Wesley had not expected her to cooperate and froze.
"Dad, why didn't you tell me you needed grey hair? I have a head full of it. Just take mine!" Rose said.
"Rose, I don't need yours because your gray hair isn't formed the same way as other people's grey hair."
"Alright, then!" Rose said sheepishly.
"Dad! What about mine?" Kiara came over.
Rendered helpless, Wesley said, "I didn't remember the research until I saw the gray hair on Irene's head... I don't need that many!"
Shea knew what Wesley was trying to do and immediately dragged Kiara away.
Wesley untied Irene's ponytail and her hair fell to her shoulders. Despite his efforts, he could not find one. Taking a deep breath, Wesley plucked a black strand of Irene's hair.
"Dad, let me see," Rose asked, curious as to how her hair would be different from Irene's.
Wesley had never had such a huge panic attack before as he had never told such a blatant lie in his life.
"I need it, so I will be putting away… If you want to see what it looks like, you can try asking Irene if you can look through her hair." Wesley hurried back to his study room.
Rose watched as he ran off and mumbled, "Oh," before approaching Irene and sifting through her hair.
"Your hair looks so pretty, Irene."
Irene touched her hair, not knowing what Rose was referring to.
"Don't all hair look the same?" she thought.
"I didn't even know that I had gray hair!" Irene whispered.
"Uncle Wesley, I heard that Rose's friend Irene is here. I still kind of remember that name!"
"Yeah. Layla, are you in the office or at home?" Wesley asked. "If you are free right now, come over here for a moment."
The driver had driven the only car in the house out, and he had no choice but to ask Layla to come over.
"I'm free. I'll go to your house now." Layla was on her way home and made a sharp turn that put her en route to Wesley's house.
It was not until she made the turn that she realized she had not asked why Wesley had called her over.
Wesley had never reached out to her in person.
Curious, she called Wesley back and asked, "Uncle Wesley, what do you need me for? You don't contact me in person that often and I feel kind of worried about what is happening."
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