Cross Roads

Chapter 245 The passed quickly, and Molly had been working as a maid for the Roberts family for a month now. The job itself was relatively easy, but every thur she saw Scott's harmless sille, she couldn't help bust curse inwardly "Ms. Smiggleton, Anssly has greatly benefited from your care. He's been in such a cheerful mond lately, thanks to you? Molly maintained a poker face and said nothing "However, I can see you're an honest prisons who works diligently anal ant just for money. So, this month, let's just pay you a basic salary in avoid putting any pressure du you with bonuses,” pressure my assi i want the money Molly thought angrily, but wondly she remained silent, though her expression dulled slightly.

"By the way, did you find the cookies I gave you earlier tasty? Molly mudded stilly.

"Did you eat a lot of them?" She hesitated for a moment. "I finished them.

"Very good" Scott complimented her with a meaningful glance, then calmly added, “If you happen to have an upset stomach tonight, do givea call. There care sull plenty of boxes at home. Those cookies have been siting for a while; I'm not sure if they're expired" Molly's expression froze in disbelief, with crumbs of the cookies still lingering on her lips.

"This bastard!" she thought furiously. She really wanted to quit this job right then and theret sking three For a whole month, she had endured humiliation and carried heavy burdens taking care of the child, doing household chores, cooking t meals a day - all of which were minor compared to dealing with the despicalde father and son of the Roberts family.

However, one thing gave her ssatisfaction. She had managed to incover suseful information while being undercover in Roberts Villa..

"Theard Dominick's surgery at Aurorasia went very w well. Has overall health is recovering nicely," she immediately shared this piece of information with Stephanir.

Stephanie had been out of the hospital for over 40 days now. During the past few weeks, she would often wake up drenched in cold sweat, her hands and feet icy. She would clutch Molly's hand tightly, mentioning how she heard a baby crying in the operating room that day, Her words were anxious and disjointed at times, and she seemed like she was not in a great mental state, Molly sat by her bedside, watching her like this every time, unable to hold back tears welling up in her eyes. She knew Stephanie must be terribly frightened, trembling in panic all over.

Molly chose to remain silent, as she dared not bring up the topic sic of the children. Both of them hoped Stephanie's children were fine, but that only existed in their dreams.

Stephanie had lost almost 20 pounds suddenly. It pained Molly deeply to see lier like this. However, around 25 days later, Stephanie suddenly suggested having sextra food herself. She said she needed to regain her strength and think of a way forward.

neer than they had imagined.

Stephanie didn't need their comfort, she was stronger That day, Molly cried tears of joy. Oscar remained as quiet as ever, but his expression visibly relaxed. Finally, they no longer had to worry about Stephanie's mental health deteriorating, and everyone's mood lightened slightly.

In reality, however, things might not have been as optimistic as they appeared. One morning, before Molly left the house, she went to ask Stephanie if there was anything special she wanted to eat, only to find her lying quietly in bed. She tiptoed forward and saw Stephanie still sweating profusely, the pillow beneath her already damp.

Stephanie dared not cry out loud, perhaps not wanting to worry them, or maybe she was forcing herself in face reality, Molly reported for work at Roberts Villa every day. Later, Scout might have known that Stephanie was living with her, so probably out of a guilty conscience, he told her she didn't have to cover for two days over the weekend, saying he needed sfreedom. Molly was touched a little. but he still sounded annoying.

With Oscar at hoine, Molly felt reassured. He was a very neticulous person, and she discovered that even his cooking skills were masterful. In comparison, what she made would seem like slop Diana had visited several times, and car didn't object to her entering the house. However, his attade remed more distant, not even glancing Chapter 245 her way. Molly suspected it was because of the incident where Dans had dragged Stephanie out into the rain that day.

"Modly. Fin very grateful for your care towards Si chi Ovcar actually did most of the work" Medly wasn't sure why Diana was so opposed to Stephanie bring with Dominick. Regardless of whether Diana had anything to do with the accident that day, without evidence, she was still Stephanie's aunt, and Molly had to be polite to her.

Diana always seemed to carry an inshakable sense of guilt on her face. Molly could tell Diana was also feeling uneasy, so she would usually comfort her "With Oscar around, Steffi will recover quickly Tis the best header, they all say?" Every tDiana visited, she brought soune supplements for Stephanie. However, Oscar would pour the supplements down the toilet bowl and Bush it away every time. It defn't seem like Oscar was specifically targeting Diaru, but rather, he was just being cautious.

"Babe was attacked by a woman in the car that day, Oscar suddenly said something inexplicable to ber She didn't react for a moment. "How do you know?" Stephanie didn't mention anything about that day. Thypnotized her." Oscar threw out a casual remark and didn't bother i inexplain further, heading to the kitchen, Molly's mind was all over the place for about two minutes, and then she becemotional “Does this mean someone had an elaborated plan to hurt Stephanie Char said nothing. In fact, he wasn't one to talk too much, so Molly speculated a lot but eventually gave up guessing She didn't dare ask Stephanie about what happened on the day of the accident. Everyone had savoidance mentality, hoping to forget the pain with time.

Today won Friday, the day she had to go to work at Roberts Villa. Early in the morning before leaving, Molly remembered something important.

Taking the calendar the started m counting the days. "I said Fil return ver hin three monthis, and half of that thad gone by so quickly. However, today seemed different. Chear had also risen early and cover, instructing her not to go out and instead stay to watch over Stephanie. "Where are you going?" Molly watched him slam the door and leave in a hurry. Since Stephanie had settled into her horne, Oscar had essentially beca homebody. He ordered groceries and supplies by phone delivery. Today, his departure with an unusual expression surprised and unsettled Molly Having spent more than a month with Oscar, she found the man extraordinarily handsome, yet his clear eyes were devoid of any emotion as if nothing could affect him.

So what was happening now?

"Stephanie, has Oscar said anything to you?" She called Scott to say she couldn't make it today, and he readily agreed without asking why. Staying at home, she male barakfast and went to the guest room to call Stephanie to car. Sering that she seemed slightly better today, she asked a question. "He didn't say anything" Stephanie sat at the table, eating somewhat mechanically, her voice very soft in reply.

"Oh, well, eat more. Maybe what I made isn't as delicious as what Oscar makes Molly sat across from her and scooped her a bowl of soup.

"Did he pocout?" "Yeah, he suddenly said he had something to deal with and left."

Molly looked at her and felt that Stephanie really didn't know where Oscar had gone. After thinking about it, she added. "He's probably been at htoo long lately, and he probably has a lot of company business to deal with. There shouldn't be any major problems, and he should be back tonight? Molly's guess was correct, Oscar did indeed return that evening.

It was one in the morning and Molly had been sitting nervously in the living room. When she heard the sound of the door opening she immediately ran over, sighing in relief, “You're back! I was worried you'd be gone for months again." But when Molly looked up and saw him clearly, she was stunned, Oscar's clothes were dislerweled, his short hair was smeared with dirt, his cheeks were scratched, his nose was bruised, and there were cuts on his thin lips and foclarad It was the first || TMolly had seen him in such a state, covered all over in injuries, "What happened to you?" Oscar remained calm and replied, "I got into a fight with Dominick."