Sweet May-December Marriage

Chapter 185 She Deserved That

Chapter 185 She Deserved That

Joshua slowly stood up, brushed the dust off his pants, and said, “Yes. Let’s go. We’ll go to the Farewell Party.”

Caleb immediately knitted his brows and said bitterly, “Joshua, are we going there again? But the landlady never paid attention to you.”

The Farewell Party was a bar that had a very odd mix of different guests. And there were frequent fights in the bar. No good person would go there, and even the police didn’t want to administrate it.

Joshua, who was in flip-flops and eating sunflower seeds, replied slowly, “Can you not think about women all the time? We’ll go find Easton this time.”

Hearing the first sentence, Caleb complained in his heart, “What position are you in to scold me when you're sitting by the street to watch some sexy and plump women?” But he was immediately startled by the next sentence that Joshua said. “Joshua, Easton is a drug dealer! What are you looking for him for? Do you want to fight against him because he always flirts with the landlady of Farewell Party? But he has complicated interpersonal relationships. We can’t mess with him!”

Joshua still looked unbridled. He snapped, “What are you talking about? We’re going to deliver him a message.”

Caleb heaved a sigh of relief and asked curiously, “What’s that?”

“Good news.” Joshua smiled and continued, “He will be happy to learn about it.”

…

Nelson didn’t ask what she had said to Aurora when Charlotte returned to Oswye Community. They both went to bed after taking a shower. Usually, Charlotte would fall asleep as soon as her head landed on the pillow, but this night, she was sleepless.

Nelson looked at her and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Charlotte didn’t know that she would crawl over to Nelson and cuddle him in her sleep. Moreover, since Nelson always woke up first, Charlotte still thought she’d been keeping a distance from him when sleeping. She turned over when she heard Nelson’s voice and replied, “I can’t fall asleep.”

Nelson paused before saying, “Sweety, are you trying to act cute and have me hug you while you sleep?”

Startled, Charlotte quickly waved her hands and stammered, “No… No… You may go to sleep first. After all, you need to work tomorrow.”

Nelson gave her a slight "umm" sound.

Charlotte sighed softly, staring at the ceiling with wide eyes. But gradually, she fell asleep…

Hearing the steady breathing next to his ear, Nelson smiled blandly. As he’d expected, within a minute, the little girl was wriggling toward him like a caterpillar. She found his arm and held onto it.

Nelson waited very politely for Charlotte to take his arm before pulling her into his arms. He lowered his head and pecked her cheek, saying in a very soft voice, “Don’t be afraid. I'm here.”

“No matter what you’ve done, I’ll always back you up. As long as you can be obedient, I can do everything for you,” he added inwardly.

…

Charlotte arrived at school a bit late the next day and most of her classmates were already there. Seeing her, Cecilia and Eloise immediately asked, “Char, have you seen the news?”

Charlotte took the thermos from Nicholas with a helpless look on her face and took a sip of the milk with her eyes closed. Then she asked, “What’s the news?”

Eloise replied, “It’s about Vivian’s mother being killed in the police station!”

Charlotte paused and her fingers that were holding the thermos trembled slightly. The thermos almost fell to the ground, but Nicholas timely supported her hand. “Why are you so shocked?” asked he.

Charlotte forced a smile. Eloise handed her phone to her and said, “Take a look.”

On the screen was the latest news from People’s Daily Online, reporting an unbelievable event.

It said that around 2 a.m. today, a criminal broke into the police station and shot a suspect. And the police only found out that the criminal was a drug dealer nicknamed “Easton” after catching him. Easton had a drug trafficking gang behind him, and the killed suspect was their money launderer. Fearing that his organization would be exposed, Easton broke into the police station and killed the suspect.

Although only a few blurry pictures were attached to the news and it didn’t mention who the deceased was, Eloise, Cecilia, and their classmates all knew that Aurora had been arrested by the police for money laundering. Therefore, they knew who the deceased was as soon as they saw the news.

Cecilia remarked, “No wonder Vivian didn’t come to school today.”

Eloise shrugged and said, “Her mother died, of course, she wouldn’t come to school. But her mother… Well, what good result can she get from dealing with dangerous people? See, she died

because of this.”

“Haven’t she thought about the possibility of being silenced before?” Cecilia commented, “Nowadays, people can do anything for money.”

They discussed the matter for a while. Charlotte whispered, “She died quite miserably.”

Nicholas commented flatly, “She deserved that.”

Charlotte looked up at him, and the young man ruffled her long hair and smiled a bit mischievously as he comforted, “Don’t be afraid.”

Charlotte pressed her lips. Not knowing why, she felt like Nicholas had seen through everything.

…

“Mr. Clark, are you going to draw the net in?”

Nelson gazed at the list on the desk and replied, “Yes.”

At 2 p.m., the police announced that they had destroyed a drug trafficking gang hidden in the prosperity of Seyso and arrested a total of 232 members of the organization, all of whom were caught in one fell swoop.

In the Lopezs’ villa…

Vivian had never expected that she could take Aurora out of the police station the next afternoon. Moreover, it was in such a different way.

As Aurora had died, the police allowed her family to take her remains back for the funeral.

Gritting her teeth, Vivian stared at her mother who was lying on the bed with a ghostly pale face, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably. She gripped the bed sheet tightly and called, “Mom… Mom…”

Jonathan looked tired. He reached out, wanting to pull Vivian up, but the latter pushed him away and snapped, “F*ck off! It’s all your fault! If you weren’t so useless, Mom wouldn’t have died! If we could take her back yesterday, she wouldn’t have died!”

Jonathan was also overwhelmed by guilt. He sighed and comforted, “Vinny, no one has expected this. Anyway, your mom brought this on herself. Don’t be so sad…”

“Do you mean my mom deserves all this?” Vivian asked, fixing her bloodshot eyes on Jonathan angrily, and snapped, “Dad, she’s your wife! Is this the attitude you should have after your wife died for no reason?”

In the face of his daughter’s accusation, Jonathan sighed helplessly and said in a low voice, “What can I do? Your mom is already dead!” NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Vivian grabbed Aurora’s cold hand and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t you think my mom’s death too coincidental? How could the news spread so fast? Mom had cooperated with them for decades. Did they monitor her every day?”

Jonathan looked at her in disbelief and asked, “Do you mean…”

“Someone must have planned this. That must be!” Vivian murmured, “Everything is too coincidental. At first, my aunt and cousin found out the truth about the past. Later, my cousin stole the contract. And now, my mom died in the police station… All these things are linked. Someone must have planned this!”