Facade of Love

He almost did not make it back? Well, that was too bad.

| pursed my lips and did not say anything more. It seemed that Lucas did not have much time to keep an eye on me. With the idea Rebecca gave me, it probably would not be too difficult for me to contact the outside world.

Seeing that | was not concerned about Lucas's situation, Inch pursed his lips and left.

As he left, Rebecca crouched by my side and played with the cats. She looked at me and said, "Ms. Scott, | told you Mr. Lucas is really good to you. He's even worried that you'll get bored, so he sent you cats." | pursed my lips, smiled faintly, and did not pay much attention to her comment. Instead, | said, "Rebecca, can you try to take care of the old man in the room a little more?" She furrowed her brows in confusion and asked, "Why? Mr. Lucas instructed that it's fine as long as he doesn't die." 1 did not explain further and simply said, "It's nothing. | just feel sorry for him. He's getting old, but he can't enjoy his later years. Instead, he's being tortured like this.” Rebecca responded with a light snort and whispered, "He's a cop. There's no reason to feel sorry for him." Our perspectives were clearly different, so | did not continue the conversation.

In the following days, | visited the old man whenever | had the chance. His name was Chandler Copper. As Rebecca had mentioned, he was an undercover cop who had been trying to gather evidence against Kenneth.

However, his mission had failed, and he had been subjected to torture by Kenneth ever since. He could not contact anyone on the outside, so he had been trying to escape. Even so, every attempt had ended in failure, leaving him badly injured.

Perhaps because he sensed that | meant no harm and had helped him several times, Chandler gradually lowered his guard against me. | wanted to find an opportunity to explain the situation to him and ask if he had any valuable information that could expose everything happening here. However, | had been unable to find that opportunity so far.

Nonetheless, all | had was time. | was relatively comfortable here, and the days were not too difficult to endure.

With Lucas and others occupied with missions and the poppy harvest approaching, everyone was busy with their own matters. They were no longer as vigilant of me. | even had Rebecca help me find a local trader outside the mountain.

The man was a middle-aged, dark-skinned individual. When he heard that we had goods, he smiled obsequiously and said he would buy as much as we had.

Again, | had no goods to offer. Instead, | simply handed him some money and, with a pained expression, asked him to help deliver a message to my family, assuring them that | was safe here.

He naturally refused at first. After all, they did not want any contact with the outside world from the mountain to avoid attracting the police. However, | gave him more money and emphasized that he did not need to do anything except send a message once he was down the mountain to let my family know | was safe.

With that, he finally agreed.

After completing this, on the way back, Rebecca looked at me, puzzled. She asked, "Ms. Scott, you gave him so much money just to help you send a message to your family?" I nodded at her. Then | smiled and replied, "My family didn't know when | left home. | haven't been able to contact them, so | think they must be worried about me. Sending them a message will put their minds at ease." Rebecca nodded as if somewhat understanding me and said, "That makes sense. It's impossible to contact the outside world from here, and letting your family know you're safe is the right thing to do. But you didn't need to give him so much money. Besides, you could have talked to Mr. Lucas about it, and he would have helped you." Talk to Lucas? Visit english.net to read full content.

| could not help but purse my lips. If | let him know that | had contacted Gregory, | would probably be subjected to more torture. If that were to happen, not only would | be unable to pass on any information, but | might also be in serious trouble here. Please read the original content at english.net.

Of course, | could not share these thoughts with Rebecca. | just smiled and said to her,long as I've let my family know I'm safe

it's fine. | saw fish in the field on the way over here, | g so let's catch a couple and give them [1 to Cotton and Candy."

When she heard my plan, Rebecca became excited and danced with joy. After all, she was still a young girl, full of childlike enthusiasm. She naturally forgot about everything else when something much more interesting came up.

Although there was no communication in these mountains, it was quiet, and the natural resources were abundant. Rebecca and I caught a few small fish in the field, and we were lucky enough to catch some loaches as well.

On the way back, she rolled up her pants before looking at me with a cheerful smile. "Cotton and Candy are spoiled by Mr. Lucas. They won't eat anything unless it's good stuff. But they'll definitely like the little fish and loaches we caught today." Visit english.net to read full content.

| smiled. Those two little creatures not only enjoyed good food, but they were pampered too .With that thought my mood improved quite a bit. Although I disliked Lucas, | could not deny that he was not half bad when it came to raising Cotton and Candy. Please read the original content at english.net.

When we returned to the yard, we saw someone standing outside. Rebecca and | exchanged a glance, and suddenly, | had a bad feeling.

She pushed aside the person blocking the entrance, and as soon as we entered, | heard her scream. "Ah!!!"