Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
“No, I can’t return home yet. I haven’t taken care of your uncle’s issue. I can’t watch him being sent to prison. I won’t leave unless you promise me that you’ll bail him out and give his project the green light.”
She still remembered the reason she came here.
Hearing that, Mia spoke to the person on the line, “Hello? I would like to report on someone. She came to Nord City without permission while on probation.”
“Mia Lane, you brat! Are you out of your mind? What will it do good to you if I’m in prison? Do you want your child to have a prisoner as a grandmother?” Sharon marched forward, stealing Mia’s phone.
Everything in her was screaming to throw the phone onto the ground.
Sharon looked at Mia. “I know that there are disagreements and misunderstandings between us. That happened because I didn’t know that Ginger was my granddaughter.
“If I had known the truth, I wouldn’t have stolen the bone marrow that could save her. I wouldn’t have done that no matter how much I hated you!”
Mia didn’t expect Sharon to apologize for it herself.
“But you still did it in the end. Since you’ve done it, you should pay the price for your wrong deeds.”
Holding the phone, Sharon was at the end of her wits.
In the end, she softened her tone. “Mia, we were once a family, weren’t we? Ginger is also my granddaughter. I know I was wrong to steal the bone marrow.
“I want to make up for it for Ginger, so I wanted her to come with us. I can look after her. Please don’t report it to the police. I’m Ginger’s grandmother.
Please.”
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Sharon could never be as pitiful as she was right now.
Mia watched the middle-aged woman before her. Never in her wildest dream had she dreamed of the prideful Sharon apologizing to her.
Nevertheless, Mia didn’t wish to have a prisoner to be Ginger’s grandmother.
If words got out, there would be someone making fun of Ginger because of this.
Mia took a deep breath. “Fine, but on two conditions.”
“Say it. I’ll agree to anything.”
“Simple. I will never hand over the custody right, so don’t dream of it anymore. Don’t bring it up in front of my child either. If I find out you break the promise, I will never let you go twice.”
Despite the reluctance, Sharon didn’t have the right to negotiate given the situation.
Unwillingly, she nodded. “I promise you that I won’t bring it up again.”
The main reason she came to Nord City was to take care of Ralph’s matter to bail him out of prison, not fighting for Ginger’s custody rights. Sharon knew that it wouldn’t be easy to steal Ginger’s custody rights from Mia. She simply wanted to give it a shot.
Mia added, “Secondly…”
Sharon raised her head.
“Don’t do anything illegal in Nord City. You have only three days. If you’re still in Nord City after that, you’re going to get it from me.” Sharon gritted her teeth. “Okay.”
She was here to take care of Ralph’s matter anyway. It had nothing to do with Mia.
Three days would be enough.
Mia took her phone back and left.
Watching Mia leave, Sharon stomped her foot.
She turned around to ace Timothy. “Tim, how could you just stand still and watch her bully me? Do you wish for me to go to prison?”
“You sneaking to Nord City is against the law to begin with. If someone exposes you, it’ll affect the company because you’re my mother. Everything you do represents the company. Are you going to drag the company down just for Uncle Ralph?” Timothy didn’t hold himself back from lecturing her. He didn’t wish to see her getting in trouble because of Ralph either.
Sharon answered guiltily, “That’s because of you. Why did you stop him from working with the Bowen family? If you hadn’t stopped the collaboration, they wouldn’t have sent him to prison here.”
“I stopped it from happening for the company’s sake. He was using our family name to work with the Bowen family. He was trying to steal away the investment capital of the project.
“If I hadn’t found out his ulterior motives, he wouldn’t been imprisoned for life. When that happens, I won’t be able to help him either. Nord City is not my territory.”
Sharon knew that her brother was wrong, but she couldn’t just let him be.
Timothy prompted, “I’ll ask someone to drive to the airport. You’ll return to Bern City tonight.”
Sharon protested, “No, I can’t go back! How can I return home without taking care of it? Besides, Mia gave me three days time.”
At that moment, the elevator door near them opened.
Luna exited the elevator.
Chapter 963
Sharon’s eyes widened when she noticed Luna. “W-What are you doing here?”
Veronica was shell-shocked as well. “Luna Maynard, aren’t you supposed to be in prison? How come you’re here? Are you her doppelg?nger or what?”
The similarity was too much to be called a doppelg?nger.
Luna smirked at Sharon. “Surprised to see me here?”
It was unfair that Luna was the only one imprisoned when both of them conspired in the theft together.
Having mixed feelings, Sharon asked Timothy, “Tim, what’s going on here? Did you release her in secret?”
She felt annoyed to think that he actually released Luna secretly. He didn’t even help her when she was threatened by Mia!
Luna scoffed, “I’m able to stand here not because of him. Stop taking all the credit.”
Sharon continued questioning, “How are you able to come here then? Did you perhaps escape from prison?”
“Escape my ass. Say, what are you doing here? Aren’t you on probation? According to the law, you shouldn’t be leaving Bern City however you wish. If I report to the police, would you end up the same as me?”
Sharon’s face fell. “Don’t forget that Asher’s with us, Luna.”
“Don’t use him to threaten me. He’s not at Barrett residence right now. Do you think I would come without bringing my son along?”
Luna had the chance to take Asher with her because Timothy wasn’t in Bern City at the moment.
Luna wanted to say something, but two bodyguards approached her. “You shouldn’t be here.”
She gulped. “I’m close with the Barretts. We’re just talking.”
“Sorry, but we’ve been ordered to make sure you don’t show up at the banquet. Otherwise, we will take action.”
Luna bit her lip and stormed away.
One day, she would tell everyone that she was the daughter of the mayor, not someone from a poor family.
She came from a rich family!
Although Luna had left, Sharon couldn’t shake the surprise off. “Tim, you saw that. That’s Lune Maynard! How was she able to come out of prison?”
If Luna was able to come out of prison, would that mean Sharon would be fine as well?
“This is none of your business. Go to the airport immediately,” Timothy urged.
“I don’t want to return home, Tim. If Luna’s here, why can’t I?”
Timothy gave Heath a look. Soon, a few bodyguards escorted Sharon and Veronica out of the banquet hall.
On the other hand, Mia had left the banquet.
The thought of Luna being freed from prison angered her. She felt disgusted too.
That evil witch stole Timothy’s bone marrow and Sage almost had to die in that vacuum chamber.
At that point, all Mia could think of was to kill the mastermind.
She would never forgive Luna. Never.
Peyton studied her expression cautiously. “Ms. Mia, you look upset after meeting Mr. Shelbert. Did the discussion end on a negative note?”
Chapter 964
“That’s not exactly right. All I can say is that it became complicated.”
“Ms. Mia, you don’t have to worry if the project will belong to us or not. Back then, your family said that you could run a company to kill some time. If Mr. Dominic knows that you’re all upset because of this project, he’ll be worried.”
Mia massaged her temples. “This has nothing to do with the project. I met that woman in Mr. Shelbert’s room. Guess who it was.”
“Who?” Peyton asked.
“Luna Maynard.”