Crises in Love (Zora and Jaylan) novel Chapter 450

As Hannah's question hung in the air, I mulled over what to do.

Staring at the pile of items, I couldn't help but think Hazel must have forgotten she had these tucked away in her purse.

If she ever remembered, it would scare the living daylights out of her.

With her character of valuing money as much as life, if she realizes that she has entrusted the location of her treasured possessions to me, she could even leap out of her sickbed to come after me.

Not that I'm scared of her, but I do feel a pang of guilt going up against an elderly lady.

Hannah eyed me intently, "Allie, what are you thinking? You're not considering giving it all back, are you?"

I let out a half-laugh, and Hannah stamped her foot, "Come on, don't you go soft on her. That old woman, has she ever done a single nice thing for you?"

I shot her a glance and drawled, "You're right, of course, but..."

I paused to ponder, and Hannah immediately pressed, "But what?"

"But, we can't keep it here any longer!" I said, looking at her. "We need to move it to another bank."

Hannah snapped her fingers and raised an eyebrow, "Smart move!"

Without further ado, Hannah and I packed up the items and went to handle the storage unit's cancellation. With Hazel's ID in my possession, I was effectively the proxy, and the process was smooth.

Before leaving, I double-checked the Hazel’s bank card. To my amazement, it had a hefty balance.

I was baffled. Was Hazel really that confused? This had to be all she owned. Why would she just hand it over to me? Her action was truly beyond my comprehension.

I recalled the look in her eyes when she handed me the stuff at the hospital. I really couldn't grasp her meaning when she insisted, "Take it, it's yours! Use the money..."

I knew she meant for me to use the money to buy Evan a grave, but what about 'take it'? Especially since she included her ID. She had to be aware of that, right?

When she saw me with the wallet, her expression seemed relieved.

"Fair enough! If Hazel realizes what she did, do you think she'll be fuming?" Hannah queried, "Shall we head to another bank now?"

"Yes, let's get it over with. It's too bothersome carrying this stuff around." I scanned the area – Epoch Plaza was brimming with banks. "Let's hit that one," I pointed.

After securing a new deposit box and stashing away the belongings, I glanced at the old cellphone and wondered why I was still hanging onto it. Hannah tossed it into the box without a second thought, "Let's just leave it. The box is big enough."

"Good point," I agreed, placing everything back in its original order.

Once done, Hannah and I found a cozy restaurant to satisfy our hunger.

I had thought about heading to Medsafe Liyah Inc., but after bumping into Jaylan at the hospital that morning, the last thing I wanted was another encounter, I don’t want him to ruin my mood!

Instead, Hannah and I decided to house hunt. We checked out a couple of properties but didn't find anything good.

Resigning ourselves to heading home early, we'd barely walked through the door when Jessica's frantic call came through, her voice a cacophony of rage as I answered...