In the past week, Jaylene Ziel's father had come back from his hometown and had found out about Nancy Scott's death, so Jaylene had been spending all her time accompanying her father at home, hardly taking care of him.
Thinking about that made his headache worse. This week, he had been living like an ascetic monk, not knowing if that woman Jaylene had thought of him at all?
Now, Romney Queens said she was feeling unwell and had taken leave, so should he take the opportunity to go to her house and see her, and then take her out?
Just as Joseph Thompson was about to get up, the phone on his desk rang. He hesitated a bit before pressing the button to answer: "Director Thompson, Wells from the United States is here, should I let him in?"
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Jaylene had been sitting in the study room for a long time, from noon till the sun set in the west, and then the last trace of light outside the window was quietly taken away by time.
