In the evening, the maids cleaned up when they brought the puppies to Darnell's room.
Since Elaine had explained that he was not allowed to take a bath yet after his vaccination, the maid just used a wet
towel to wipe the stains off his body.
The puppy entered the room, first sniffed all over the room, but did not find Elaine, then obediently went to their
nest, shrunken into a small ball, slightly open eyes some defensive and cautious look at Darnell, not loud and not a
noise, no movement at all.
Darnell sat in the couch, leaning slightly forward, his hands casually resting on his lap.
Half a while, he suddenly remembered what seems to be, the corners of his mouth tugged down.
It is like Elaine when she first saw him, careful and trying to reduce her presence.
A few moments later, Darnell's cell phone rang.
He withdrew his eyes and connected.
"Master of Riverside, just got word that Franklin is already working on preparations to leave Riverside City. It looks
like he should be preparing to take Miss James with him and the route has changed."
Darnell hmmed lightly: "Keep an eye on Caesar and the James family, and tell me immediately if there is any
movement."
"Yes."
Putting away the phone, Darnell re-picked up the envelope next to him with a slight frown.
Early the next morning, the envelope was back in Franklin's hands.
The man Darnell sent over said, "Master of Riverside says that since you've made your decision, you should destroy
the contents of this and not let Miss James have a chance to see it."
Franklin took the envelope with a somewhat strained expression, and he said, "Tell Darnell that I hope he will keep
his promise."
The hand nodded: "You can rest assured that Master of Riverside will never go back on his word."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt
At that moment, Elaine ran downstairs and recognized the man standing across from her dad as one of Darnell's
men and came over, "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Immediately afterwards, her eyes fell on the envelope, "What is this again?"
Without saying a word, the handlers nodded at them and left.
Franklin coughed and hid the envelope behind his back: "It's nothing, Elaine, go have breakfast."
Elaine was full of doubts, but she didn't dare to make her father angry again anytime soon, so she sat down at the
table obediently.
And Franklin burned the suicide note left to Elaine with his own hands after breakfast.
The firelight reflected on his heavy face, but more than a little sad.
Once he decided to take Elaine out of Riverside City, it would mean that they could never return here again.
And there is no place for them in the entire James family.
Not only that, but they will also face the endless pursuit of the James family.
......
In the time that followed, Elaine would run to Darnell every day to take care of the little puppy.
And also gave it a name, called Cake.
Little Cake is growing up under her care, and after a bath, revealing that snowy white fur, it is especially cute.
Since the hair on his head was too long to cover his eyes, Elaine also gave him a pigtail with a pink bow.
But Elaine can't stay here for too long. At most, by the end of the day, the man her father sent will be rushing her
home.
The opportunity for her and Darnell to meet and spend time alone in practice has plummeted.
Little Cake's boldness has also grown, sometimes jumping onto the couch and lying next to Darnell, pawing at him,
wanting him to play with him.
Darnell looked at its pink bow pigtails and fell into a long silence.
During Archer once came over and saw a small furry thing rubbing at his feet, full of amazement, and when he
learned that the dog was living in a room with Darnell, he went home and laughed for two days and nights,
although he did not see that image with his own eyes.
In the world Darnell grew up in, there was only killing and cold-bloodedness.
If he had a big, imposing wolf dog, Archer would find it barely acceptable.
Even so, Darnell is not likely to let the dog and he sleep in a room, at most the backyard to build a doghouse.
But this soft and cuddly organism, all snowy white, with big watery eyes and a pink bow, slept next to his bed.
The only person who can do all this is really Elaine.
After a period of calm and quiet, it was soon time for Franklin's birthday party.
The James family, which seemed to be at peace, has seen a new round of undercurrents.
Elaine and Natasha were shopping together at the mall, picking out a birthday present for her dad, but while they
were shopping, they entered a pet supply store and bought a lot in one go.
Natasha couldn't help but say, "Elaine, aren't you here to buy a birthday present for your dad."
Elaine responded abruptly, "Right oh."
Said, she was a bit torn: "But just looked at so many, I think they are not very good, I do not know what else to buy."
Natasha stroked his chin and thought: "Yes, your father is not lacking in anything, but buying a gift is just a thought,
he will like whatever you send."
"But after my dad's birthday, I'm going to study in Switzerland and won't be back for two or three years, and I
wanted to give him a meaningful gift."
The two wandered around the mall for most of the day again, and finally found a store where you can customize
handmade doll dolls.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
Elaine thought this was good, so she sent a picture of her and her dad together and asked them to pinch it like this.
After placing the order to determine the details, Elaine again took out a shy photo of Darnell and Little Cake while
Natasha was not paying attention and asked them to pinch it as well.
Since time was tight and Franklin's birthday was in two days, Elaine added money for them to pinch out the birthday
gift she wanted to give first, and the other time could be a little later.
Elaine was finally relieved to have chosen her birthday present.
As she and Natasha discussed what to eat for the evening, Natasha suddenly said, "Do you want ...... to call your
cousin to join you?"
Elaine was faintly puzzled, "Call on him for what."
Natasha's gaze burns: "It's just that ...... think it's quite wasteful if the two of us go to a hot pot, we can't finish it
every time."
Elaine thought it made sense and immediately gave Archer a call and asked if he wanted to come out for dinner.
Archer said, "I'm in the lab, take your time."
Elaine said, "But you have to eat in the lab, in case you pass out from hunger, it's not worth the loss."
Archer: "......"
He didn't have the heart to say, "I'm blessed to have you."
Elaine winked, "Who made you my cousin."
Archer said, "OK, OK, OK, send me the address, I'll come over later."
"Okay oh."
Elaine hung up the phone and Natasha rushed to ask, "How's it going? Is he coming?"
Elaine nodded, "Come."
Natasha immediately said, "YES!"
Elaine: "Eh?"