Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“I’ll do just that. Even if I have to turn this place upside down, I’ll find him and make him give me an explanation.”
She pushed Chase away with a frosty face and walked straight into the Carmine Pawnshop.
A few of the injured guards tried to stop her, but Chase waved them aside.
“But Mr. Chase, Mr. Q explicitly forbids Miss Ellsworth from entering the Carmine Pawnshop. If you let her in…”
“It’s okay. If I don’t, she’ll never give up.”
Chase stared at Flossie’s thin but stubborn figure and sighed. “Sometimes, it’s easier to achieve happiness if you’re ignorant, especially for a woman. I wish she’ll be kept in the dark forever!”
This was not Flossie’s first time in the Carmine Pawnshop. She could not say that she knew the place like the back of her hand, but she was familiar with the layout and furnishings inside.
She searched every corner of the pawnshop, even the restricted area, but could find no sign of Mr. Q.
The sky turned dark. Moonlight illuminated the land, making her seem even lonelier.
“Mr. Q, where the hell are you? Come out right now. I won’t bother you. I just want an answer. Come out!”
Flossie, like a madwoman, shouted in the vast courtyard, scaring the crows on the withered vines.
“Come out and talk to me, even if it’s just one sentence…”
She squatted on the ground dejectedly, covering her beautiful but sad face with her hands. Her thin shoulders trembled uncontrollably. She looked fragile and helpless.
“Girl, stop crying…”
A gentle voice came from above he, and someone gently patted her on the back.
Flossie took a deep breath and instantly became defensive again. She looked at the stranger coldly.
“It’s you?!”
“You still remember me. I’m honored.”
The woman smiled. Her face under the moonlight was peaceful and gentle.
“Of course I remember you. Your name is Rosie, right? You have excellent acting skills. You almost fooled me…”
Flossie quickly looked the woman up and down and found that she was very different from what Flossie remembered of her. “Last time we parted ways, you were confined in the restricted area again. How are you doing now? Have you gone back to normal?”
Rosie lowered her head and smiled. It was the smile of one who managed to survive a disaster, of one who had been reborn.
“Yup, all thanks to the Carmine Pawnshop not giving up on me. I’ve returned to normal now and no longer want to touch those things ever again. I now live alone with my son. Life isn’t always rosy, but at least it’s peaceful.”
“That’s great. You did a great job overcoming that. You’re very strong.”
Flossie expressed her admiration from the bottom of her heart.
She was also a mother, so she knew that being a single mother was not easy, especially for an ordinary woman like Rosie who came from an ordinary background with no strong backing and no outstanding skills.
“It’s not because I’m strong. It’s because I met a good person.”
Rosie looked up at the bright moon and said, “Mr. Q is a good person. After I stole the treasure from the Carmine Pawnshop, not only did he spare my life, he even helped me quit my addiction. After that, he hired me as his assistant with a generous salary. I paid off my debt and sent my son back to kindergarten. Our future became bright again, like the moon.”
“You’re Mr. Q’s assistant?”
Flossie’s eyes lit up. As if she had caught onto a life-saving straw, she grabbed Rosie’s hand and asked, “Do you know where he is? Can you tell me? I have something very important to ask him!”
“Mr. Q has always kept his whereabouts a secret. Although I’m his assistant, I have no right to know where he goes. But…”
Rosie was about to say something when Chase walked over and interrupted her words coldly.
“Rosie, Mr. Q already told you that starting from this week, you’re no longer his assistant. You’ve been dismissed. What are you doing here?”
Chase’s eyes were cold and his voice was threatening, “Do I have to ask security to chase you away?”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Chase.”
Rosie’s eyes immediately became teary. She said pitifully, “I just came to say goodbye to Mr. Q. I…”
“That won’t be necessary.”
Chase said impatiently, “The Carmine Pawnshop is not a charity organization. It doesn’t matter if you came to thank Mr. Q or to say goodbye to him, you’ll only disturb him. Stop disturbing him. That’s the best thing you can do for him.”
Flossie stared at Chase sharply and said, “So you do know where he is. He might even be watching us right now, asking you to convey his message in real time.”
“Chase, tell me where he is and what secret he’s hiding. Why did he leave without saying goodbye? Has he ever considered that his actions might make me suffer for a lifetime and doubt myself for a lifetime?”
Chase’s face remained cold and expressionless. “Miss Ellsworth, I’ve already told you, Mr. Q has disappeared. We can’t reach him. Maybe someone hurt him. Maybe he wants to retire to the mountains and forests. Maybe he approached you with ulterior motives, and now that he’s achieved his goal, his role is no longer needed, so he disappeared…”
The many assumptions he stated made Flossie feel even more disheartened.
Because no matter which one it was, she could not accept it!
She did not want Mr. Q to get killed because of her. She also hoped he had not been lying to her all along.
“Miss Ellsworth, instead of making a big fuss here, why don’t you interrogate the person involved? No one knows the truth better than him, but it might be a truth that you’re not willing to accept.”
Chase’s meaning was obvious.
He did not know the truth, Rosie did not know the truth, and no one in the entire Carmine Pawnshop knew the truth. The only one who did was the winner of the whole affair, Halston Guajardo!
Chase left after he said that.
Flossie gradually calmed down, but the sadness seemed to have frozen on her face. It would not fade even after a long time.
Rosie looked at her with sympathy and said softly, “Miss Ellsworth, I don’t know what happened between you and Mr. Q, but I can tell you one thing with certainty: Mr. Q is a good person and he won’t hurt you on purpose. Whatever he did, he must have done it so that you could be happy.”
“Is that so?”
Flossie raised her head. Her eyes were wet. She smiled bitterly, “I think he’s a good person too. That’s why I want an answer even more.”
“Are you free now? Let’s go have a drink. I can give you a better idea of what kind of person Mr. Q is.”
”Alright, let’s go have a drink. I haven’t had a good drink with anyone for a long time!”
Flossie felt that she got along well with Rosie. They hit it off right away. They came to a bar street on the Water Dock. They picked a cozy little bar, ordered a few bottles of strong beer, and started to drink.
The bar had a wonderful ambiance. A man on stage was singing folk songs while playing the guitar. It was refreshing to see a bar with this kind of atmosphere in the Water Dock, an unlawful area.
“Rosie, how long have you known Mr. Q for? You seem to have a crush on him.”
Flossie gulped down half a bottle of beer in one go. The sting she felt in her throat actually cleared her head. It even made her feel a bit excited. She started feeling the urge to gossip.
