Chapter 981 - Tide Of Time (1/2)

Jackie coughed a little to break the intense stare between his two sisters. Internally, he was actually rolling his eyes at them. They had been best friends for years and they both had kids but still, they argued like this. There was no end to their bickering. No end for sure!

They were still the closest to each other. And they didn't even need a reason to come and bother the other person. It was like they knew the other person always had their doors and hearts open for them 24/7! They didn't need to think whether the other had the time or not.

However, whenever they met, there would be a war of words.

”Xiuuuu~” Nora dragged her voice. ”I really do have a headache!”

Xiu knocked on her head saying, ”Maybe you're finally about to grow a brain in this shell.”

”Pfft!” Jackie couldn't help himself.

Nora rested her head back and closed her eyes, looking for some peace of mind. Since Nora didn't bother continuing, it showed that she really had a bad headache right now. Xiu placed her finger on her lips, indicating Jackie to stay silent while she went to the kitchen and brewed a cup of herbal tea for Nora.

Although Darren had survived his surgery all those years ago, he still had to suffer from sequela. He'd often get headaches and he wasn't able to do anything else when the headache came. It was because she was too distressed for him that she learned a lot of things to help him ease the pain a little.

Making all sorts of herbal and medicinal teas was a part of that as well. She had full faith in her herbal tea which she brought to Nora and asked her to try some.

Nora drank the hot tea and sighed out. But just like before, she still closed her eyes to rest right there. Xiu stood behind her and massaged her temples with the right pressure. It was so comfortable that Nora almost fell asleep. No, it'd be right to say that she did fall asleep and if it wasn't for the sound of crying that she heard, she'd have continued to sleep some more.

Nora opened her eyes and looked at Ashley who was hugging Xiu and crying hysterically. It was a heartbreaking kind of crying that even shook Nora's heart and woke her up instantly.

”What's going on?” she asked in concern.

Xiu was patting Ashley's back trying to comfort her as she gave a clueless look to Nora in response and told her, ”I'm also asking the same question.”

Ashley had recently started working and since her company was closer from here, Darren suggested she just stay with them. He also bought her an apartment near her company but he still insisted that she should come over for food when she isn't feeling like eating out. Because of that, Ashley was a frequent visitor here.

And just last night, Ashley had been looking so happy like she got the world but now, she was crying her heart out. Xiu was really confused by this turn of events.

”Ash, if you won't even tell me what's wrong, how will I fix it?”

”You can't fix it,” Ashley said through her hiccups.

”But I still need to know what's going on,” stated Xiu. ”Why don't you just say it to me first? Maybe I really can fix it.”