Getting My Ex-wife Back

By the time Raeleigh came back, the two brothers were talking, and they clammed up as she went in. She was holding some containers with food and soup respectively.

“This is the chicken soup I initially prepared for Stuart. You can have it first, and I’ll tell Mom that I’ve accidentally spilled it.”

Raeleigh thought that it would be better not to apprise Jenna of what had happened to Santiago. If she knew it, then God forbid that she may just completely lose it.

Jepherson rose to his feet. Only then did Raeleigh realize that his clothing was unusual. It was black. He must have been gearing up for some occasion.

After shrugging off his blazer, he reached for the pistol from his back, set it on the table, unbuttoned his shirt, and went to the washroom.

Raeleigh stared blankly at the pistol. Santiago said, “For someone who has killed two people, it seems pretty mind-boggling that you’d be afraid of a gun.”

Raeleigh was startled, appearing numb. She had never cogitated about the two men she had killed until Santiago brought it up at the moment. In fact, she didn’t regret it.

They were the dregs of humanity. Although homicide would bring her before the court, she had to do it, or else, Santiago would have been hurt. In her eyes, nothing was more important than Santiago’s life.

She filled up a bowl of chicken soup. “Is the meat fine with you?”

“Say no more.” Santiago had been hungry the whole time.

Raeleigh sat beside Santiago and fed him spoonful by spoonful. After Jepherson came out, he sat down and filled himself a bowl of soup. He took two sips of it before starting to enjoy his meal.

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It wasn’t until Santiago was full that Raeleigh went to have her own meal. Jepherson got up, went to lie on one side of the bed, and soon fell asleep.

Raeleigh cleaned up the things after she had finished her meal. Just as she walked to the door, Jepherson spoke to her, “Stay here tonight. You can sleep on the bed next to Santiago’s. I have something to do at night. He needs someone to take care of him.”

Raeleigh paused for a moment and looked back. Then, she went outside and packed up her things. She shot a glance at Seibert, who was standing by the door.

Even though Seibert basically carried out the same job as Stuart, Raeleigh couldn’t bring herself to like him at all.

“Have you eaten yet?” Despite that, Raeleigh engaged him in small talk. He answered, “I haven’t.”

Raeleigh bowed her head and looked at the food containers, which had been emptied. She thought for a bit. “I’ll tell Jepherson. Wait for me. When I come back later, you can have your meal.”

Seibert said nothing. After Raeleigh returned and told him to have his meal, he did not move.

“I’ll tell him. Give me a sec.” After that, Raeleigh went into the ward. Raeleigh found herself in a predicament as both Santiago and Jepherson had fallen asleep.

Remembering that there was someone waiting outside, Raeleigh woke Jepherson up. “Are you asleep?”

Jepherson answered with an extremely light voice.

Raeleigh looked back at Santiago, who was sleeping soundly behind her.

“Seibert has not taken his meal. Why don’t you let him have a break? I’ll be here to watch you guys, and it won’t be long before he comes back.”

Jepherson slowly opened his eyes and gazed at Raeleigh. “Tell him then.”

Raeleigh went out to pass on the message to Seibert, who left afterwards. When Raeleigh went back to the ward, she did not go to sleep but she took out her phone and texted Xanthus.

Xanthus needed to take care of Stuart. If he left for too long, then he might raise others’ suspicions. Therefore, he left after sending Santiago here and waited for Raeleigh to take a shower and change her clothes. He hadn’t come over again since then.

Raeleigh told Xanthus that she was not going back that night.

After Xanthus received the message, he replied to Raeleigh, who then kept her phone away. However, she did not rest because she wanted to wait for Seibert to return. After all, Santiago was injured, and she felt apprehensive about resting without someone to look after him.

She leaned against the door, where there was a couch. If there was any movement outside, then she would definitely hear it.

While she was leaning, she heard someone coming in. Putting on her detective gear, she picked up on the anomaly, for that person didn’t come from the direction of the elevator, instead they came from the staircase.

Just as she was about to stand up, Santiago opened his eyes. Jepherson had also come to her side, asking her not to speak.

A weird sound like the rubbing of iron could be heard. She lifted her head to look at Jepherson, who shook his head and gestured to her to hide aside. She got up slowly, walked to Santiago’s side, and sat down. She did not dare to move. She was determined to wait here. In case of any accident, she would pounce on Santiago instantly and shield him.

Jepherson went to the door, with his back against the wall. The man outside opened the door and came in with a knife. Raeleigh was pretending to sleep.

Entering the ward, he walked straight to Santiago. Jepherson closed the door and took out his pistol, aiming the muzzle point-blank at the man. “Turn around.”

The man was astounded. He raised his knife to strike Santiago. Raeleigh immediately got up and hugged Santiago as she was afraid that he might be harmed.

Unexpectedly, somebody came in from outside and fired a shot.

The man who raised his knife lost his consciousness and fell to the ground.

Raeleigh closed her eyes in fright, not daring to open them. The person who came in was none other than Seibert.

“Mr. Jepherson, are you alright?”

Seibert first checked on Jepherson, who shook his head and put aside the pistol in his hand. Raeleigh was busy scrutinizing the man on the ground. “Is he dead?”

Seibert said, “I got all worked up just now.”

“Take him out and investigate what’s going on. Also… call the cops. Now that he has died in our hospital, the cops will have to take our statement.”

As he spoke, Jepherson walked to one side and guzzled down a glass of water. It was unknown when Santiago had fallen asleep.

Seibert asked, “Mr. Jepherson, I’m afraid I don’t follow.”

“Turn yourself in first. I’ll get a lawyer to bail you out. We have to give an explanation for this. You’re a bodyguard. With such an identity, you’ll be fine.”

“Yes, sir.”

Seibert dragged the man out. Soon, some people came to clean the scene. Jepherson got back to the bed and continued to rest. Raeleigh went to the door to have a look, finding that there were several people guarding outside the ward. Only then did she go to lie down.

It was dark in the ward and Raeleigh was so exhausted that she fell asleep not long after that.

After she fell asleep, Jepherson got up from the bed and covered her with a blanket. Following that, he turned around and gazed at Santiago, whose eyes were fixed on him. “Haven’t you slept yet?”

“I could say the same about you.” Santiago had had enough sleep. He had been slumbering all that while. He was in pain all over his body, so he could not fall asleep either. Raeleigh had been so anxious to protect him that she had lain on top of him just then, which was painful all over.

Jepherson darted a glance at Santiago before going back to bed to lie down, covering himself with a blanket. “Flynt should have gone back to the Moore family.”

Santiago grunted. “I don’t give the slightest bit of d*mn about finding Flynt now. I’ll find the douchebag who hurt me and he’ll learn the hard way not to mess with me.”

Santiago narrowed his eyes in fury. That person had captured him using unscrupulous tactics, and he swore to take vengeance on that person.

Jepherson squinted. “Let’s sleep. It’ll be dawn soon.”

Only then did Santiago close his eyes. However, after a while, he said, “Jepherson.”

“Yeah?”

“It hurts so much that I can’t sleep.”

Jepherson got up, put on his coat, and went in search of Xanthus.

He began to make a call as he went out of the ward. Xanthus actually came. Jepherson retrieved the medicine from him near the elevator and returned to the ward to feed Santiago two pills of the medicine. It wasn’t until Santiago had fallen asleep that he went to sleep.