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“What did you say? What’s wrong with Theron?”
“Mom! What are you shouting about! That’s just Alvaro talking nonsense!” Jasmin still didn’t think it was true.
Vanessa, although dumb as a rock, was really into Theron.
She didn’t think Alvaro was the kind of person who would easily believe gossip.
Even if Alvaro is dumb, his dad, who is the leader, is really smart. If this isn’t true, he wouldn’t have let Alvaro beat up Jasmin like that.
Thinking of this, she immediately yelled and ran to call Theron.
The demotion and transfer have kept him extremely busy. When he received a call from home, he just felt exhausted both physically and mentally.
Vanessa and Jasmin just got back, what are they up to now?
He followed the messenger to the communication room to answer the phone.
“Hey? Mom? What’s up?” Theron’s voice was filled with deep exhaustion, he didn’t even have the energy to hide it.
Vanessa heard Theron’s voice sounding lifeless, and all her pent–up emotions burst out like a flood.
“Hey Theron, I heard you got demoted, is that true?”
Theron’s heart sank, his throat tightened a bit, “Mom, who told you
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that?”
He didn’t deny it, it was like a “yes” in Vanessa’s eyes.
Vanessa suddenly howled, crying even louder. She blurted out about Jasmin being beaten and Alvaro saying he got demoted.
Theron listened to his mother’s complaints, his brow furrowed.
Vanessa already forgot to splash dirty water on Lizzie, but Theron thinks for sure it was Lizzie who told Alvaro.
Because it was his mother who called Alvaro and snitched on him, leading Alvaro to the Trevino’s house.
At this moment, in this situation, it’s so similar to how it was back then.
He couldn’t hide it anymore, so he just admitted, “I did something wrong before and got punished.”
Vanessa couldn’t help it and sat down on the ground, crying out, “Oh my, how could this happen? You shed blood for the country, what kind of mistake could have you/removed from the professor position!”
Theron listened to her wailing, feeling really down.
“Mom, don’t cry.”
Vanessa couldn’t hear and was still crying.
Suddenly, Vanessa’s crying stopped abruptly, and then he heard someone shouting from the phone receiver, “Hey, Vanessa, what’s wrong!”
Theron followed and shouted, “Mom, mom! What’s wrong with you?”
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“Hurry up, get the person onto the cart and take Vanessa to the hospital!”
“Mom! Mom!” Theron shouted, but no one paid attention to him.
After a while, the microphone was picked up again.
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“Theron, Vanessa just fainted in a hurry and was taken to the hospital. Don’t worry, focus on your work in the army. If anything happens later, I’ll let you know.”
Theron hung up the phone, he was in a panic and wished he could fly back home immediately.
But he didn’t have any vacation.
Since Vanessa came, he has taken a lot of time off and switched shifts with colleagues. Now all the tasks are piling up, he is carrying a heavier load than ever before and can’t seem to get away from it!
His hand gripped the microphone tightly, his voice suddenly hoarse, “Okay, I got it. Please help me take care of my mom.
He couldn’t even say a bad word about Lizzie, he had no right to blame her.
Hung up the phone, Theron dragged his tired feet back home.
Johanna was shocked when she saw Theron looking haggard, “What happened to the Howland family?”
Did Vanessa disappear? Otherwise, how could Theron change so suddenly after receiving a phone call?
She was secretly thrilled, but she also knew that this was a great opportunity to mend things with Theron! A chance to change Theron’s opinion of her!
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She stepped forward, her voice soft, to help him unbutton his coat.
“Theron, what happened at home?”
Theron was lost in thought and didn’t notice her inappropriate gesture.
“My mom found out about my demotion, she got so worried that she fainted.”
“Ah?” Johanna exclaimed, feeling really disappointed. She just fainted, why didn’t she die?
But she said, “How’s mom now? Is she awake?”
Theron shook his head and sat down on the chair.
Johanna bit her lip, “How about I go back for a bit? You can’t leave now, and you must be really worried about Mom.”
Theron looked up at the mention, the first time he had really looked at Johanna since coming back from Equinox Research Laboratory today.
This made Johanna happy, she suppressed the urge to smile, her face showing genuine concern, and said softly, “Even though we are a family formed under special circumstances, we are now a family, I am your family, and I should take care of you. And, you have become so busy, I should also take on some responsibility.”
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