Chapter 644: Chapter 644



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Boyce was drinking heavily, but he was clear-headed. No matter how close he was to Officer Miller, he couldn’t sleep at his house.

He wanted to refuse, but he didn’t know how to refuse Officer Miller’s hospitality.

After all, it was Officer Miller who had helped him this time.

No matter, he owed him a favor.

“Boyce, why do you look worried?” Officer Miller looked at him and asked.

Even Officer Miller, who was a little drunk, could see that Boyce was hesitant.

Just as Boyce was wondering how to respond to Officer Miller, his phone rang in his pocket. He said, “I’m going to call.”

He pulled out the phone. Wendy, who was sitting next to him, deliberately looked at the screen of her phone, as if she was worried that Jasmine might call him back.

However, her phone screen showed a call from her sister-in-law. She was relieved. But he wasn’t from B-town and had no relatives here-how could he have a sister-in-law here?

Wendy looked at Boyce quizzically.

Boyce picked up the phone as soon as he saw the caller ID.

“Hello.”

ᴹᴼᴿᴱ ᵁᴾᴰᴬᵀᴱˢ ᴵᴺ ᴳᴬᴸᴺᴼⱽᴱᴸˢ.ᶜᴼᴹ “Is that Boyce?” asked Dolores.

Dolores wasn’t comfortable with Armand leaving alone, so she called Boyce to ask him to watch Armand.

Boyce said, “Yes.”

“Armand said he would come to you. Please take care of him,” Dolores said.

Boyce frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

“He’s broken up with Theresa and he’s in a bad mood. We just got him out of the police station.”

“Why was he at the police station?” asked Boyce nervously.

Did he do something wrong?

If not, why would he be at the police station?

“He got into a fight with someone. He was pretty badly hurt. I wanted him to come with us to the village, but he wouldn’t. Today, we have something else to do, so I’m asking you to look after him. I’m afraid he might do something crazy again.”

They planned to give Oscar a welcome home party tonight. So both she and Matthew had to be at the villa. After all, they had to introduce Oscar to Jayden and Kevin.

So they couldn’t stay with Armand. Boyce said, “I’ve got him. I’m going to get him.” Dolores emitted an hmm.

After hanging up the call, Boyce also found a reason to come back. He looked at Officer Miller, “I have something I need to deal with to get back.”

Officer Miller didn’t force him to stay. After all, he had something to do. So Officer Miller said, “Fine, go ahead. You, however, are too drunk to drive…”

“Dad, I’ll give him a ride,” Before Officer Miller could finish his sentence, Wendy interrupted him.

Officer Miller looked at his daughter. He knew what she was thinking, he sighed lightly and said, “Boyce can’t drive after drinking, so you can give him a ride.”

Boyce said, “I can take a cab.”

I didn’t want to bother them. He was quite worried about Armand now, and he couldn’t know Wendy’s intention.

However, even without Armand, Boyce was so boring that he wouldn’t notice Wendy’s feelings for him.

Wendy took her car key and said, “It’s not easy to get a cab around here. It’s better if I take you. You’ve had too much to drink. If you go alone, my father won’t be at ease. If something happens to you, we are also responsible. After all, you drank in our house. You should stop making excuses. We know each other very well. It’s okay for me to take you back. Are you afraid I’ll eat you?”

Since Wendy said so, Boyce couldn’t refuse, so he had to agree.

On the way, he called Armand’s phone. His phone could be reached, but he didn’t answer.

He heard from Dolores that he was in a bad mood, so he became concerned. She called him again and still no answer.

He called Armand twice and no one answered, so he became a little anxious.

Wendy, who was driving the car, said comfortingly, “Don’t worry. Wait a little while before you call back.” Boyce nodded.

Wendy asked, “Where are we going now?” Boyce gave his home address.

Dolores said that Armand had come to him. At that hour, he couldn’t go to his office. So, she could only go to his house.

After more than ten minutes, the car stopped in front of the neighborhood where she lived.

Wendy parked the car. She opened the car door and got out, saying, “Drive slowly. Be careful.”

Wendy rolled down the car window and said with a smile, “I’m in your neighborhood. Aren’t you going to buy me a cup of tea?” Boyce was speechless.

She smiled and said, “Just kidding! You go find your friend. I’ll go first.”

With that, she rolled up the window and started the car to drive away.

She glanced at Boyce in the rearview mirror and the corners of her mouth curved into a confident smile, as if to say, “You can’t outrun me.”

Boyce turned around, walked into the neighborhood and got on the elevator. When he reached the floor where he lived, the elevator door opened.

He stepped out of the elevator and saw Armand sitting in front of his house.

She quickly approached him and found that he was asleep, probably because he had too much to drink or because of the wounds on his body.

In any case, he was asleep against the door.

She opened the door, helped Armand in and put him on the bed.

During this process, Armand did not respond at all, nor did he show any sign of waking up.

Boyce frowned, “Why did you get yourself into this mess? Do you want to die?”

Dolores said he had had a breakup.

When had he ever been in love?

She sighed and took off Armand’s shirt, pants and shoes that had blood on them. Not only did it have blood on it, but also the smell of alcohol, which smelled very bad.

Tucking him in, Boyce saw that he still had some bruises. He stood by the bed, thinking about who he had gotten into a fight with.

How could that person have hit him so hard?

He had medicine at home. Because of his profession, he had some medicines at home to treat minor injuries. He took out the medicines and applied them to Armand’s body and face. The head wound had already been treated, so she left it untouched.

Afterwards, he sat down on the couch. Her house was small, with only one bedroom and a study. There was also a kitchen, but she rarely cooked at home.

He drank a glass of water to soothe his dry throat. After sitting for a while, he got up and went to take a shower. Then he rested on the couch.

It was not late. But when he drank, he wanted to sleep.

It was time for dinner.

He and Officer Miller were so focused on drinking that they didn’t eat much.

He wouldn’t feel hungry if he slept.

Matthew and Dolores returned from the police station and saw Oscar already mingling with everyone at home. Before Dolores introduced him, he had already introduced himself.

The two children were also familiar with him, so he quickly adjusted.

“Uncle, why did you come so early?” said Dolores as she changed her shoes and walked in.

Oscar smiled and said, “I was going to be given a welcome party. I was afraid I was going to be late for dinner.”

He loved to joke and had a sunny disposition.

Dolores smiled and said, “We won’t have dinner until you’re here.”

Then she glanced at Jayden and Kevin and said, “Dad, Uncle, this is my uncle…”

“Well, I’ve already introduced myself. I’m your uncle, you’re my niece and your father is my older brother,” Oscar interrupted her and repeated the words with which he had introduced himself to them.

Dolores laughed. That was what she was getting at. No matter where she went, she would soon become familiar with the others. Dolores didn’t have to worry that he wouldn’t get used to being here.

“I’m going to see if dinner is ready.”

After saying that, she went to the kitchen to see if dinner was ready.

Matthew didn’t come upstairs and sat on an empty couch downstairs.

Since no one was playing with the absorbent cotton, he lay down at its feet.

Oscar was playing guessing games with the two boys and Kevin joined them.

Jayden looked very discouraged. After learning Oscar’s identity, he thought about the people and events of the past. Jolene and Victoria were women who appeared in his life, but neither of them were with him now.

He felt melancholy.

Compared to Jayden’s silence, Oscar and Kevin were having a lot of fun.

Oscar was less polite than Kevin. He was not well educated, so the riddles he came up with were very different from Kevin’s.

Kevin’s riddles were mostly anagrams, while Oscar’s were weird and interesting riddles that circulated a lot.

Kevin’s question in the last round was, “What letter is a question?”

“Guess a letter.”

Andrew got it right. The answer was Y.

Then it was Oscar’s turn. He thought for a moment and said, “What goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night?”

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