Chapter 534 - Ray means King (1/2)
On Sarah's laptop, three windows for virtual conference call were open.
Jeff greeted everyone and said that he needs to go through some documents for tomorrow's meetings, leaving JoAnna to chat with her sisters.
When Felix saw this, he also excused himself and went to the study room to catch up on his work.
Aiden observed that he is the last man standing, so he gave Sarah a peck on the cheek, ”I will keep busy on my laptop.” He got his laptop and went to the sofa behind Sarah.
That left three sisters to talk.
”You are not in Seattle?”, Sophia frowned when she realized that Sarah is in a room which she does not recognize.
”No, we are in Reno. We will stay a day or two before coming to Seattle. Why?”
Sophia's expression didn't hide her displeasure. ”We are hiring personal security. I narrowed down the choices, but I was hoping that you can help me do final selection by testing them out.”, Sophia explained.
Sarah exhaled. She wants to help, but she wished that Sophia asked her in advance. ”When did you think that to happen?”
”I thought you will be home today. And I got them to come tomorrow afternoon… I guess I will need to ask them to come in few days…” Sophia was looking at her schedule.
Sarah glanced at Aiden. ”What do you think?”
He gave a small nod.
Sarah smiled and mouthed 'Thank you' before turning to her laptop. ”Big sis, stop that. We will be at your new house tomorrow after lunch.”
Sophia lit up. ”Really? Oh, thank you! Thank you very much! If you come for lunch time, it's my treat.”
”How are wedding preparations going?”, Sarah asked.
Sophia was back to frowning. ”We will talk tomorrow.”
JoAnna was listening and grinning the whole time while her body made small involuntary movements.
Sarah laughed. ”OK. Anna… I see that something will burst out of you if you hold it any longer. What happened?”
JoAnna didn't hesitate. She was waiting for her sisters to give her attention before she speaks. ”We visited gran and gramps… and guess what? Two of us met 17 years ago! And at that time, Jeff told gramps that he will come back when he is older and marry me!”
Sarah was first to react: ”You are kidding, right?”
”No, no… he left a letter and there are photos. Let me send you.” JoAnna fiddled with her phone.
Sophia read the letter, ”That sounds like Jeff. Domineering even from young age.”
Sarah giggled, ”In a way, it's romantic… considering that it's from Jeff.”
Sophia burst into laugh while looking at her phone. ”Anna, you were always a glutton. Two ice-creams at the same time? And look how messy you are!”
JoAnna rolled her eyes. ”Now I'm sorry that I sent all three photos that gran found. Focus on the group photo. Jeff is right next to me!”
”Wah! Jeff was cute as a kid!”, Sarah smiled and turned to Aiden. ”Honey, you need to show me your childhood photos!”
Aiden nodded vigorously with a huge smile on his face. He liked that she called him 'honey'.
Sophia still could not believe that JoAnna and Jeff met as kids on East Coast. JoAnna was telling them how Hill and White grandparents live in the same area, and they know each other! That is how Jeff ended up on a playdate with JoAnna.
Sarah scrolled her phone and looked at the third photo. The one with five-year-old JoAnna and a man in the background. The man got Sarah's attention.
”Anna, who is the man on this photo?”, Sarah showed her phone to the camera.
JoAnna shook her head. ”I don't know. I asked gran and gramps about him, they also don't know. Best guess is that he is seasonal worker who helped with horses.”
Sarah absentmindedly nodded and stared at that man. 'Why does he look familiar? Why would a man from 17 years ago on East Coast look familiar?'