However, that night itself, she had trouble sleeping and she was up the entire night. She finally fell asleep in the morning and woke up in the afternoon. It was then she received a phone call from Scarlet, who invited her to go shopping with her in order to purchase some new clothes.
Angela was aware that Scarlet was just trying to fill up her void during this period.
As such, Scarlet’s car pulled over discreetly in front of Angela’s house. Since both families had not met each other before, Scarlet did not plan on entering the Meyers Residence as a guest. She picked up Angela and headed off to an exclusive shop in the town center. It was a relaxing afternoon with some teatime chit-chatting.
“Angela, don’t worry. Do you know what my son’s nickname is? Everyone addresses him as ‘Zeus’ because he is such a mighty and powerful figure, who never failed any of his missions. I’m sure that he will definitely succeed in this one and come back victorious too.”
As soon as Angela heard that, she felt much better than before as she nodded. “Yup, I trust him too.”
Truth be told, Scarlet was used to such anxiety as she used to worry about her husband the same way she worried about her son now.
“Oh, I have a god-daughter and I’ll introduce you guys to each other next time. She’s studying abroad and gaining a master’s degree in interpretation. She’ll be back soon.”
“That sounds great. I would love to get to know her. She must be very outstanding.
“Her parents are extremely close friends of ours and we have known each other for ages. They have been permanently stationed abroad for work, so this kid grew up by my side ever since she was a child. I regard her as my daughter.”
“Yea, I’ve heard about that from Richard.”
“Her name is Ruka Singed. You can call her Ruka.”
“She sounds like an adorable girl,” Angela replied with a smile.
“She’s two years younger than you and she’s indeed a wonderful girl,” Scarlet mentioned with a smile.
After their enjoyable afternoon tea, Scarlet sent Angela back home at about 5.00PM. Besides, she also reminded Angela to seek her out anytime to chat if she was feeling down in the dumps.
At that point, Angela felt her spirits lifted significantly and she knew that she should not continue to wallow in self pity. She had to keep her spirits up and wait for Richard to return.
He had an invincible presence in her mind, so she trusted that he would definitely be able to overcome everything.
Meanwhile, in a distant gorge far away from the town center of Lauchrist, several black-colored SUVS silently traveled through the forest in the dark. The cars in the fleet were covered with green fabric as camouflage and they were practically invisible to the eye.
“Send our striker team ahead to scout the route.” An instruction from their captain sounded through the headset.
At that moment, the car came to a halt and a young man sitting next to the captain opened the car door and alighted. Roy grabbed the man’s wrist. “Richard, why are you getting out of the car?”
“Captain Anderson, I’ll join the striker team.”
“Get back here immediately,” Captain Anderson instructed sternly. “You’re not allowed to go.”
“I know that you have received instructions from my uncle to keep me safe, but my job here is as one of your men and I’m not here to be protected.” Richard finished his words and struggled out of Captain Anderson’s grip before leaving the car.
