Chapter 324 Emm
“Damon, you have to think this through!”
Lena refused to give up, and even went over to hold Damon’s arm pleadingly.
He shook her off irritably.
“I should think things through, indeed. I was hesitant about that project your father proposed for me to jointly invest in. I’ve thought it through now. Tell him on my behalf that I definitely won’t throw my hard-earned money down the drain like that!”
“Damon…”
Lena continued putting up an act amidst her fear, tears streaming down her face.
“Damon, Melanie has Jones Enterprise backing her up! My father and I have no one else to turn to. She might sound more believable than I do, but you can’t just trust her entirely and not trust me at all…”
“Tsk, tsk.”
Damon looked at Lena in disbelief, finally seeing for himself the extent of Lena’s pretense.
“The Jones family has such a talented actress in its midst! If I hadn’t heard for myself your conversation in the meeting room, I would have been completely fooled by your acting chops! Pack your things and leave the
company. I won’t extend any more pity to you and your father from now on.”
Lena continued crying and shrieking, clinging onto Damon and refusing to let go, leaving him with no choice but to call security.
When Lena finally understood that Damon had made up his mind, she wiped her tears away and said fiercely, I can walk. Don’t bother chasing me away!”
She turned around and glared at Melanie. “Melanie Jones, how vicious of you to come chasing after me to the ends of the world. You refuse to let me go!”
“Don’t think so highly of yourself. I don’t care at all where you are! You’re the one provoking me. I’d be doing myself a disservice if I were to let you go.” Melanie shook her head, her eyes crystal clear. “Speaking of being vicious, I’m not vicious enough. Your best friend is probably even more vicious to you than I am.”
Lena was dragged away by the security guard in her daze. Melanie composed herself, and asked Damon, “ Damon, since you find no issues with the proposal, I want to visit the exhibition venue today.”
“Sure, I’ll send you the address,” Damon said, feeling slightly embarrassed. “Melanie, please excuse my indecisiveness before.”
“Don’t say that. We both saw for ourselves how impeccable Lena’s acting was,” Melanie said helplessly. “In fact, she’s shown vast improvement since the time when she was under my wing…”
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Melanie had lunch at Thousand Acre’s office building with Damon. Afterward, she hailed a cab to the
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She familiarized herself with the surroundings, and took some photos which she sent to Mr. Smith. They started discussing the layout of the various perfumes and backdrops over the phone as she walked out.
She stopped at a red light on a pedestrian crossing at a junction. A middle-aged lady of around 50 years old rushed past her with a dog in tow. Suddenly, the dog ran free of its leash and the lady started chasing after it.
Before she could make a run for it, she tripped and fell.
“Madam, are you all right?”
She fell right by Melanie’s side. When Melanie helped her up, Melanie realized that the lady was blind.
“Dog, my dog!”
The lady was still asking for her dog that had run away. Melanie asked slowly, trying to comfort her, “Madam, is that dog your guide dog? Is it newly trained?”
The old lady only sighed.
Melanie asked again, “Are you hurt?”
“Are are you Emm?”
The lady perked her ears up, and suddenly became agitated. She tried hard to open her sagging eyelids and look in Melanie’s direction, but failed to see anything.
“Are you Emm?” the lady asked anxiously, shaking Melanie’s hand.
“Am I what?”
Melanie couldn’t catch what the lady was saying, and thought that she was talking about her dog that had run away. “Where do you live? I’ll send you home, okay?”
“You’re Emm! You’re Emm!”
The lady ignored her question and continued mumbling to herself.
Melanie looked around helplessly. She remembered seeing a police station on her way here, which was not far from the exhibition venue. She started to cajole the blind lady while leading her to the police station.
When Melanie entered the police station and explained what just happened to a policeman, he asked the blind lady, “Do you have an identity card?”
The lady shook her head.
“Do you know where you live? Do you have a phone to contact someone you know?” the policeman asked another question.
The lady shook her head again.
“It’s a lost and blind old woman. Pay close attention to anyone reported lost and see if she fits the description. Hopefully, her children will come and fetch her home,” one policeman said to another.
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When the blind lady heard what the policeman said, she suddenly piped up, “I know her! She’s Emm! I don’t need someone else to fetch me home, I’ll go with her!”
The policemen immediately turned to look at Melanie. It was common nowadays for daughters to not acknowledge their own mothers.
Melanie composed herself, and tried to explain things. “I really don’t know her. I found her by the roadside. I’m not Emm. either.”
“She is Emm!”
The blind lady started becoming agitated. She grabbed the sleeve of one of the policemen. “Does she have large eyes, a high nose bridge, and look clean and fair-skinned?”
The policemen surveyed Melanie from head to toe and nodded. “She does.”
“Then she’s Emm! Emm, I’ve missed you so much. Don’t leave me!” the blind lady started sobbing as she said.
Melanie held the lady’s arm, and said helplessly, “Madam, your description is too vague. Can you give more details about how Emm looks?”
“She’s as pretty as a doll! Her hair is tied in two ponytails with red bowknots at the end. They’re in the same color as the scarf she wears, too!” the blind lady said, her voice softening as she reminisced about the past.
