Chapter 2022: Chapter 2023

Chapter 2023 I Believe In Him

Night fell. Sheila and Davin started carrying out their plan. They drove to Muir residence. They saw Layla sitting decadently on a semi-curved coffee-colored couch when they entered the house.

“Mom!” Sheila’s voice brought Layla back to her senses.

“Sheila and Davin, why did you come?” Layla asked.

“We… We’ve come to talk to Dad about the Southern suburbs,” Sheila replied.

“I see. Your Dad is not at home. He’s gone out.”

“Out? Where did he go?” Sheila continued to ask. Did he go to the lab?

“He said it was a social gathering. He must have gone drinking with someone.” Layla’s gaze seemed evasive as she lowered her head.

Her hands kept rubbing against her thighs. Sheila felt something was off as she noticed Layla’s awkward behavior.

What’s wrong with Mom? Didn’t Dad go to a social gathering?

She asked cautiously, “Mom, did Dad really go to have a drink?”

“Of course!” Layla stood up uneasily upon saying that. “You two haven’t eaten, right? I will go ask the kitchen to prepare more food. Let’s have dinner together later.”

Sheila stopped Layla. “Mom, it’s fine. Since Dad is not home, we will come again tomorrow.”

Layla did not insist either. “All right.”

Sheila immediately walked out. Her pace fastened after they walked past the main door. Davin was chasing her. “Please slow down. Why the hurry?”

“We are going to the lab now! Hurry up. Let’s go as fast as we can.”

Davin could not wrap his head around it. “Why the rush? Your Mom seemed to know something. Maybe your Dad didn’t go for a drink, but he went to the lab. If we go over there now, we might run into him. Our plan will be exposed then.”

Sheila turned around and shouted, “There’s no need to be afraid! If my Dad is in the lab and having pleasure with those women, I will wreak havoc on him!”

Davin was rendered speechless upon hearing that.

There are no other women at all. Even if he is in the lab, he won’t be with other women. He is probably researching his black technology.

“Go! Go now!”

After Sheila urged Davin to go into the car, she urged him to drive, “Start the car now! Hurry!”

Davin cast a glance at her. She looks like she is going to catch someone in the act. Davin had no choice but to obey her. He started the car and made haste toward the lab.

On the road, he kept thinking about what he was going to say if they ran into Patrick.

Before he could figure it out, he heard Sheila asking, “Davin, tell me. What should I do if my Dad is really with those women?”

“No, I believe he won’t.”

“How can you be so sure? It was evident my Mom was not telling the truth. Did she already know that my Dad had those women? Was she hiding the truth for him?”

Davin stared at Sheila with concern. “Didn’t you say your Dad was not such a person? We have to trust him.”

Sheila hesitated for a while before saying, “He’d better be. If he does such a shameless thing, I will never forgive him and those vixens.”

Davin was at a loss for words.

There is no vixen. Sheep, you’re overthinking.

Finally, their car arrived near the lab.

Looking at the brightly lit lab, Davin suggested that they parked the car first and walked there.

Sheila considered for a while and nodded in agreement. As they approached the lab, they tiptoed toward the building.

“I can only see lights. Why can’t I see anything else?”