They bickered and then made up with each other as Ezra gave up drinking.
After eating some snacks, they went on to chat with others. Of course, Ezra mainly did all the talking, with Maisie by his side.
One of the guests suddenly asked with great interest, "When are you going to have a wedding? Invite us then."
Ezra and Maisie were stumped. In Maisie's opinion, whatever Ezra thought, she would not marry Ezra, let alone a wedding ceremony.
Ezra soon made a decent response, "Depends on the weather. Beautiful wedding gowns should be worn on a beautiful day, right?"
The man agreed, "Yeah, girls love beautiful wedding gowns."
"Wait for your invitation." Another guest chimed in. Maisie made a tight-lipped smile.
After they left, Maisie lifted her head and met Ezra's expectant eyes. She immediately looked away, pretending she didn't catch the glimpse of the expectation in his eyes.
Yes, she could feel Ezra was looking forward to their wedding, which was a wavering decision for Maisie now.
Ezra had been accustomed to her disregard for his feelings and expectations. He broke the silence, "Let's go. I miss my son."
Maisie looked at him in surprise, but Ezra said in a self-deprecating way, "What? I can't miss our son now?"
Maisie cleared her throat and looked away. It was out of her expectation that Ezra would say such words as "miss our son". She knew well that Ezra loved their son very much, but it was only a few minutes after they left home. Too exaggerated, right?
Seeing that Maisie disbelieved his affection for their son, Ezra was so angry that he couldn't help questioning her, "In your eyes, I'm a man without feelings, right?"
Maisie doubted Ezra's love like a paranoid, and now she even doubted his love for Ezio!
Ezra wished to pry his chest open and pull his heart out to show how much he loved Maisie and their son!
"I miss him, too. Let's go." Maisie gave him an out. Then she turned around and walked out. Staring at her graceful back, Ezra went soft. He couldn't do anything, could he?
They had just got into the car when something terrible happened.
Ezra got a call. Somebody asked on the phone, "Mr. Cantillo?"
"Yes?" Ezra replied.
"I am the policeman from the branch of the Public Security Bureau of Riverside City. We were called just now that a girl whose name is Anan Cantillo, committed suicide by jumping off a building."
"What?" a severe look gradually appeared on Ezra's face.
Then he added, "What happened?"
The police should contact Ruth and Diana instead of him, right?
The policeman continued, "We found a letter in Anna's clothes. It was for you."
Ezra's brows knitted. Why did Anna leave a letter to him?
There were no such feelings as family members between him and his half-sister, why did she leave a letter to him?
But he then said, "I will come right away."
There was no need for him to pick on or kill such a weak person as Anna. Diana was really very good at making slanders.
Fortunately, the police were fair and reasonable. One of them said to Diana, "We found several letters on Ms. Cantillo's body. One is her suicide letter, in which she said she didn't want to live anymore. Of course, the forensic examiners will identify the handwriting."
The policeman said again, "Ms. Cantillo suffered from serious depression. Do you know about it?"
Ruth was completely confused, "What? Depression?"
Diana was stunned for a while and murmured, "She has been cured, hasn't she?"
Diana still remembered that she took Anna to see a psychologist, and she broke into a torrent of abuse when Anna was diagnosed with mild depression. After that Anna showed her a doctor's diagnosis, saying she had been cured.
Did she lie to her?
The policeman explained, "According to her suicide letter, we learned that she had to take a lot of pills to control her depression every day."
Hearing the words, Diana shouted wildly, "Impossible! Impossible! She's been cured! It is impossible for her to commit suicide. She must have been killed by Ezra!"
Her madness made the police instinctively stop her. The police then looked at Ruth inquiringly.
Ruth explained reluctantly, "Sorry, sir. My mother must be shocked by my sister's death."
She came to hold Diana's hand, "Mom, calm down. I believe that the police will have justice for us."
Ruth couldn’t let the police find out Diana had been diagnosed with a mental breakdown. In that case, her mother would be immediately sent to the hospital for treatment.
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