By the time she was brought back to her senses, an hour had passed.
"Jackson, please control yourself. No matter how hard you try, it won't happen overnight."
In the end, Nidia fell asleep before she knew it. When she woke up, he was already gone.
Since Jackson did not tell her where he was heading, Nidia did not ask. She trusted him to have mulled the matter over seriously, and she dared not cause him any troubles.
When she went down for breakfast, she asked Patricia, "Do you know what time Jackson left?"
Patricia was a light sleeper, and she would hear almost every noise on the outside.
Hence, if a car were to drive into East Bay, she would surely stir.
"He left around one in the morning. I even looked at my watch and drew the curtains back then. It's a car from the capital," Patricia informed.
Nidia fell silent at that.
