Chapter 43: Chapter 43

When Noemi arrived at the hospital, Amber was put on a drip while Rodney sat by her bed with an anxious look on his face. Seeing that Rodney was holding Amber’s hand, Noemi rushed forward and said, “Mr. Barron, what have you done to Amber?”

“Please, keep your voice down!” Rodney was having a good temper, which was rare. “Something happened to her.”

“What happened? Mr. Barron, Amber was on a date with her boyfriend yesterday. Why is she with you?

What do you want? Is it not miserable enough for Amber when you cheated on her? Do you also want to destroy the happiness she has worked so hard for?” Noemi had no good impression of Rodney at all and spoke without any scruples.

Rodney did not refute. What happened last night was not a good thing for Amber. He had already made a special request for the police to keep the news confidential. He was afraid that the news would leave a bad effect on Amber.

Although Noemi was Amber’s best friend, there would be one less problem if one less person knew about it. Therefore, in the face of Noemi’s questioning, he had to choose to remain silent.

Seeing that Rodney did not explain nor refute, Noemi believed the more that he was the culprit. “Mr.

Barron, you can be gone now. You are not welcome here!”

How could Rodney be willing to leave? Noemi said angrily, “Are you going to leave or not? If you’re not leaving, I’ll call Ms. Black and ask her to bring you back!”

In the midst of the conflict, Amber woke up in a daze. Seeing that Amber had woke up, Noemi did not bother to scold Rodney. “Amber, how do you feel?”

“Water!” Amber felt that her throat was so dry as if it was about to smoke. Rodney immediately poured a glass of water and handed it over to her. After Amber drank a glass of water, her throat felt a little better. Noemi took the cup from her hand and asked, “Was it Mr. Barron who bullied you?”

Amber shook her head and glanced at Rodney. “Thank you for sending me to the hospital, Mr. Barron.

I’m fine now. You should go back to work!”

Rodney stood still and did not move, so Amber had to drive him away. “I have something to say to Noemi. Mr. Barron, please give us some privacy.”

Rodney hesitated for a moment, but he still didn’t want to leave. Noemi drove him away rudely. “Mr.

Barron, don’t you understand what was said? Hurry up and leave!”

“I’ll be right outside. Call me if you need anything.” After that, he turned around and left the ward, but he didn’t go far.

As soon as Rodney left, Noemi immediately asked, “What on earth exactly happened? How did you get into this state?”

“Noemi, I thought I would never see you again…. That Casen Slater… he… he’s not a good person!”

Amber’s eyes turned red.

“Casen hit you?” The first thing Noemi thought of was domestic violence.

“No!” Amber told Noemi what happened last night while pausing from time to time.

Noemi was fuming with anger. “B*stard! This b*stard! If I see him, I’ll skin him alive!”

After thinking about it, she felt terrified. Luckily, Rodney passed by. Otherwise, things would have been unimaginable. However, why would Rodney coincidentally appear there?

“Why was Rodney there?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t ask.” Amber was surprised, scared, and ashamed when she woke up. How would she have thought to ask about this.

Noemi pondered for a moment and said, “Why do I feel that this issue is not that simple? You have never offended Casen Slater. How would he think of setting up such a big scheme to jeopardise you?

Could it be Rodney Barron pretending to be a nice guy, but in fact, he was the one who was behind all these? Otherwise, why would he appear there so coincidentally?”

“Rodney scheme against me?” Amber was stunned and immediately shook her head. “He’s not that despicable.”

“You should stop putting in a good word for him. One can imagine the character of a man who had cheated on his wife.” Noemi had no good feelings towards Rodney at all.

“What’s his motive then?”

“His motive is very simple. You made him lose face, so he has to get revenge, right?” Noemi reminded Amber.

“Would he do that?” Amber still didn’t quite believe that Rodney would do such a thing.

“I’m just reminding you that some people can do anything to achieve their goal. Since Rodney Barron could do something so disgusting back then, you have to be on your guard against him. Whatever it is, you can’t be grateful to him because of this matter. You have to remember clearly that you have become like this all because of him!”

Amber nodded her head. “I know, don’t worry. I won’t have anything to do with him!”

Noemi did not believe that Casen Slater would purposely scheme and harm Amber, nor did Rodney. He also suspected that someone must be behind this. He naturally thought of the Thomson family after connecting Amber with Elliot.

Although Elliot had a bad reputation, he was the apple of Remington Thomson’s eye. Remington Thomson would never allow his precious grandson to have anything to do with a divorced woman.

But this was just a suspicion without evidence, so he better not say anything in front of Amber.

However, he was more alert now. In order to prevent an issue like last night from happening again, he had to put in more effort to deal with this woman.

He called Deon and instructed, “Pay some attention to the Thomson family to see if Casen Slater was instructed by them.” After the phone call, he found that there were several missed calls from Celia.

Rodney frowned a little and called her back. “What’s the matter?”

Celia’s gentle voice was heard saying, “Are you free tonight? My mum bought some fresh seafood. She wants to invite you and Ms. Grant over for dinner.”

“No, I’m not free.” Rodney replied.

Since he refused it so directly, Celia had no choice but to hang up the phone. She turned to Aunt Maleah in the kitchen and said, “Aunt Maleah, you don’t have to buy seafood tonight.”

Hearing this, Shannon came downstairs. “Why not?”

“He said he’s not free to come.” Celia leaned back on the sofa and answered listlessly.

“Is he that busy?” Shannon asked in disbelief.

“That’s just an excuse. In the past, didn’t he find time to eat with Amber even when he was so busy?”

Thinking about it, Celia was unhappy. “Mum, didn’t you say that the matter would have results very soon? Why hasn’t there been any news yet?”

Shannon shot a glare at her and took a glance at Aunt Maleah, who was busy in the kitchen. She lowered her voice and said, “Is this the time to talk about this?”

“I’m anxious!” Celia said, with a bitter face, “I can’t be at peace until the matter is settled.”

“Don’t worry, there will be news in the next two days.” Shannon seemed very confident.

“Mum, what exactly did you do? Can you disclose it to me?” Celia was very curious about what Shannon was going to do.

Shannon lowered her voice and said, “You don’t have to know, but as long as this matter succeeds, that b*tch will be doomed and will never be able to compete with you for a man anymore.” After saying that, she saw Aunt Maleah coming out of the kitchen. She stopped the topic and instructed Aunt Maleah, “Go buy some seafood, buy more, buy the best ones.”

Aunt Maleah agreed and went to the market. Celia waited until Aunt Maleah went out and asked Shannon curiously, “Rodney is not coming over. Why are you buying seafood?”

“To test the waters.” Shannon smiled sinisterly.

In the evening, Channing came back a little earlier tha usual. When he entered the house, Shannon came over and took his bag tenderly. Then, she went to make some tea. After Channing sat down comfortably on the sofa, Shannon came over with the tea. “Have you visited Amber recently?”

“No!” Channing replied. That day, after he went to find Amber and failed to persuade her to stay away from Casen Slater, he never went to find her again. Thinking of how Amber had treated him at that time, he felt a little depressed. “Amber is too cruel! She doesn’t regard me as her father at all!”

“Amber is like this because she has resentment towards us. Back then, we had made her upset. It’s normal for her to have resentment. You should try to connect with her more often. She will naturally let go after some time.” Shannon advised.

“No matter how resentful she is, she can’t joke about her marriage. Look at the person she has found.

What is he?” Channing was angry as soon as he thought about it.

“The more this is the case, the more you have to persuade her!” Shannon acted like a virtuous stepmother. “I asked Aunt Maleah to buy some fresh seafood today. Bring some to Amber and take this opportunity to have a proper talk with her. No matter what, she is still your child. You can’t let her be!”

Shannon spoke as if she has much feelings for Amber. Channing was very satisfied with her performance and went out with the fresh seafood.

Celia had been beside them all along. She couldn’t figure out why her mother would do this. Her mother’s hatred towards Amber was no less than hers. Why would she think of giving Amber seafood?

However, her mother always had her own reasons for doing things. Seeing that Aunt Maleah was busy in the living room, she didn’t dare ask.

It didn’t take long for Channing to come back. Seeing the seafood still in his hand, Shannon went forward and said in a gentle voice, “Amber didn’t want it?”

“No!” Channing sat down. “Amber had fallen sick. She’s in the hospital now!”

“Then hurry up and go have a look.” Shannon looked worried.

“Let Aunt Maleah make some soup. I’ll go to the hospital and see her.”

“Aunt Maleah made chicken soup tonight. I’ll ask her to pack it for you. You should go quickly.”

Shannon immediately went into the kitchen with Aunt Maleah to pack the chicken soup. Channing rushed out and left with the chicken soup.

After Channing left, Shannon and Celia sat on the sofa after dinner, waiting for the news. Celia couldn’t help but lowered her voice and asked, “Mum, did the matter succeed?”

Shannon nodded. “Most likely, but why didn’t they call to ask for the final payment?”

As Shannon spoke, her phone rang. She picked up her phone and looked at it for a while. Then, she immediately got up and went into the bedroom, followed by Celia.

A husky male voice came through the phone. “It’s done. Transfer the final payment and I’ll give it to you.”

Shannon was overjoyed. “I’ll transfer the final payment to you right away.”

Seeing that her mother was beaming with joy, Celia knew that it must be a good thing. Shannon hung up the phone and instructed her daughter, “Celia, it’s done. Quick, transfer the money to this account.”

She took out a piece of paper with a bank account number written on it from the drawer and handed it to Celia. Celia was a little hesitant. “Mum, aren’t you afraid of being cheated by transferring the money before seeing the item?”

“No, he was introduced by Chuck Norwin. He won’t cheat me! Besides, didn’t your father say that the little b*tch was in the hospital? It must have something to do with this matter.” Hearing what Shannon said, Celia had no choice but to turn on the computer and log in to the online banking site. She transferred half a million dollars as instructed by Shannon.

Not long after transferring the money, Channing returned. Shannon went up to him and asked, “How is she?”

“I didn’t get to see her.” Channing just sighed and handed the thermos bottle in his hand to Shannon.

“She doesn’t want to see you?”

“It’s not that.” Channing looked at Shannon and Celia with a complicated expression. He didn’t know what to say. When he arrived at the hospital with the thermos bottle, he turned out to see Rodney’s special assistant, Deon, entering Amber’s ward with a thermos bottle. Clearly, Rodney must also be in the ward.

Seeing that Channing was hesitant to speak, Shannon was secretly happy. It seemed that Amber’s situation was not very good. She controlled herself and asked, “You didn’t ask the doctor?”

“I did.” Channing sat down.

“What did the doctor say?” Shannon and Celia were extremely anxious. They were dying from the slow paced conversation, but they couldn’t ask too muc