Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Mrs. Gibson, let’s go.” She pulled Esther by her wrist towards the car.

Esther turned back and looked at her mother. She was with tears. Esther wasn’t sure if grandma would punish her mother later as her scapegoat. But Doris waved her hand and was smiling at her with relief.

Watching Esther being taken away by the Gibsons, Doris smiled in relief, but no one else had a good look on the face.

Especially James, it seemed like an odd coincidence that his uncle was having a relapse today, and he didn’t believe it. Even if it was true, there was no point asking Esther to return, because she wasn’t a doctor anyway.

The woman said that she was Terence’s assistant, so he must had asked her to come and bring her back.

How could Terence had foreseen this? And how could he know that Esther would be punished by her own family?

They drove away from the Cusack’s, Esther took off the towel on her head and looked at the nice-looking woman at the passenger seat. “Was Terence sick again? Was he OK?” She asked.

The woman looked at her in the rearview mirror and said, “Mrs. Gibson, don’t worry, Terence is fine.”

“He is OK. Then, why do you…?” Esther was confused.

“He didn’t tell me either. I’m just doing what he asked.” She shrugged and added, “By the way, I’m Terence’s assistant, Shaw Young. You can call me Shaw.”

Shaw seemed older than Esther and looked competent. So, Esther decided to call her Miss Young.

“Thank you, Miss Young.” She said softly.

Why would Terence ask Shaw to do so? Maybe it was because she told him this morning that she would be dead after she return to her own home. And Terence took her joke seriously.

That should be the reason!

But, if Terence could come together with her today, she wouldn’t have to go through all that.

Anyway, she should be grateful for what he did. If it wasn’t for him, she wouldn’t be able to escape from her grandma’s torment.

If Terence didn’t send someone to rescue her, her grandma would keep on beating her and asked her to kneel in the yard under the rain for the rest of the day.

Esther arrived at the Gibson’s. She ran into Amanda as she passed through the first floor living room. She stopped politely and greeted her, “Hi, Amanda.”

Amanda looked at her and frowned, “What happened to you? I heard my son also went to your home today. Did something happen between the two of you again?”

Esther tried to smile at her, “Amanda, it wasn’t like that. James was there to see my sister, not me. And he enjoyed the drama I went through today.”

“Are you telling the truth?”

“Yes. James is having a great time of his life now, in fact, it’s more than great.” Esther sounded more serious. “For Terence’s sake, please don’t drug me into James’ business anymore.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Then, she walked away and went upstairs.

Glaring at Esther’s back, Amanda felt fortunate that she didn’t manage to marry her son, so she didn’t have to deal with such a woman for the rest of her life.

But she gloated with a mean smile, when she remembered that Esther was Gill’s daughter-in-law now.