Chapter 180: An Accidental Companion That Wasn’t an Accident
What I didn’t expect was to be sitting in the seat next to me, Blake, who had just given me the cold shoulder on the phone.
He saw me standing still and gestured behind me, where a long line of people waiting to move forward had formed.
I reacted then, smiling apologetically down at them and hurrying into my seat.
But I didn’t forget to ask him, “Are you going to Newport too?”
He asked rhetorically, not knowing if he could, “Is there anywhere else this flight could go?”
I was so angry, I put my bag away and stopped paying attention to him!
He seemed to sense the change in my mood and asked me as if he had nothing to say to me, “Did you leave all the kids behind? When do you plan to come back?”
I asked him back in the same tone he had just used, “Do you think, I can say this for myself?” .
I’m really right, that’s exactly what’s bothering me, and I don’t know what’s going to happen when I go back this time. Who knows? I guess it depends on the speed of the police as to whether I stay or go!
When I answered the phone in the morning, I could sense that they sounded bad, as if I was the one who had taken the child.
As soon as he heard my answer, he hooked his lips in a smile and spat out, “Little tantrums come on pretty fast!”
I’m a little shaken up, and this is really a classic line between Blake and me.
I wasn’t quite used to his face after all, and always somehow wanted to look at him and look for the same thing!
He seemed to understand my actions and looked over to me as well, and as his four eyes met, he opened his mouth, but his voice improved quite a bit, becoming softer and meeker, “You’d better take advantage of the takeoff to get some sleep and recuperate. Hmm?”
I immediately closed my eyes without rebuttal, not obediently, but too embarrassed to face the current state of affairs.
A heartfelt worry, missed for twelve years, loved but not loved was right in front of him. Even though it was first class, it wasn’t as loose as it could have been! Sitting next to each other at almost zero distance, having to spend more than two hours of flight together, might as well close your eyes to block out the embarrassment!
He didn’t bother me either, and softly asked the stewardess for a thin blanket to cover me with, and didn’t say a word! Silently he stood by my side.
Maybe it was the slight buzzing that accompanied the plane’s takeoff, or the fact that I talked to Mom so late last night that I actually fell asleep after a while.
And a heavy sleep!
It wasn’t until the announcement came from the flight attendant alerting passengers that they were about to arrive at their destination airport and the plane was descending that I woke up and stretched.
His voice came through as well, “Really asleep?”
“Uh-huh! ”
He gently calmed me down and told me to relax and answer any questions they asked me, emphasizing the importance of being truthful. He also told me to stay calm no matter what I encountered when I went out!
I nodded and reassured him in turn, “Just relax! I’m not nervous!”
I think he’s the one who’s a little nervous! It’s a lot of rambling.
He probably heard the dislike in my tone and reached over to examine me before apologizing, “I … probably won’t be able to go out with you later!”
“It’s okay! I’ll be fine on my own. Scarlette is coming to pick me up!” I said to myself, but there was no denying that there was a loss in my heart.
When I could get off the plane, I took the lead in carrying my bag, gave her a snappy wave, pointed outward, and walked out.
Almost at the exit, I see Scarlette in the crowd, and she sees me too, jumping up and down and waving at me.
I want to run over to her in a big step, but at this time, I realized that it is not as simple as I thought, the exit of the airport is surrounded by a lot of reporters, it seems to have known that I am the arrival of this kind of flight!
I was just about to walk out fast to meet up with Scarlette, who’d come to pick me up.
Good Lord, those reporters came out like a swarm of bees when they saw me.
At first there are only a few, the development of a bit of a watertight situation, I have never seen such a situation, indeed a bit panicked, almost some can not fight.
And Scarlette was squeezed out a good distance.
Just as I was panicking, a few burly men, like soldiers of God, suddenly appeared in front of me, quickly separating those reporters and opening up a pedestrian passage for me.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org
But within a few steps, I was stopped by two policemen who asked me about my identity and took me straight away.
Scarlette, who had come to pick me up, could only look on in disbelief as she watched me being put into a police car and driven away!