Chapter 627 - Im Going To Die, Matthew (1/2)

Chapter 627 I’m Going To Die, Matthew

The knocking on the door also woke Wendy’s mother up. She then saw her daughter standing in front of her window, key still in hand.

It was a bit of an awkward atmosphere.

However, the mother wasn’t bothered about educating her daughter at the moment. When she heard the knocking on the door downstairs, she immediately got dressed, rushed down, opened the door, and saw the man that she had been thinking about for the longest time.

Twenty-one days had pa.s.sed since Matthew’s disappearance. Inevitably, some bad thoughts had crossed her mind, and her heart had sunk many a time. Now that her husband had safely returned, tears started welling up in her eyes.

Immediately, she ran into Matthew’s embrace.

But then, she heard someone talking. “Shouldn’t you introduce them to me, Matthew?”

Wendy’s mother looked up and saw an elderly hunchbacked man and three burly men standing behind Matthew. If the bar owner were here, he would probably recognize one of them as the one who brought him the liquor yesterday afternoon. The old man then took off his hat and bowed to her, “Don’t worry, ma’am, we are all friends of Matthew.”

Wendy’s mother looked at her husband.

The latter nodded, “Jane, this is Cook, Cook, this is Jane, my wife.”

Jane breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and stretched out her hand, “Forgive my nervousness. Matthew hasn’t returned from home for a long time. Wendy ran away with an Asian man earlier, and we didn’t know where he came from. There was a rumor saying that a group of bandits was planning to rob the town, and so on… I remember that the leader of the band was also called Cook.”

“There are a lot of coincidences in this world, madam.” The old man kissed the back of her hand, continuing politely, “I hope I didn’t disturb you. Seeing you is like seeing my daughter. You are so kind and pure. It’s a pity she wasn’t as lucky as you.”

“You are too kind. Why would you say that?”

“Oh, something has happened to her, terrible things, but it’s all over. It’s better not to mention it,” said the old man said to the three men behind him. “Stay here.”

The three men nodded.

Then the humpback and Matthew walked into the house together. When he saw Wendy coming down the stairs, a smile broke out on his wrinkled face. “Look at this lovely girl. She’s your daughter, I suppose? Matthew has spoken about you many times. Your name is Wendy, right?” The old man touched his pocket and took out a gold bar. “Sorry, I was in a hurry along the way. I didn’t have time to buy any candy. Let me give you this instead.”

“The is too expensive!” Jane quickly rejected the gift. “It’s nothing. It’s just a small gift. Good people like you deserve nothing less than this. Just treat it as a gift of fate.”

“Jane, go get something to eat. Neither Cook nor I had dinner yet,” said Matthew while waiting for the old hunchback.

“Okay, I remember I baked some cookies in the morning.”