“He’s leaving?”
Sabrina who had just been allowed to take some food back at the Hayes found herself losing appetite after listening to Sasha. “Where’s he going?”
“I don’t know. I saw someone introducing a pilot to him, telling him to contact the pilot any time he wants to leave.”
Sabrina was at a loss for words.
She knew that her brother’s condition was about the same as what the woman had described.
After the Hayes had regained power, their financial support had been cut off. Hence, Sabrina was not at all surprised when she heard Sasha saying that Sebastian was contemplating leaving.
“Didn’t you trying explaining to him?”
“I did, but he’s not listening. Besides, I tried your suggestion and sounded him out in the game but he was not walking his talk.”
Sasha cried as she sat on the grass clutching onto her phone.
Sabrina was rendered speechless.
She tried to bite her tongue but to no avail. In the end, she decided to spill the beans and said, “Don’t blame him, our father said some nasty things to him the other day.”
“W-what?”
“My father thought that Sebastian was behind the idea of us stealing from the memorial hall and reprimanded him. He accused Sebastian of being a hypocrite, claiming that my brother was merely feigning disinterest. My father even challenged him to let him know straight away if he was indeed after it, chiding him for being a coward for hiding behind two women.”
Sasha felt an epiphany hit her.
She stopped in her tracks right then and froze on the ground.
Did I hear her wrong?
How could a father say that to his own son? Did he know what it truly meant, and how deep his words could cut?
Sasha finally stopped crying.
She felt a chill down her spine as the pang of realization hit her. A sense of remorse and guilt washed over her.
What have I done?
How could I let him suffer such indignation? And yet I have the audacity to wonder why he’s still mad at me?
Sasha was on the brink of losing her mind.
Then, she dashed to the roadside and halted a cab. “To the Hayes Residence at Gold Street.”
“Sure, Miss.”
The cab sped toward her destination.
Upon reaching the place, she was rather disappointed to hear someone telling her that Frederick was not in.
“Sasha, why are you here? Do you think you haven’t already caused enough trouble for Sebastian?”
The man who walked out of the Hayes Residence was Sebastian’s cousin, Saul Hayes.
He was the eldest son of Ethan, and the man grimaced at the sight of Sasha.
She still remembered the day when the cold breeze blew past her face. It was the first time she had stepped into the place after she came back from the dead.
The old folks who recognized her were beyond excited at the sight of her.
However, things are different now.
Sasha braced against the cold wind with fury written all over her face as she was distraught with disappointment.
“Wait a minute. Who are you? Why are you here?”
“I’m looking for Frederick Hayes. Where is he?” Sasha snapped.
The woman was boiling over with rage that she enunciated his full name.
The nurse in charge turned pale.
Frederick Hayes?
Did she just utter the president’s full name? Who is she?
Just when she was about to ask someone to chase Sasha out, a silhouette appeared from behind the two women.
“Let her in. She’s Mr. Hayes’s guest.”
“Oh… Okay.”
Sasha finally got what she wanted.
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