Ch. 2281..2290
Chapter 2281 Sabrian's childhood and even her teenage years were very miserable. However, no matter how miserable life was, she felt life was sweet as long as she had her parents by her side. However, her father passed away when she was twelve years old. Her mother then traveled a long distance from the small village in the mountains with her and sent her to her biological father.
From then on, at least she would not be lacking in basic necessities and had to wear clothes that were patched up as she did in the small village in the mountains. However, she was emotionally abused the whole time, and it was her biological father who had abused her. Any child would long to have the warmth of a family, to have their parents by their sides, and to be protected by the love of their strong and dependable father. However, Sabrina did not have any of that.she had to bear everything, all the grievances, and all the scolding and disgust from the Lynn family by herself.
However, things were different at that moment. Sabrina's daughter was loved by her mother and protected by her father, she has the best environment for her to study, and her life was free of worries and was filled with happiness.
Sabrina no longer needed to worry that her daughter would suffer in the first half of her life as her mother did.
Once she thought of suffering, Sabrina suddenly thought of her own mother. In the past week, Sabrina never spoke to her mother about that man named James anymore. Sabrina had figured it out. Her mother was only in her fifties, she still has the right to be in love and to choose a man who was fond of her. There was nothing wrong with that. Even if her mother were to fall over and be injured, that would also be her mother's life. Sabrina thought that she had to visit her mother the following week and apologize to her Yvonne saw that Sabrina was in a daze, so she asked, "what's the matter, Sabrina?"
Sabrina was embarrassed. "Yvonne, we...are actually more or less selfish as a person. We can only accept wild behavior when someone is young, but can't accept wild behavior of someone who is old. Take my mother, she had never experienced a beautiful love in her life, she finally has a man pursuing her when she is in her fifties, but I still gave her such a hard time. Now that I think about it, I truly shouldn't have acted like that."
Yvonne smiled. In fact, Sabrina did not visit her mother in the past few days, but Yvonne and Marcus often went to visit her. In terms of the relationship of a family, Gloria was also considered Yvonne's aunt-in-law. Yvonne looked at Sabrina and took the initiative to say, "Do you want me, your cousin-in-law, to help be the middle person for you and your mother?"
Cousin-in-law? Sabrina raised her gaze and looked at Yvonne. This silly girl actually claimed herself to be Sabrina's cousin-in-law. However, she was right. Yvonne was married to Marcus. Marcus was Sabrina's cousin, so Yvonne was indeed Sabrina's cousin-in- law. Not only was she Sabrina's cousin-in-law, but she was also Ruth's cousin-in-law.
Usually, when Sabrina, Yvonne, and Ruth were together, Yvonne was the youngest, so she had always been taking advantage of them and acting like a spoiled child because she was the youngest. However, she suddenly claimed herself to be Sabrina's older cousin's wife, so Sabrina was so pissed that she wanted to smack her. she raised her hand but she did not smack her.
Instead, she felt pissed. "Do it, help US work through our conflict now. Since you're the wife of my older cousin, then you have to act the part. Call your aunt-in-law, who is also my mother, now. Tell her that I'll go see her tomorrow. Tell her she can...date James."
Sabrina truly was unable to personally say those words to her mother, so it was a good thing to make Yvonne call her instead.
Yvonne took out her phone and immediately called Gloria. The call was answered very quickly. On the other end of the call, Gloria said something that was very strange, "Yvonne, is that you? Listen to me, find some time and get a divorce.
Just do as I say!"
Chapter 2282 Yvonne was so confused when she heard it. she then blurted out, " What did you say? You want me to get a divorce?"
On the other end of the line, Gloria said rather sadly, "Mm-hmm. I thought of my unfortunate marriage, and I think it's meaningless for women to get married!"
Yvonne was speechless, she has always had a fear of marriage, and she has yet to be married to Marcus. Marcus also did not rush her, anyway. The two of them had already done everything, and she had already moved into the Shaw family's house as Marcus' wife. The only thing that they have not done was get married. However, why did Gloria repeatedly stress that she should get a divorce? That was very strange.
Just as Yvonne wanted to ask something, Gloria hurriedly said on the other end of the line, "I'm hanging up." After that, she immediately hung up the call.
Yvonne looked at Sabrina. "That's very strange of her."
Sabrina was stunned, she had a sense of foreboding, she no longer had the mind to have a picnic anymore, so she immediately got up and said, "This won't do. I have to go to my mother's house to have a look."
Yvonne and Ruth also got up. Both of them were already packing up. "Let's hurry up before anything happens to Madam Gloria.
Quickly!"
Three of them, as well as the children, packed up all the cutleries and things for the picnic even quicker. One and a half hours later, Sabrina, Yvonne, and Ruth arrived at Gloria's house together.
Sabrina got out of the car and quickly knocked on the door while shouting anxiously, "Mom, Mom, Mom!"
Nobody answered.
"Madam Gloria!"
"Aunt Gloria!"
"Grandma..."
Yvonne, Ruth, as well as the children, were all shouting together outside the door.
Not a sound was heard in the courtyard.
Sabrina took out her phone and called her mother. The phone kept ringing on the other end of the line, but nobody answered. Sabrina got more and more anxious, she immediately called the locksmith. After she showed her identification documents to the locksmith, she asked them to unlock the door.
The yard was empty. Her mother was not in the yard at all. After she entered the house, everything there was very clean. Her mother was not at home, where could she have gone to?
Sabrina was so anxious that her head was covered with sweat.
There was a catch in her throat. "I... Mom, it's my fault....it's my fault. I...I shouldn't have ignored you for a week. I shouldn't have. Mom...Y-You're going to be fine, right, Mom..."
After saying that, she was already sobbing. She was the one who did not care for her mother enough. If anything bad were to happen to her mother, how could Sabrina live? she was unable to accept that such a thing had happened. She was so frightened that her legs turned to jelly and she slowly dropped to the ground. It was Aino who had held her mother.
"Mom, don't be afraid and don't worry so much. I'm guessing that Grandma should be fine. She should at least be safe for now because she was still able to pick up the phone when Aunt Yvonne called her an hour ago. That means she is still fine. Isn't that right, Mom?" Aino calmly looked at her mother and comforted her.
While comforting her, she helped Sabrina to the couch and let her sit on it.
Sabrina looked at her daughter with a pleading gaze. "You're right, Aino. Go on, Aino, tell me more, quickly."
Aino scanned the surroundings and went into her grandmother's bedroom to have a look before she came out. "I have looked everywhere in Grandma's house. There is no sign of a man living here, not even a little bit."
Chapter 2283 "This means that Grandma didn't bring that man home to spend the night. She is a woman who treasures herself."
"You brat! Don't tell me about all this nonsense. Quickly tell me where your grandmother is?" Sabrina was so anxious that she wanted to smack Aino.
Actually, Sabrina had always been a calm person. However, when it came to her mother's matters, no matter how calm Sabrina was, she would not be able to stay calm. If something were to happen to her mother, she really would live in guilt for the rest of her life. It was her fault that she did not care about her mother enough. It was her fault!
Aino took a long breath, rolled her eyes, and gave it a thought while mumbling, "Aunt Yvonne and Uncle Marcus were clearly not married yet, but Grandma stressed twice to Aunt Yvonne, asking her to get a divorce. This clearly was very sudden and out of the ordinary. The intention of her saying these words is certainly to attract our attention. This means that she should now be in a dangerous situation."
"Your grandma is in danger, your grandma is in danger. No, I can't let your mother be in danger." Without waiting for Aino to finish her words, Sabrina was already going to rush out.
"Mom!" Aino called out to Sabrina. "Calm down, Mom, calm down! You won't be able to save Grandma like that." At that moment, the 12-year-old daughter was even calmer than the mother who was in her thirties.
Sabrina looked at Aino with tears in her eyes. "That's my mother." Aino nodded. "I know that, Mom. You should first calm down and listen to me."
Sabrina quickly nodded her head and forced herself to calm down. " Go on, go on."
"Mom, we have to first call the police now. Aunt Ruth, call the police," while speaking to her mother, Aino called out to Ruth as well Ruth quickly called the police.
Aino then continued, "I think Grandma was certainly giving US a hint in that call, what was she hunting? why did she bring up divorce? What else did she say? Her unfortunate marriage back then? Her so-called unfortunate marriage was the one with my...
Lincoln Lynn?"
Aino raised her head and looked at Sabrina.
Sabrina nodded. "It's him!"
"Then, would Grandma be at Lincoln's house?" Aino asked.
Sabrina, on the other hand, slowly became calm. "It's impossible. Lincoln and his family are all in the detention center. They can't get out at all. The Lynn family's mansion had long been seized by the court because of Lincoln's debts, she has no reason to go there. Even if someone were to abduct her, it's not likely that they'll go there."
"Then..." Aino pinched her chin and pondered. Suddenly, her eyes lit up as it hit her. "Mom! You have forgotten that Grandma has another house, the one in the suburbs with a vegetable garden!"
"That's right! Why didn't I think of that?" Sabrina's eyes also instantly lit up. Her mother had met Lincoln at that country house with the vegetable garden back then and then she married him later on.
Sabrina immediately headed out in a rush, while rushing out, she shouted to the people being her, "My mom is definitely there, and I think it's the abductors who took her three after they abducted her. Hurry up and follow me to the venerable garden, oh, right, Ruth, have you called the police?"
Ruth ran out after her. "I did. I've called the police. I'm still on the call right now."
"Tell the police and ask them to rush to my mother's vegetable garden located in the suburbs...." While Sabrina was talking, she has already gotten to her car.
The children followed behind her closely and got in the car one after another. Yvonne and Marcus also drove in one car behind her. Both the cars then sped off in the direction of the suburb.
In just an hour, Sabrina arrived outside of her mother's vegetable garden in the suburb. Before she stopped her car, she saw that several police cars had surrounded her mother's vegetable garden. What exactly happened to her mother? Why was there such a huge commotion?
Sabrina's heart sank. Do not let anything happen to her mother. Do not! Never!
Once she parked her car, Sabrina immediately rushed to a police officer, and her voice was stuck in her throat. "S-Sir, my...what's the situation of my mother?"
Chapter 2284 The police officer took a look at Sabrina. "May I know who you are? It "I am my mother's daughter," Sabrina said to the police without thinking.
The police officer did not blame Sabrina, but he nodded and said instead, "You're Madam Gloria's daughter, right?"
Sabrina hurriedly nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. May I know where my mother is right now? Is she...in danger?"
The police officer turned his head, raised his hand, pointed at somewhere nearby, and said to Sabrina, "There, Madam Gloria has already come out unharmed."
"What?" Sabrina abruptly turned her head around, and she saw that her mother was already slowly walking out while being escorted by two police officers.
"Mom!" Sabrina immediately rushed toward her mother. She ran to her mother very quickly and immediately hugged her. There was even a catch in her throat as she said, "Mom, what happened to you? You've scared me to death! what exactly is going on?
I'm sorry, Mom. I'm sorry! I shouldn't have not checked in on you for a week. In the future, don't stay by yourself anymore. Come back and stay with me. You've scared me to death, Mom. If something were to happen to you, how could I live, Mom!"
Speaking of that, Sabrina was already sobbing so hard she was unable to speak. She hugged her mother for a very long time and was unwilling to let go.
Gloria also hugged Sabrina. "My child, I'm fine. Nothing happened to me. It's just a false alarm. I'm the one who has wronged you these days. I should have told you the truth, but I was afraid that you'll be worried after you found out. I'm also afraid that I can't do a good enough job. So I didn't tell you anything and I've made you worried about me the whole time. I'm the one who feels that I've wronged you."
Sabrina immediately raised her head and looked at her mother with teary eyes. "Mom, what exactly is going on?"
Her mother raised her hand to wipe off Sabrina's tears for her, and then she smiled. "Let go. Let's first go home, and we'll talk about it when we get home."
Sabrina nodded. "Mm-hmm."
After that, she turned her head around and looked at the police. " Thank you."
Only then did she get in the car with her mother.
When they were on their way back, her mother was a little tired, so she fell asleep as soon as she got in the car. Even though Sabrin was filled with a million questions, she did not say anything. It was after they had arrived home that Sabrina asked her mother seriously, "Mom, what exactly is going on? Do you have something that you're hiding from me?"
At that moment, Gloria laughed. Her laughter indicated that she was feeling apologetic but also proud.
"I'm old. I've always had this feeling that I'm useless and I've not achieved anything. I was only able to dance and whatnot in the senior citizen dance group. That was until I met James one day," Gloria said slowly.
"Whatever happened today has something to do with James?" Sabrina had actually guessed it, but since her mother had a scare today, she did not want to reprimand her anymore. After all, it was already all in the past.
Her mother nodded. "Mm-hmm. It's related to him."
Hearing her mother saying that, Sabrina immediately wrapped her arm around her mother. "It's fine, Mom. It's fine. It's good that it's just a scare and you're not in danger. Everything will be better in the future. You will certainly meet a better man. You're so beautiful, you can play the piano, and you can dance as well. There are many men lining up to pursue you. I'm not lying to you, pretty lady."
Sabrina did not speak of a single complaint about her mother. At that moment, she only wanted to comfort her mother. However, when Gloria heard her daughter comforting her like that, she laughed even louder. She laughed heartily. After that, she got up from her daughter's arms, looked at their daughter while feeling a little proud of herself, and said, "silly girl, do you really think your mother only thinks about being in love?"
Sabrina was stunned. "Mom, what...what do you mean?"
At that moment, she was unable to understand her mother.
Looking at her mother's expression, it was as if her mother had always been hiding something from her.
Chapter 2285 Gloria looked at her daughter lovingly, and then she raised her hand to touch Sabrina's hair. "My child, I am not old. I am only in my early fifties. I have kept myself in quite a good condition, so I look like I'm forty-five at a glance. I have a nice figure, I can play the piano, and I can dance. You're right about all this. If I really wanted to get myself a boyfriend, with the level that your grandfather is trying to please me and also with the Shaw family's background, it shouldn't be a problem for me to find a good man."
Sabrina smiled. "That's right, Mom. You don't need to worry. I'm guessing that the line of men who want to pursue you could reach the moon, and every one of them is elite. We'll have so many options that we can pick and choose from."
Gloria shook her head, then she sighed. "But, my heart...had long been covered in holes."
Sabrina was speechless.
"I've been living in misery since childhood. I had been abused by your grandfather, your uncle, and also your grandfather's wife growing up. Later on, I was only nineteen when I ran away from home. When I felt sick in the Yale family's house, who grew vegetables for a living, my heart had already died. I've lost all hope. I have never thought of going back to the Shaw family in my life anymore. I have never wanted to be a graceful lady from an eminent family. Even though my biological father was a very powerful man in the country, I have also never thought that I could live like a high and mighty lady from a noble family. At that time, I only wanted to have a warm and cozy shelter, what I wanted appeared when I thought about it. That's when your biological father appeared. He was nice to me and both of US worked together. However, good times did not last long. This sweetness of being in love and being newly wedded only lasted two short years. Just two years and your biological father started to dislike me. He disliked me so much that he was even able to give up on you, who is his biological daughter. Lincoln once whispered so many sweet nothings to me, but two years later, he was so merciless and cruel to me. At that time, my heart was numbed. From then on, I no longer believed in sweet nothing anymore. My real love, the one that had been through thick and thin with me and was true, was your adoptive father, the man that you've been calling dad for twelve years. His last name is Scott. He is your father. Do you understand, my child?"
Sabrina immediately teared up. "I understand, Mom. I understand. I only have one father in this world. My father's last name is Scott. He had already passed away when I was twelve. I no longer had a father since I was twelve."
"The same goes for me." Gloria's expression was incomparably miserable. She sighed. "Since the year you turn twelve, which is the year that your father passed away, my heart has died with him. I was only in my early thirties at that time. My heart has already died for almost twenty years. Even if my heart is not dead, I will never like a man who only knew who to whisper sweet nothings to me. Silly girl, think about it. How could it be possible for me to be in love with that kind of shallow and cheesy man like James, who was able to make people sick just by looking at him and listening to his cheesy voice?"
"You have never liked James?" Sabrina had never thought of this.
Gloria shook her head. "I've never liked him!"
There was a pause before she said with strong emphasis, "I am very disgusted by James!"
Sabrina did not understand. "Mom, you're so disgusted by him, but you still..."
She wanted to tell her mother that the way she protected James a week ago did not seem like she disliked him at all. However, it was not good for her to question her mother like that as a daughter. She just looked at her mother in confusion.
Only then did her mother say, "I have cooperated with the police on a case! I have done the police a huge favor!"
Chapter 2286 Sabrina was even more puzzled when she heard what her mother said. "Mom, what are you talking about?"
Gloria was very excited. "All of you have your own things to be busy with. Sebastian is busy with his company's matters every day. You're busy with your designs every day. Even the little thing, Aino, is all grown up now. She doesn't even play with you anymore, let alone me. I usually seem like I'm quite busy on my own. I play the piano and I also dance. However, I've always been very energetic. I wanted to find a job, but nobody wanted to hire me. I can only go to the senior city dance group to kill time.
Luckily, the dance group has performances very often, so my life was also more enriched. I met James during one of the times when I went out with the senior citizen dance group to perform. Do you know how he addressed me when I first met him?" Gloria asked Sabrina as she spoke of that.
When Sabrina heard that her mother said that she was helping the police on a case, she felt surprised at first, but after the surprise, she also felt proud of her mother, she suddenly felt that her mother had always been such a person, she was brave, strong, and responsible. Also, she had always hated bad people who had done bad things like her enemy. Sabrina was very happy for her mother for being able to help the police do something that is meaningful. At least, her mother was able to find her own worth. Also, when she heard her mother saying all that, Sabrina also suddenly understood that her mother actually has always been very clear about what was going on, and she would not be easily fooled by others. Thinking of that, Sabrina felt relieved instead.
While feeling relieved and relaxed, when she heard her mother asking her, "Do you know how James addressed me?" Sabrina smiled. She casually joked with her mother, "I'm guessing that when James first met you, he certainly would address you as a young lady?"
Her mother scolded her. "what nonsense are you talking about, you silly girl? If he were to address me that way, I would be covered in goosebumps and faint on the spot!"
"Ha!" Sabrina was amused by her mother. "Then, how did he address you when he first met you? Did he...call you a pretty lady?"
Gloria was so annoyed that she rolled her eyes, "silly girl, you're getting ruder and ruder. You actually dared to make a fool of your mother. So rude!"
Sabrina immediately coaxed her mother. "Alright, alright. I really can't guess it. Tell me, Mom, how did James address you when he first met you?" At that moment, she got incredibly curious.
Gloria sneered instead. "The first time he met me, he reached out his hand and he wanted to shake my hand and give me a hug.
What he said was, 'Miss Shaw, I've heard a lot about you.'"
Sabrina was stunned. "Miss Shaw?"
Gloria nodded. "Yes! I was sure that I had definitely never seen this man before, but he called me Miss Shaw as soon as he opened his mouth."
"He knew that you're the daughter of the Shaw family?" Sabrina was so shocked that her face turned pale.
"Without a question! He knew that I am the daughter of the Shaw family. I felt something was off about this man the moment he first called out to me," said Gloria. The tone in which she spoke to her daughter was much colder than before, "The level of enthusiasm when he first called you to me and the way he directly called me by my name made me feel very disgusted. I could feel at that time that this man, whom I had never met before, had certainly taken the trouble to inquire about me. This shocked me for a very longtime."
Sabrina suddenly understood something. "Mom, are you saying that you knew something was wrong with James from the very beginning?"
"Of course!" Gloria said straightforwardly, she looked at her daughter and her expression became gentle and firm, "otherwise, do you really think that I would be tricked by a man till I've lost my mind?"
Sabrina suddenly felt a little embarrassed. "Mom! I..."
"I know. You're concerned about me, but I can't tell you because I can't let the cat out of the bag," when Gloria said that, she had a sense of pride in her.
She was already so old.
Chapter 2287 She had been drifting for half of her lifetime, and she had always felt that she was worthless. It was until that man named James Dunn had approached her. Only a few people knew that Gloria did not like sweet talks, and deep down, she actually also disliked men taking the initiative to talk to her. That was because Gloria was hurt by her father, brother, and her first husband, Lincoln, growing up. She had been badly scarred by them.
It was not until Gloria had met her second husband, who was honest and a man of a few words, that Gloria finally had a foothold in her life and she got a sense of security. That lasted until her husband passed away. The man that Gloria had deeply loved had always been her second husband, who was that honest and simple man who spoke very little. Even though her husband had passed away, Gloria had never taken a look at those glamorous, powerful, and sweet-talking men. Not because of anything else, but simply because she felt disgusted by these men in her heart.
Therefore, when Gloria first met James, and when she still did not know who that man was, she was covered in goosebumps when she heard the man address her as Miss Shaw and then complimented that she was as beautiful as a flower, was elegant, and had lived up to the expectation of a lady of an eminent family. The first reaction Gloria had was that she wanted to slap him twice and tell him, "Get the hell away from me as far as possible!"
However, Gloria had always been a calm person who never acted rashly, to begin with. Therefore, when she was facing the man who had approached her, Gloria asked calmly, "May I know who you are?"
"I am your admirer." The man was smiling very broadly. "My admirer?" Gloria asked in return.
The man said surely, "Yes! In fact, I have admired you for a very, very long time. I have liked you very much since I first saw you when you were eighteen. I was only ten at that time and was still a child. When I saw you wearing a princess-like dress, sitting in front of the piano, and playing it, gosh, I thought to myself then why can't I grow up faster, when I grow up, I certainly want to be the one to protect you."
Eighteen years old? Playing the piano in a princess-like dress? Gloria secretly sneered in her heart. Indeed, she knew how to play the piano because her mother had purposely taught her. Her mother had raised her like she was a lady from an eminent family since childhood. However, she had never played the piano in public, let alone wearing a princess-like dress. Before she turned 18, Gloria was living with her mother, and they were so poor that she did not even have money to attend college. All of her clothes were either very cheap or were handmade by her mother. How could she afford to buy an elegant princess dress?
Without a question, that man was lying.
Gloria was able to tell in just a few minutes that this man had ulterior motives. She immediately had an idea. After that, she said to the man while smiling gently as well, "It's my pleasure to have an admirer like you."
After saying that, she even reached out her hand to James. "You are?"
"The name is Dunn. James Dunn. I am an experienced fitness and bodybuilding coach." That was how James introduced himself when he first met Gloria. James did not say much to Gloria that day. He left after he chatted with her for a while.
After James left, Gloria went to make a police report.
Chapter 2288 After she arrived at the nearest police station, she told the police officer about the situation in detail. When she was done, she even said while feeling slightly sorry, "Actually, I can't be sure that he is a scammer who specializes in tricking women who live alone. I have no evidence as well. I am just going with my instinct. Also, some of his actions made me feel that we should take precautions. Don't blame me If I've made the wrong judgment. I mean no harm. I just wanted to let many women who live alone like me and those women who are rather lonely in life be more cautious. I apologize in advance if I've misjudged him and he did not have ulterior motives like I think he did. As for how you're going to investigate him, that's your business."
Gloria was incredibly sincere and honest when she said that. After that, she was going to get up and leave. However, she did not expect that the police officer in charge of entertaining her would get up, shake her hand, and say to her, "Madam, you're really something."
Gloria was stunned. "Huh?"
"It's very rare to see people like you who are responsible, clear headed, not reckless, not impulsive, and also brave in this society nowadays. You're really incredible. You may not know about this, but we have also already been watching this man named James Dunn for a very long time. The reason we have not moved in on him was that we have no concrete evidence yet. There were a few women who had already reported him before you, but all of them were unable to produce any strong evidence. This person is very cunning. He never leaves behind any substantial evidence. Also, he had also been successful with every woman that he had tricked. Those women loved his gentle sweet talks, and then they were slowly lured into his trap. At first, they were in too deep that they couldn't help themselves. By the time they realized they had been tricked, they had already lost both their money and themselves. Also, it is out of their own free will that they had given him everything without realizing it. Do you know what those criminal organizations call this? Lying in wait to slaughter the pig. They would first fatten the pig up and then slaughter it without it noticing. If I had guessed it right, then you, Miss Shaw, are very likely to be the next target that had been locked on by James, as well as the organization behind him. The first step was for James to appear and approach you to slowly gain your trust. He would sweet-talk you and coax you in everyway, and he'll use all kinds of methods to make you happy and gradually fall for him until you can't leave him. After that, the next step would begin. Little by little, he'll slowly get money from you. You may not even notice it after he had cheated you out of all your money. It's just that this man never expected that you were already so alert when he had just started to approach you. Good for you, Madam."
Gloria was very proud. "Thankyou. It's fine. I still know how to handle such a person. I won't let him cheat me out of a single penny. Not only would I not be tricked by him, but I can even act in such a way that he could never tell that I already knew he is a scammer. He wanted to cheat my money and he wanted to slaughter me like a pig. However, I will let him know that he himself is the foolish pig! sir, is there anything that I can help with? I am very willing to do anything. I am happy to be able to help you. We can capture this organization together so that they will not be able to harm other women in the future. Women in this world who live alone like me are already pitiful enough, to begin with. If they cheated out of their money and emotions, then they would be even more pitiful. Some of them may even lose their confidence to live."
The police did not ask Gloria to work with them. After all, they were afraid that she would be in danger.
Chapter 2289 Gloria, however, volunteered and insisted that she had to work with the police to do something meaningful, she was very excited, and she also had a sense that this was a noble thing to do. After all, at her age, being able to do something that could give her a great sense of accomplishment and help many people would make her feel that she had not lived her life in vain.
Ultimately, it was still because the first half of her life had been too rough, and then she met a scum like Lincoln again, later on. Not only did Lincoln ruin her, but he also caused her daughter to live a miserable life before she turned twenty- five and was also imprisoned. Therefore, Gloria hated such scums. Once she encountered such scum again, she had to go all out to punish him severely!
After Gloria repeatedly begged the police, they agreed. The police officer said to Gloria, "Madam, we will secretly protect your safety at all times. You also have to be careful. If there are any dangers, do not get involved. You have to try your best to ensure that you're safe when you interact with him."
"Don't worry. I know what to do. I will certainly defeat him and show him how great I am! I'll let him know what they mean by it's the quiet ones that you'll have to watch out for!" Gloria said happily. 1 After she returned home, Gloria came up with her own plan, she did not hurriedly take the initiative to look for James.
She knew that would appear to be too obvious. Gloria used the trick of playing hard to get. The following day, she purposely skipped the dance practice with the dance group. As expected, that man named James went to look for Gloria in that senior citizen dance group that day. James was very disappointed when he learned that Gloria did not attend dance practice at that.
He had hit it off very well with the old lady the day before. Not only did she not seem old, but she was quite charming.
To be honest, James even got a little interested, and he even felt that there was truly a charm to old ladies like her. she was gentle, sensible, experienced, and open. Most importantly, she was rich.
James had already familiarized himself with almost everything about Gloria's background, she was in conflict with her biological father. Therefore, her father often came to look for her. However, she had always been ignoring him. Her father, on the other hand, had never given up his love for her. He loved her to the point of spoiling her. Who was her biological father? He was a person that was well-known in South City and even Kidon city! His net worth, his glory, as well as his family's properties, was more than enough for an ordinary person to use in ten lifetimes.
James felt that if he were to be able to lure Gloria into his trap, then their entire organization could stop working for ten years. Not only that, but James would also be able to have a taste of the wildness and openness of a mature lady from an eminent family. She was old but she had kept herself in a very good shape. Her feminie charm would not lose out to a thirty-year-old woman at all. James then had an absurd dream throughout the whole night.
The following day, James went to the senior citizen dance group to look for Gloria, and he wholeheartedly thought that Gloria would be eagerly waiting for him. Based on his past experience, if a woman was slightly older than middle age, was living alone, and did not have a man by her side for a very long time, she would actually be very lonely. If no men were to approach her, then she could only keep enduring it. She would have no other choice even if she did not want to endure it. Also, it would be very difficult for an old lady with class and a very high status, who lived alone, to meet a man that was to her liking. Therefore, such old ladies needed and wanted to be with a man the most.
According to James' judgment, when he came to look for Gloria again the following day, she would certainly be overjoyed.
However, he never had expected that Gloria actually never came when he came to look for her that day. James, who was full of confidence and joy, instantly became disappointed beyond measure.
"Do you have Miss Shaw's contact information?" he asked a few people.
The members of the senior citizen dance group were very united as they told him, "I'm sorry, without her permission, we can't disclose her contact information to you."
James sneered. "Do you think I won't be able to find out if you don't disclose it to me? I'm only asking it from you guys because I wanted to find a legitimate excuse and channel, since you don;t want to tell me, then I have no choice but to be direct."
After he left the dance group, he took his phone and impatiently called Gloria. Just as he dialed the number, a voice could be heard saying from the other end of the line, "The mobile phone you're trying to reach has been switched off."
Chapter 2290 Gloria deliberately switched off her phone. She had already figured that since James was able to find out about her name, he certainly would be able to find out about his family background. If he was able to find out about her family background, then he certainly would be able to know her phone number as well, she simply wanted to ignore James for a while.
That day when James did not manage to reach Gloria through her phone, he was actually very annoyed. At the same time, he was also a little disheartened. He originally thought that an old lady like Gloria who had no men by her side and had never been cared for since childhood would enjoy it very much when a man finally hit on her. However, he never expected that Gloria would actually switch off her phone. James had a feeling that he was unable to control this woman. He felt agitated and he kept pacing back and forth outside of the place where the senior citizen dance group was practicing. In the end, he only left after he no longer was able to wait for Gloria to appear anymore.
When he returned to the place where he and his gang were staying, he immediately cursed, "Fuck, this old woman is truly very difficult to handle, she is not at all like how we imagined her to be!"
"No matter how hard it is, you'll also have to do it. This is a fat pig. If we could slaughter this pig, we would no longer have to cast our net for the next target for a few years."
This conversation was originally something that Gloria was not supposed to know. It was divulged when this gang was giving their statements to the authorities. The entire gang knew that if they were able to trick Gloria, then they would absolutely make a huge sum.
James called Gloria's number countless times that day, but Gloria's phone remained switched off. The next morning, after James got up to start working, he tried calling Gloria's phone again. He was thinking to himself that if the call still could not get through, he would then stand by at the senior citizen dance group. It was not as if Gloria would never be going to the dance practice with the senior citizen dance group anymore, right? Even if she truly never went to the dance practice with the dance group anymore, James was also able to wait for Gloria at her house. However, if he were to do that, his intentions would be too obvious.
Therefore, he still could not do that for the time being.
Once James dialed the numbers and made the call, he kept chanting in his heart, 'It must get through. It must get through.' After a single dial tone, the call was answered. At that moment, James unexpectedly became so excited that his heart was pounding out of his chest. He secretly cursed in his heart, 'Old woman! You're quite good at torturing people!' On the other end of the line, Gloria said breathlessly, "Hello, who is it?"
That voice was very soft and very gentle, and it had the charm of maturity, as well as a sickly softness. For a moment, James was actually stunned by what he heard. "M-Miss Shaw, is that you?"
For some reason, he did his best to not sound superficial and was very careful when he spoke. Also, without waiting for Gloria to say anything, he incoherently explained himself, of course, this incoherent speech was something that he and his gang had designed in private. Because there were frivolous ways to deal with frivolous women, they would have another incredibly sincere method to deal with women like Gloria, who was not easy to deal with. In short, as long as it was the prey that they had targeted, they would exhaust every possible way to capture that prey.
James said with an incomparable nervous tone, "It's like this, Miss Shaw. It was presumptuous of me to have looked for you yesterday. Let me explain why I was so presumptuous. It is because my company is a fashion design company, and the concept of our brand and also the consumers we hope to target are people between thirty-five to fifty-five years old. Why are we catering to this particular consumer group? That's because consumers under the age of thirty-five seemed like they had great purchasing power and they purchased very frequently on the surface, but we've done detailed market research, and the amount this consumer group spent was not high. That's because children nowadays only graduate from college in their twenties, and because it's getting more and more competitive in terms of one's educational background, so most of them would continue their masters postgraduate. After they get their masters, they will go for their doctorate. When they finish their doctorate, they would generally be almost thirty years old. When they just started working after graduating, they will have to face a series of important life events such as getting married and having children. Because if they were to delay any further, it would already be too late for them.
Therefore, the current situation is that people who are thirty-five years old, especially women, have no time to care about their careers as they are too busy focusing on getting their masters, doctorate, getting married, and taking care of their children at home. Without a career, where would they get money? Without money, they would not be able to afford to spend more."