novelraw Chapter 208: MEETING OLIVIA
Chapter 208: MEETING OLIVIA
If this was karma for what she had done, she had paid dearly; Aubrey felt her life was falling apart. There was nothing left of her but misery.The only thing that could keep her mind straight and prevent her from slipping into craziness was her son. Bryer occupied all of her time. He was a baby with colic, and it drained Aubrey’s energy to calm him down, but it was a good thing, since she needed this distraction.
She felt the world stop, and everything went by in a flurry of scenes. Bryer was the only life she knew.
Michael would come by now and then, but it was so rare for Aubrey to see Arlo. He would leave to do things she was unaware of, and she eventually stopped caring.
Jack kept her inside to care for the baby. He told her that she was lucky since she gave birth to a son for Arlo, which was why she was kept alive.
’You don’t need to worry about that. The baby will not remember. Once he is big enough for training, Arlo will spend more time with him. He is busy right now.’
That was what Jack said when Aubrey complained about Arlo’s lack of involvement in the baby’s life.
Jack was very cold. He treated her like a stranger, even though he had watched her grow up, and at some point in her life, they had become like a family.
However, what could she expect from a traitor?
Yet, Aubrey didn’t learn from her mistake and seek Deryl McKenna. He used to be her father’s most loyal right-hand man; at the very least, there was something he could do to help her situation.
"You need to be grateful; you are safe and sound here. Live quietly and don’t make a scene. Don’t ever mention the Lozen family anymore. You are a Barlowe now. You are living under their roof and protection."
Aubrey opened her mouth; she wanted to curse at him out loud, but she swallowed it all back and asked him a silly question instead.
"Doesn’t it bother your conscience to betray the Lozens?" Aubrey narrowed her eyes and took a step closer. "Can you sleep well at night knowing you have killed my mother?"
Aubrey cornered Deryl in the empty corridor after he visited Jack’s office. Although there was no one there, both of them were aware of the CCTV cameras everywhere.
There was a heavy silence between them, and just when Aubrey thought she might reach him, Deryl said something cold and harsh that made her heart lurch.
"Arthur must have spoiled you so much that you’re blind to how the real world works," Deryl said, looking at her with pity. "If I let myself lose sleep over it, I would have left my field a long time ago."
After saying that, Deryl left, and Aubrey was too stunned to speak; she didn’t even realize that she was alone now.
She was completely alone in the enemy’s den.he family wasn’t as strong and fearsome as before.
"What about the Barlowes?"
"I don’t think so. Until the news was revealed, Arlo still thought River was still alive. Many people believed that. If Jack killed her, Arlo would have figured it out, and knowing him, he would have kicked up a row with his father."
Everything did make sense. Hazel thought the same thing, too. Then, Olivia told her a little bit more about what happened between the two families and some gossip she heard about Aubrey’s life.
"She is living a prisoner’s life," Olivia scoffed.
But Hazel was not interested in listening to her story. It was good information, though. Now she knew where Aubrey was and that she was still alive. Good. Because she should be the one who would end her.
It was a good thing she lived in the Barlowes; now that the most hateful people lived in the same place, it saved her energy.
"I have to leave," Hazel said after she had gathered all the information she needed from Olivia. She was about to pay the bill, but Olivia beat her to it.
"A payback because you saved my life."
"So, your life is only worth a cup of hot chocolate?" Hazel raised her brows. She only ordered a drink and didn’t eat anything else. Ranon told her he would take her somewhere, and he just texted her to ask whether she was done with her meeting with Olivia.
"I am not that cheap." Olivia pulled something out of her bag and handed it over to Hazel. "Don’t complain; I have been under house arrest for the last few weeks; this is the best gift I can find."
It was a small box wrapped in tacky pink paper.
"Okay. Bye, Olive." Hazel didn’t feel like opening the box. Who knew what ridiculous thing she put inside?
Olivia looked sour; River used to call her that.