The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 54

Ken watched Jared's actions carefully, recalling what Kerr had told him earlier. Finally he sighed, got into his car and drove till he caught up with Bonnie.

"Get in the car!"

he called, stopping the car right next to her. His dissatisfaction was obvious on his face. Seeing Bonnie standing still, unresponsive to him, he began to grow impatient.

"Quick! We need to get to warehouse 9!"

Bonnie finally managed to respond, directing Ken with an anxious look on her face. She gripped her phone rightly and tried calling Howard's number again. The dial tone rang and rang, but no one answered.

Kerr shrewdly watched Ken drive his car away.

"Go get the car."

It seemed there would be a good show; of course, he wouldn't miss it. He remembered how much Nicole cared about her sister and how Bonnie was cold to her last time. It looked like God was giving him a good chance to help Nicole. He pulled out his phone and dialed Nicole's number.

Nicole had just finished her shower and was getting out of the bathroom when her phone rang. She toweled her wet hair with one hand as she walked towards the phone she had placed on the bedside table. She frowned when she saw Kerr's name on the screen.

She stared at it for a while, debating whether she should answer the call and finally decided to ignore it.

'It's already late. I know he could be calling me for reasons other than work, but besides work matters, there's really nothing much we can talk about,' she thought to herself.

Her phone finally stopped ringing. She was just about to turn it off and go to sleep when a message from Kerr appeared on the screen. His message consisted of only two words, "Bonnie Ning."

Shocked, she reread the message to make sure she hadn't seen it wrongly the first time. Then she immediately called him back.

"What happened to Bonnie?"

Kerr's face darkened immediately when he heard Nicole's anxious voice. Based on the timeframe in which she had called back, it was obvious that she had intentionally ignored his call.

"Why didn't you answer my call?"

He couldn't accept the fact that Nicole had intentionally avoided his call. He would rather have her hate him than totally ignore his existence.

"Tell me what happened to Bonnie,"

Nicole repeated urgently. After she had parted with Bonnie at the hospital, Nicole found out that Bonnie desperately needed money, so she had tried calling her repeatedly. Yet all of her calls had gone unanswered.

Nicole had tried asking her aunt about it, but she didn't seem to have any idea why Bonnie needed cash so urgently. In spite of all her efforts to show concern about Bonnie, she just couldn't find a way to help her.

And now, Kerr was suddenly mentioning her sister's name, leaving her surprised and slightly confused.

"Answer my question first,"

Kerr replied stubbornly. His car eased through the entrance of Nicole's apartment building and parked right under her block. As he talked, he looked up at the light shining from her unit.

"All right, since you insist. I was taking a shower when you called. Now tell me what happened to Bonnie," she repeated her question again.

She knew Kerr had a one track mind. As long as she didn't answer his question, he would keep asking and ignoring her question. To avoid wasting any more precious time, she gave him the most reasonable answer she could think of.

"She seems to have gotten into trouble. I'm already downstairs, parked right below your block. Come down now and we'll go see her together."

He couldn't tell if she was lying to him, but he would find out as soon as she came down.

After hearing Kerr's words, Nicole immediately hung up and got dressed in some casual clothes. Her hair was still wet as she was too distracted to continue drying it while she was on the phone with Kerr. Drops of water were still dripping from the ends but there was no time to dry it.

Before leaving the house, she stopped for a while and decided to pop into Jay's bedroom to check on him. She opened the door slightly and peeped at him. She saw him with his eyes closed and left, thinking he was already asleep.

But as soon as Nicole had closed the door, Jay's eyes were wide open and he sat up. He turned on the laptop that was sitting at his bedside and soon his little fingers were flying over the keyboard. He didn't stop until two overlapping locations on a map appeared on his screen. Smiling with satisfaction, he finally shut down his laptop to get a good night's sleep.