A Mysterious Man

Macie feels as if she is given a glorious task, when in actuality, it is just running errands.

She runs over and smashes the door.

"Godfather, godfather, wake up, daddy asked me to bring you over!"

Before the door gets hit a few times, Troy rubs his eyes and opens the door.

"Macie, what's wrong?"

Macie glances at him with contempt, "Godfather, I'm up already, and you are still sleeping; are you a pig?"

Troy feels wronged with no way to voice his woes. He can't say that Baron turned into a beast and tortured him all night.

It's was just because he let him sleep on the sofa.

"Godfather didn't sleep well yesterday, what's the matter?"

"Oh, daddy told me to get you and said they have something important to discuss with you."

Troy returns into the room and shakes Baron to wake up, "Get up; get up, jerk."

After shaking for a while to no avail, he starts to swear, and only then does he successfully wake Baron up.

"What's the matter, what's the matter?"

"It seems something's up. Kevin sent Macie and said that he had something to discuss."

Hearing this, Baron rolls over and leaps off the bed, grabs a pajama and wraps it around him in one swift motion, "Let's go."

...

"You're really quick."

Troy sighs from the bottom of his heart, causing Baron to chuckle.

"No, I can last a long time in certain areas."

...

Troy glares at him, "Shut up, move."

"Wait," Baron points at Troy's lower body, "Are you going out like that?"

Troy looks down at his boxers, "Is there a problem?"

"I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

...

"Shut it, get going."

As Troy knocks on the door, Sunny just finished talking about the morning call.

Sunny frowns when she sees them walk in.

"What's the matter?" Troy casually finds a place to sit down, and then takes a sandwich.

"You're wearing so little, it's October now."

Troy stays silent for a while, and then wittily changes the subject, "Speaking of which, Macie's birthday is coming up."

Macie, who was silent on the side, suddenly chimes in, "Godfather, where's my gift?"

Troy calmly touches her head, "Good girl, I'll give it to you when the time comes."

Troy manages to shift everyone's attention away from his shorts, especially the Donald Duck on the shorts.

"Back to business; we will secretly follow Sunny when the time comes. Also, we have some questions, Sunny, you need to memorize them."

Ellison forcibly pulls back everyone who was about to digress, and then assigns everyone a task.

"What about me?"

Kelly raises her hand, "What should I do?"

Ellison glanced at her, "You stay here?"

As soon as he says this, Kelly's eyes narrow, "Say that again?"

"That won't do; how about you take Macie and the baby and follow me?"

Kelly nods in satisfaction, "That's more like it."

Seeing that the tasks are all set, Kevin signals Sunny to call Bella.

"Hello?"

"I'm here now and I just parted with Kevin."

After hanging up the phone, Sunny can't help but sigh. She doesn't know why, but whenever she talks to Bella, even if it's just a phone call, it makes her feel terrified. "I'm leaving now......"

Kevin smiles and nods, "My wife, I will be right behind you, don't be afraid."

With assurance from Kevin, Sunny breathes a sigh of relief, and takes a taxi to the eastern suburbs to meet with Bella.

After arriving, Sunny asks the driver to stay put and does not get out directly. Instead, she calls Bella, "I'm here, where are you?"

"Just walk in, to the innermost house."

Hearing that it was the innermost house, she subconsciously looks behind her. Seeing that the people she knew were not far away, her fearful thoughts were slightly eased.

She walks to the innermost building, and realizes that this house is not just ordinarily gloomy.

Since it was at the very end, not even the sun could reach here. The whole house is shrouded in shadows. As soon as the wind blows, the goosebumps on Sunny's body come rushing out. "What the hell is this place..."

Sunny stands outside and looks on for a while, then closes her eyes and walks in.

"Bella, where are you? Bella..."

From the spider webs inside, she knows that this house was abandoned for a long time. Sunny calls out to Bella for a while, then she turns around and finds Bella behind her like a ghost. Sunny is frightened and her heart beats quickly, "Oh, you scared me to death, here you are."

Bella's face is pale, and coupled with the environment, Sunny feels more like she's watching a ghost movie.

She squeezes the phone in her pocket, and finally releases it reassuringly after making sure the call went through.

"What do you want from me?"

Bella glances at her, "Do I need a reason to find you? I won't hurt you."

Sunny says to herself, not so sure about that.

"We have nothing in common. I thought for a while but can't figure it out, what do you need me for?"

Upon hearing this, Bella's mouth turns into a strange smile, "Nothing? Are you sure?"

Sunny ponders again and again, "I'm sure."

Bella says, "Don't you want to know how your mother died?"

These words were like thunder striking the ground; Sunny is scared stiff and speechless.

Bella sees Sunny startled and sighs in satisfaction, "Perhaps, you also want to know how Greg died?"

Hearing this name, Sunny returns to her senses, and says with difficulty, "What do these have to do with you?"

Bella shakes her head, "These have something to do with you, but nothing to do with me."

"What do you mean?"

"You know, they died to protect you, so of course it has something to do with you."

"Yes, did you do it?"

Bella teases from the corners of her mouth, "Your mother's death has nothing to do with me; it was your very own father."

Sunny feels dizzy after hearing this, "You, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Don't worry, I am much more sober than you. I called you over today to tell you the truth."

Sunny pinches on her palm with her fingernails to try and make herself sober, and then says, "Tell me."

The recording on the cellphone continues, so that those outside can clearly hear the story that Bella begins to say after a long sigh.

"I only know that your mother's death was related to your father; your mother was trying to protect you."

"As for Greg, huh, that fool. He said something about finally learning some information about you, and that he would protect you no matter what. I had no choice but to let him make his own choice."

"I knew he would come to tell you the truth immediately after being poisoned, so I didn't care, but..."

Sunny is waiting for her to continue, but Bella fell silent afterwards.

"Aren't you going to continue?"

"Oh, I'm reminiscing," Bella says as she takes out a pack of ladies' cigarettes from her pocket. She lights one and holds it to her mouth, then glances at Sunny, "Want one?"

Sunny looks at her and shakes her head, "I don't touch these."

Bella laughs, "No wonder he chose you. You and I are different, in the end."

"Please, continue." Sunny reminds her impatiently and motions her not to get sidetracked.

"Perhaps you also know that the real Bella died a long time ago. Heh, others all thought how innocent she was when she died. If the body wasn't rotten, the autopsy would definitely have detected the toxins in her body." "What do you mean?"

"Taking drugs; you don't really think Bella was a good girl like you, do you?"

Sunny is silent; she did not expect that this girl has so many stories.

"Bella" inhales deeply, and then slowly spits out a ring of smoke, "She didn't fit in, so she used drugs to numb herself from it all, just, huh."

Who knows what she was thinking at the time, but she puts out the cigarette, and then sneers, "Those who abandoned themselves to vice are not worthy of sympathy."

Although Sunny agrees with this, she still asks, "Did you kill Bella?"

Hearing this question, "Bella" stares at Sunny as if she is looking at a fool, "You think too highly of me; she committed suicide because of a drug addiction." "What?"

Sunny is dumbfounded; she never expected that girl would die like that.

"Then you..." When did this woman replace Bella?

"Bella" stares at her, seemingly knowing what she wants to say, "Before she died, she was conscious for a while. She held my hand, trembling, and asked me to promise her a request." "What request?"

"Bella" seems hesitant for a bit. After a while, she smiles indifferently, "Fine, I'll tell you everything; she wants me to ruin the Hawkins, the evil family that destroys people without remorse." "Why..."

Bella takes out another cigarette, "If you look at the problem from her point of view, things will become much easier to understand. I think you also know a little bit about her mother. When she was pregnant with Bella, just..." "Bella's" hand seems to be trembling, and she had difficulty lighting the cigarette for a long time. After a while, she gives up and continues, with the unlit cigarette in her mouth.

"In short, Bella was a completely outcast at home. This is one of the reasons why she turned to drugs. The reason why I agreed to her request for a large sum of money, believe it or not, is because I am her aunt."000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐