Chapter 96: CHAPTER 96: WHO IS CLARA?
" Oh no, what is wrong with her? Lemme see her first." Without taking the milk from her hand, her eyes widened and she rushed toward Lucy's room anxiously and the woman chuckled while shaking her head.
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Lucy held a paper as she lay stomach-down on her bed while her legs dangled in the air.
The smile on her face widened as she remembered what her big brother had told her that day. ' So, she was really his girlfriend.' She giggled and kissed the paper which had the name ' Clara ' engraved on it in every line.
She would be finally freed from Vivian's claws. ' hehehe.' but why didn't her big brother inform their father that he had a girlfriend? She tilted her head and played with the paper. ' hehe, that doesn't matter, as long as big bro is not going to marry Sis Viv.'
She was still smiling happily when the door suddenly swung open, and she looked up with a gasp then her eyes darted around anxiously as she tried to find a way to hide the paper which she finally put inside her mouth.
" Don't chew it!" Vivian commanded sharply and quickly strode forward then held her chin.
" Spill it out." she squeezed hard on her chin and the girl spilled the paper out with a cough. "hehe, sick right" she knew that Lucy was hiding something as she had been trying to avoid her for the past few days.
" Sis Viv. " Lucy stammered and her eyes darted behind the furious lady, looking for a way to escape.
Vivian held her shoulder down with a firm grip, preventing her from standing up, then quickly went toward the door and locked it. " Hehe, Lucy, what are you hiding, " she suddenly changed her expression and asked sweetly while sitting beside the girl then placed a hand on her shoulder.
Lucy shifted on the bed then cowered away. She preferred her usual stoic expression to the vicious smile on her face. " S..Sis Viv, I__"
" Unfold it!." Vivian snapped and pointed to the crumbled paper while glaring at the girl intimidatingly.
She sighed and slowly unfolded the paper with shaky hands while hoping she wouldn't ask her any more questions.
Vivian fixed her gaze on the paper and her expression instantly darkened. " Who is Clara, ?" She looked up at the girl who was biting her lip with her head down.
" She sh..she's my friend, fr..from school." Her eyes darted to the ground not daring to meet the taunting lady's gaze.
" hehe, your friend... this is obviously Big brother's handwriting. You, Lucy, is this why you've been hiding from me? Didn't I tell you to inform me everything about big brother!" She yelled exasperatedly and grabbed the girl's ear.
" Ouch, Sis Viv, you're hurting me. Pls pls pls let go," Lucy cried out as she felt the sharp pain in her ear. She knew this was going to happen but why would she proclaim her anger on her.
Vivian slowly released the girl and sighed. Her eyes darted to the paper again and her expression turned cold. " Tell me, who is she?" she stared at the girl who was now rubbing her ear.
" I..I don't know," Lucy mumbled and looked down again. All she knew was that her big brother loves her which she wouldn't dare tell her scheming cousin.
Vivian raised an eyebrow, knowing that it was useless to interrogate the girl, she stood up and strode out of the room.
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Why would Carl engrave a girl's name on a paper? And who the hell was that girl? She paced inside her room while biting her fingers with the other hand on her waist.
She had to do something. No, Carl was only hers. He wouldn't have fallen for that girl right. ' hehe.' She chuckled and shook her head. It's unbelievable.
She had waited for so many years to finally be with him and now that her dreams were about to be fulfilled she wouldn't allow anyone to get in her way.
Sitting on the bed, she retrieved her phone from the bedside table and contemplated whether to inform her father or not. ' hehe, I can handle this myself.' A cold glint flashed through her eyes and she tossed the phone on the bed.
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Jack glanced at the girl who had been beaming for some minutes now while staring down at her phone since they left her apartment then he chuckled.
" Clara, can you do something for me please?" He spoke up softly after a while and his gaze couldn't leave the cheerful girl.
" Mmm? what is it?" Clara nodded her head then dropped the phone, as the morning breeze blew on her face from the Car window and she inhaled deeply.
" Ehm, there's somewhere I'd like you to accompany me. . . If you don't mind, " he muttered and looked ahead, afraid that he might cause a collision with the car ahead if he didn't stop gawking at her.
Clara frowned and tilted her head then turned to him. " Where is it? " she inquired expectantly and Jack chuckled.
" It's a secret. You'll see when we get there." He pinched her nose with one hand while the other was on the stirring wheel.
" Hehe, is it a surprise?"
" Yeah, you could say that. . . hehehe"
" Mmm Okay, I love surprises and__" she suddenly stopped and contemplated for some seconds before asking, " Ehm Jack, do you and Carl know each other?"
" Carl?." He almost pressed the brakes and a frown appeared on his face. Why is she suddenly asking about Carl?. He remembered her ordeal at the hospital and his fists tightened on the stirring wheel until his knuckles turned white.
" We were friends. . . a long time ago, " he muttered and looked straight ahead with a dark expression, not wanting to be reminded of the horrible thing he had done to his family.
Clara watched his reaction and sighed. Maybe something big had happened between them. She put on a smile and decided not to inquire further. She could ask Carl. He would probably tell her, right?
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