214 He’s Dead
“Hey, you can have whatever you want. It’s my treat.” Scott waved his hand generously as if he had bought the entire food cart.
The owner of the kebab stand was glad to see them. She then pointed to the menu and said to them, “What would you like to eat? You know, the foods here are fresh.”
Scott placed the plate in front of Randal after ordering a few kebabs and grilled vegetables and said, “Enjoy, it’s on me.”
He thought that Randal would leave immediately after he finished.
Scott then smirked a few times to himself. He felt sure that since Randal grew up in a wealthy family, he would of course refuse to eat from a roadside food truck.
Randal looked at the plate in front of him with several kebabs, then picked up one. “What’s this?” He asked. “Hey, don’t you know what kebabs are?” the stall owner asked, surprised.
Randal smiled and answered, “Yes, I do. Well, I do like grilled meat. I think it’s delicious.” Randal looked at Scott and then started eating the kebab on his plate.
He ate all the kebabs on his plate after a while. Then, he finished all the roasted tomatoes and mushrooms on his plate.
“What? You ate it all?” Scott asked, wide-eyed with surprise, and was taken aback by it.
“Yes, I thought it was delicious. Get me some more, please.” Randal handed Scott the empty plate and then looked at him with expectation,
Scott then realized that Randal was a big fan of barbecue. Scott then felt he shouldn’t have brought Randal here and immediately regretted it.
“Gee, can you just stop eating?”
Randal handed him a skewer of grilled lamb dipped in chili sauce and said, “You should try this, Scott. I think it’s delicious.”
Scott was about to lose his mind. He immediately said, “Oh my God, of course, I know it’s delicious! But if I could eat this, I would have finished it long ago. If I take a bite of that, I have to work out for two hours. I’m exhausted now, and I don’t think I’ll be able to work out.”
Scott felt that as a boss, Randal certainly wouldn’t understand how tough it was to be an entertainer.
Randal nodded, and then said, “Oh, you don’t have to be so harsh on yourself. I think it’s fine for you to gain a little weight. That way, your body should be very soft.”
Scott’s face flushed as soon as he heard Randal’s words. Then, he realized that the owner’s expression had also changed. He gritted his teeth and said, “Randal, f**k you.”
“Really? You’d really like to do that?”
Scott immediately rolled his eyes at him. As he pulled out his wallet, he saw several missed calls on his phone. They were all from Harriet, who had been a maid at Gabriel’s for
a long time.
Scott immediately called her back and said, “Hello, what happened?”
While watching Scott on the phone, Randal finished the last of his kebab. And he noticed that Scott looked increasingly panicked.
“Really? Did you tell Anna that? Yes, I’m on my way to the hospital right now.” After hanging up the phone, Scott dashed down the road.
When Randal stood up to run with him, he was stopped by the owner. She said, “Hey, you guys haven’t paid yet!”
The doctor said, “Oh, he’s already passed away. I’m very sorry for your loss.” The doctor had said this so many times that he was becoming numb to it. There were a lot of people at the operating room door, and it was really chaotic
When Scott arrived there, he noticed that Anna was sitting alone in the comer. Inna’s eyes were filled with tears, but she kept staring at the opereung room.
Allie and Anna were separated by her father, who was lying on a surgical troue covered in a white cloth, and her mother, who had gone insane. Alle had never imagined herself in such a predicament.
Shirley raised her head, and there were still tears in her eyes. As she shook off Allie’s arm, she appeared astonished and upset.
quietly following the doctor.
Meanwhile, Scott, who came late, was the only one who followed her. Allie approached Scott and called his name as soon as she spotted him. “What’s wrong?” Scott looked back at Allie.
Allie had a lot of things she wanted to say to him, but she felt like she couldn’t say anything at that time. She only replied, “Oh, nothing. Could you please console Anna? I’m sure I’ll be able to handle things here. Don’t be too upset, Scott. After all, dad’s dead.”
Scott gave her a look and said, “I sure will.” He then immediately walked towards Anna and tried to catch up with her.
Allie didn’t move and keep watching his back. When she saw Scott getting further away from her, she gave a self-mocking expression.
She realized that Scott had only shown her his back from the beginning. And, in all those years, he had never taken the initiative to look straight at her. So, in this case, all she had done seemed to be a farce.
“Miss Gabriel, you don’t seem to be sad at all. Does it mean you didn’t get along well with your father?”
Hearing the cold voice, Allie snapped back to her senses. She looked up and found Randal standing beside her. Allie stared blankly at him, and then asked, “Mr. Wilson, what do you mean by that?”
“After your father died, all your mother did was make a scene at the hospital and try to get them to take the responsibility for it. I can’t help but wonder, do you really need the hospital to compensate you? Or, is your mom just looking for a reason to comfort herself?”
Allie’s expression immediately turned unpleasant. She said, “Mr. Wilson, why would you say something like that?”
“Nothing, I was just saying.” Randal laughed when he finished. Then, he gave Allie another cold glance, which made her feel a chill down her spine.
Randal had seen a lot of feuds and fights within rich families. From his perspective, Frank was only 50 years old, so it was unlikely that he would die of organ failure. Besides, it was very thought-provoking that even the hospital didn’t know exactly the reason for his death. Therefore, he found Allie and Shirley’s behaviors suspicious as well.
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