Chapter 779: Chapter 780

Chapter 780 Is This Who You Really Are!?

Deirdre nodded, her head trembling.

Tobey hesitated no longer. “We should pack up and leave right now.” “No, we don’t have to go!” Deirdre tugged on his arm. “I told Julia not to pass any information about me to Brendan. Even if he wants to know about me, Julia’s going to dig up some excuses to throw him off my scent.”

More importantly, Deirdre knew they could no longer afford to run like fugitives.

“Are you sure?” The frown on Tobey’s face refused to go. ‘You’ve only known the girl for a week. He’s known her for way longer. What if she accidentally let out the secret and…”

“No, that’s not gonna happen,” Deirdre replied as the firmness in the girl’s voice returned to her mind.

“I told her a reasonably good fib. Julia might still be a little on the green side, but she’s a perceptive, bright kid. She should be able to cover us well enough.”

Tobey could not find much to argue with that, so he turned his attention to calming her down. “Okay.

That aside, you should take a bath and take a break. From now on, you should stay home and not go anywhere. Brendan will leave here after getting no results, right?”

Deirdre nodded. She believed that, too. Brendan could not possibly waste his attention and effort on an unimportant side-chick like herself. He had Charlene already, so he should probably give up after two months.

Sleep was fitful that night. Three days passed, and nothing happened.

Tobey had also switched Deirdre’s phone off, so she was barred from contacting anyone or receiving calls. She could only spend her days listening to the TV on the couch.

On the fourth day, she heard a series of knocks on the door. It was not Tobey*s time to clock out yet.

Deirdre’s heart sank into her stomach. Opening the door became impossible. She peeled her eyes as wide as she could, hoping that she could tell if it was just a salesman outside. A while later, the knocks returned-this time even more hurriedly.

Deirdre turned away, her mind drifting to her phone. She should switch it back on and call Tobey to tell him to be careful. She took only two steps away when she heard a familiar female voice.

“I know you’re in there, Deirdre! I heard your footsteps! Open the door!”

‘Julia?

Deirdre was startled. She shook out of her shock and opened the door.

Julia staggered inside impatiently, panting. She examined her surroundings and remarked, ‘This is where you’ve been living? There isn’t even any actual piece of furniture, for Christ’s sake! And that mat is like, what, ten years old at least? I know you can’t see, but do you have to be so self torturing too?”

Deirdre was rendered speechless. Had Julia seen the place she stayed before this one, she would have been too afraid to even step in. At least the rooms in western Surstate were clean and devoid of critters.

Deirdre closed the door instantly. “Why are you here, Julia?” “Why? Why!?” Julia was incensed.

“Because I can’t even reach you on your phone! I couldn’t sleep for nights, okay? I had to contact that manager and ask for your address to reach you!”

“I’m sorry,” Deirdre said, contrite.

“Hey, how about a glass of water?”

“No thanks!” Julia raised her voice.

“I’m not here to sip water. I’m here because I demand an answer! Why did you lie to me, Deirdre?’

Deirdre froze. “I lied to you?”

“Brendan told me everything!” Julia’s temper flared a little.

‘You’re his wife, aren’t you?”

Deirdre’s body turned to stone. “Brendan told you that?”

“No sh*t he did!” Julia scowled. ‘You’ve been married to him for six years, and you’re pregnant with his child! No wonder you hid in the closet! You’re having an affair with your lover, aren’t you!? I can’t believe this! I didn’t know this is who you really are!”