Chapter 179
Nelsonâs words only added salt to Flynnâs wound. Freezing his ass off here, Flynn could only imagine Herman on top of the mountain, cuddling with his wife.
âI should have brought a knockout with me,â Flynn sighed. âWith all the dough Iâm spending, I bet I could make some babeâs dayâ
âYour ex-girlfriends could probably form a line stretching to another country,â Nelson joked. âDo you really need to impress more girls?â
âAll they cared about was my money, thatâs boring.â Flynn pondered, âWhat about I pull a Herman and play poor for a while? What do you think, Nelson?â
âWell, you could give it a shot,â Nelson suggested. âBut you may not be as lucky as Mr. Salstrom.â
âYeah, he can pick up a wife just by grabbing a cup of joe Flynn looked up at the fireworks, then back at the top of the mountain.
They were too far away for him to see Herman and Anastasia, but he knew they must have been on the viewing platform.
âHeâs become more considerate and knows how to be romantic ever since he met Anastasiaâ
Flynn pulled out his phone and video called Katelyn. âMom, check out the fireworks, pretty cool, right?â
Seeing the fireworks, Katelyn scolded Flynn, âYouâre always up to some flashy tricks. When will you grow up and act your age? Always trying to impress girls with all this.â
âMom, Herman arranged this for his wife,â Flynn defended.
Upon hearing it was Hermanâs doing for Anastasia, Katelyn broke into a smile and praised, âHeâs really smart, heâs finally learned how to be romantic. Where are they? Let me see.â
Flynn was speechless
âTheyâre on top of the mountain, too dark for you to see. Mom, youâre so biased.â
âHeâs finally grown up. I have to praise him. Oh, by the way, that car you had your eye on, I got it for you.â
Flynn immediately smiled wide, kissing the screen. âMom, youâre the best. I love you the most.â
Katelyn laughed. âYou silly boyâ
On top of the mountain.
There was no one left on the viewing platform, but a car parked nearby was shaking violently, with Anastasiaâs moan occasionally audible. The sound of the car shaking was loud, but luckily there was no one around, otherwise Anastasia would have wanted to hide out of embarrassment. She hadnât expected Herman to be so impulsive, so eager
They didnât get home until late at night.
Anastasia fell asleep in the back seat and didnât know when they got home. When she woke up the next day, she was already at home. Thinking of Hermanâs passion last night, she couldnât help but blush..
Herman had already gone to the office. Anastasia checked the time and prepared to go to work as well
Before heading to the office, she bought some food and went to unit one of building six to find Pattie. She was worned that Pattie might be hungry.
Penny wouldnât change. Community workers and the police had tried to mediate, but to no avail. Penny was breastfeeding, her son was still so young, so the police wouldnât arrest her for hitting Pattie. If Penny was arrested, there would be no one to take care of Pattie and the little boy, so the police could only give Penny a verbal warming.
Anastasia stood in front of room 802. She knocked on the door, after a while, someone came to open the door. It was Pattie.
Pattie was barefoot, wearing old clothes. The new clothes that Herman bought for her had all been sold by Penny.
Pattieâs eyes were devoid of any light; she was back to her old indifferent self.
The sound of playing cards came from the room, Penny had invited friends over for poker. Her son was playing with toys on the living room carpet, and Pattie had just been taking care of him.
Seeing Pattie like this, Anastasia felt very distressed âPattie, has your mom hit you recently?â
Pattie shook her head. She no longer dared to tell the truth, because it would only invite more vicious beatings from Penny.