Chapter 1019 Car Accident (1/2)

Steven stared at her intently and left without saying a word.

”Hey, where are you going?”

Carla asked, knitting her eyebrows.

”I'm going to bed,”

Steven answered without looking back.

Carla glanced at him. Steven was an enigma at times. She couldn't understand what was going on in his complicated mind. She sighed and closed the window. She stretched her tight muscles and went back to bed to sleep.

However, Carla's brain was whirling with all the problems and challenges she was facing. She couldn't fall back to sleep.

Her grandmother had been forcing her to make an impossible choice. Although Carla had promised to think about it and get back to her, she had already made up her mind. She knew that her grandmother wouldn't be pleased with her decision.

She didn't know what to do. Carla was aware that she was trapped here and there was no way out. Her grandmother wouldn't let her go even if she wanted to.

Carla had been squeezing her brain for the last two weeks to come up with a plan to escape from this uncomfortable situation. She had hit a dead end and had to pave her way out.

At the Phoenix Palace, Arthur smiled as he stood up after playing a beautiful song. ”Eleanor, what do you think of my performance?”

He covered his mouth and coughed loudly and walked towards Eleanor who was watching him. Her eyes were filled with concern.

”Arthur, you are not a young boy anymore. You need to accept that you are old and stop acting like a teenager. See, you are coughing now.”

Eleanor waved her hand and gestured him to sit next to her. ”Is there anything you want to tell me?”

Arthur plopped next to her and took a sip of water to moisten his parched throat. ”What do you mean? I just wanted to play a song for you.”

Eleanor rolled her eyes. ”Come on, I know you very well. Just say whatever you need to say.”

Arthur was having another coughing fit and Eleanor rubbed his back to soothe him. ”Why are you coughing like that? Have you gone to see a doctor?”

It was rare for Eleanor to fuss over him and Arthur was enjoying the attention. A smile tugged on the corners of his lips. ”Yes I have, and it's nothing serious,” he said in a raspy voice. He cleared his throat and continued, ”Eleanor, Callie has been locked up for a long time. I think she has had enough.

She is your granddaughter. I don't think you have the heart to see her suffer. Just put an end to this torture.”

Eleanor knew that Arthur was here because of Carla. He played the song to relax her and change her mind.