Doctor Leon was applying medicine on Amos when the latter exclaimed, âGet me a formal suit!â
Doctor Leon frowned and asked, âWhy are you still wearing that with this injury of yours? Are you not afraid that youâd make it worse?â
However, Amos merely ignored him. He ended up wearing the same type of clothes as Sugar Bun, those that Eudora had bought for them when she was still there.
Before Sugar Bun was born, Eudora had planned to have both of them wear a matching set of clothes in the future.
After some hustle and bustle, both Amos and Sugar Bun went out glamorously.
Doctor Leon thought of his infatuated daughter and couldnât help shaking his head. Everyone seemed to have their own weaknesses!
Helen was destined to be unable to get a man like Amos!
â¦
In Holtâs residence, Eudora had just finished preparing lunch when Hodge came in with Amos and Sugar Bun.
Sugar Bun seemed to have put on some weight. He was so cute that people would smile at the sight of him.
Juju ran over and grabbed her younger brotherâs little hand. She looked at Amos and Sugar Bun enviously. âDaddy, are you and Sugar Bun wearing matching clothes? I also want to wear thatâ¦â
Eudora couldnât possibly hurt Jujuâs feelings, so she had no choice but to answer, âThereâs one for you upstairs, could you go and take it yourself?â
âMommy, you should wear it as well! Weâre a family!â
Eudora shook her head, âI donât have anyâ¦â
âMommy, you do, Iâve seen it before. Mommy, you said it yourself, your nose will grow longer when you lie!â
Eudora was dragged upstairs helplessly by Juju to change her clothes. When she came down, the father and son were wearing black tuxedos, and the mother and daughter were wearing white dresses.
As expected, they were a matching family.
Amos looked at Eudora gently. He felt as though he was in a dream.
âLetâs eat!â Eudoraâs voice interrupted Amosâ thoughts, and the family soon settled at the dining table.
Juju introduced the dishes to Amos with pride, âDaddy, Mommy had made all these especially for us! She woke up early in the morning to make them! Hereâs your favorite brussels sprouts, Daddy. Taste it!â
Amos took the opportunity to take a bite and said, âItâs delicious.â
Juju pretended to be the grown-up on the table, shaking her head after seeing that her younger brother was playing with the kidsâ tableware.
âYouâre too young to eat. If you grow up soon, you could then have a taste of Mommyâs cooking. Itâs definitely better than the milk youâve been drinking!â
Amos stared at the scene in a daze. Everything was just perfectâ¦
He picked up a piece of pork and put it into Eudoraâs plate and said in a low voice, âYour favorite!â
Juju smiled cheekily at her parentsâ interaction. Then, she finished her food hurriedly.
She placed her cutlery on the table soon after and said, âDaddy, Mommy, Iâm full. I will bring Sugar Bun out to play!â
Sugar Bun looked at Eudora and whined, unwilling to leave. Juju covered his mouth right away and warned him, âSugar Bun, donât cause trouble. Itâs very rare for Mommy and Daddy to get together. I donât want to be a third wheel!â
It was as though Sugar Bun seemed to understand what Juju had said. He immediately stopped blabbering after.
After the children left, only Eudora and Amos remained in the large living room.
Neither of them moved. They just sat there silently.
Eudora thought about Leslieâs words from before. Frankly, Leslie wasnât wrong either. She needed to cut ties with Amos. It didnât matter whether it was for Tyler, herself, or the Holt family.
Meanwhile, Amos had already caught sight of her unusual expressions.
He admitted he was delighted to hear that Eudora wanted to see him at the beginning, but after composing his thoughts, he knew in his heart that it might not be as simple as just having lunch together.
He knew his woman best. She may seem weak, but internally, she was the most determined person he knew. She had dinner with Fabian the night before, and now she invited him to lunch the day after. She was not such a fickle woman.
There was only one reason. It must be about Charlie being bailed out.
Could it be that she had invited him over for a showdown? Amos laughed bitterly in his heart.
Sure enough, in the next second, Eudora said in a low voice, âAmos, about Charlieâ¦â
âCould we talk about it after weâve finished eating?â
That might be the last meal they would get to eat together peacefully.
âAlright!â Eudora nodded and then lowered her head again, but she no longer had an appetite. The words had already reached the tip of her tongue, so how could she still have any appetite to eat?
Amos felt guilty when he noticed how conflicted she was. The honey-marinated pork that he was eating was supposed to be sweet, but it tasted bitter instead.
He put down his cutlery and said in a low voice, âSay it! Why did you ask me to come here?â
It turned out that he had seen through it! Of course, he was a smart person, how could he not know? Eudora took a deep breath and decided not to hide it.
âHow did Charlie get bailed out? All the evidence proved that he was the one who killed my father!â
Amos frowned, âItâs not what you thinkâ¦â
âTell me what happened then. I have also been looking for excuses for this matter. I always tell myself that things are not what I think they were. But you seem to let me down every single time!â
âEudoraâ¦â
âDonât say my name like that! If it werenât for Juju and Sugar Bun, you and I would already have nothing to do with each other!â
Nothing to do with each otherâ¦
Amos pursed his lips and said, âLetâs not talk about us. Just give me more time for Charlieâs matter, and I will proveâ¦â
âNo!â Eudora gritted her teeth. She promised Leslie that if she couldnât solve the problem within a day, he and the others would get to do things their way.
She couldnât go to court against Amos, no matter if it was for the sake of her children or the Holt family.
âYouâre not allowed to release Charlie on bail! You must lock him up in the detention center for investigation!â
Amos shook his head, âEudora, I canât promise you that this time!â
Eudora was taken aback. It seemed that she had overestimated her place in Amosâs heart, hadnât she? She thought that it was just a small matter.
However, at that moment, it seemed like she couldnât even be compared to Charlie.
âEudora, Charlie wasâ¦â Amos tried to explain.
âI donât want to hear your explanation. Iâll ask you again. Which one do you choose? Either you donât bail Charlie out, or we meet in court,â Eudora interrupted him.
âAre you going to sue us?â Amos stared at Eudora in shock.
âYes!â Eudora nodded, âThatâs my only option considering that you couldnât give the Holt family an explanation! Because I have to give my subordinates an explanation!â
Amos pursed his thin lips. The wound on his back was burning. However, it did not hurt as much as the stabbing pain in his heart at that moment.
âWell, go ahead then,â After that, he turned around and left.
Eudora stood rooted to the spot, dazed for a long time. She felt that her entire body had gone cold.
When she came back to her senses, she realized that Juju had not come back yet. Eudora called Hodge in a hurry. âWhereâs Miss Juju? Is she still in the garden? Could you bring her back?â
Hodge shook his head, âWasnât President Granger supposed to bring Miss Juju home with him? Did you not know about that? Iâll quickly bring her back thenâ¦â
Eudora laughed bitterly. âItâs fine then!â