”“Thank you,” Jessica said.Tom just raised his hand without looking back. He walked out of the house and spotted Russell sitting on a bench in the dista

Tom came back into the house and couldn’t sit still after knowing that Russell had gone out to deal with a drug cartel all alone.He didn’t know if staying in this house was a good idea or not, but would these gangsters really dare to come into the house and attack in broad daylight?He came into the hall to talk to Jessica.Jessica was looking at the female photo in the hall. “Is that your wife’s?”“Yes.” Tom smiled and said.“She’s so beautiful,” Jessica said because the picture was of when Rachel was young. “Her curly hairstyle… is very attractive.”Tom’s smile stayed on his lips for a little longer. “Your hairstyle is cool, too.”“Thanks. Russell told me about her,” Jessica said. “I’m sorry for what happened.”Tom’s smile somewhat dwindled. “Many adults over 60 are getting Alzheimer's these days for various reasons such as avoiding cholesterol by eating only egg whites or skinless chicken and whatnot. But the thing is… most of our brain is made up of cholesterol, and so it is need