
“By the way, Gerald, how long do you plan to stay here? Do you have a place to stay for now? No need to be friendly with us! For now, I just assumed that Bea would accompany you today and I'll send you back to the airport tomorrow. Is that the plan?” catherine Goff asked rather enthusiastically as she peeked at Gerald sitting quietly in the back seat while driving the Passat.
Seeing her dragging her suitcase with him earlier had prompted her to ask a question. It was obvious that he wanted her to leave as soon as possible.
"Oh? I'm not leaving so soon, aunt. In fact, I will probably stay in Yanken for a while. I will be in your care until then,” Gerald replied with a slightly bitter smile.
Hearing that, Catherine's expression instantly turned ugly despite remaining silent. It's just reality. If someone was rich and they lived somewhere obscure in the mountains, they would still have distant relatives. However, if one was poor, even if they lived in a bustling city, they would have no relatives to talk about.
No wonder Catherine was so afraid Gerald was coming to them. Bea, on the other hand, is very friendly towards Gerald.
"Ha huh! Rest assured, cousin! Stay as long as you want! By the way, it'll be Grandma's birthday in a few days! If you celebrate with her, I'm sure she'll be very happy!”
Hearing that, Gerald could only return a slightly wry smile. After all, before her trip to Yanken began, her mother told her that although Bea had always received help from her, Yulia had not revealed her true identity to Bea for personal reasons.
Bea's lack of information about who her mother really was, was the reason why she could still submit such a proposal to Gerald. However, in his mind, Gerald felt somewhat better like this.
“Huh! It would be good enough if he did not make her angry when they met each other! ” add Catherine with cold.
“Now why would you say such a thing, Mom? While it's true that grandma doesn't have a good relationship with my aunt and uncle, doesn't she ask about them every once in a while?” bea replied while looking at her mother.
Catherine only sighed before saying, “Gerald, I know why you are here. From the moment I heard that you were coming to meet Lady Yaleman, I knew that you wanted to return to our family so that you could finally get a piece of our property! Huh! Think of this as sensible advice from me. Give up while you can. If even my family did not get that much, one could only imagine how small the property would be. If you managed to get in from the start, that is! ”
Catherine certainly saw things through a different point of view compared to normal people. However, Gerald only smiled bitterly while shaking his head. He didn't really need to give her an explanation as to why she was really here.
After that, he started chatting casually with Bea. After all, they were both cousins. The two will eventually be close to each other anyway.
As one of the three largest families in the Yanken, the Yaleman family has several family branches within it.
Because Lady Yaleman is traditionally minded for a fault, she is strict in dealing with any issues regarding her children. As long as one of them could get his help or contribute to the family, it would greatly increase the support they received from him in terms of resources.
After all, Catherine was only given a very ordinary position within the family. As a result, she and her daughter only lived in an ordinary neighborhood.
Gerald himself began to see how complicated things were within the Yaleman family. She initially didn't think much of it when her mother first told her that things were never that simple in that family. He now understood what he meant.
Moments after arriving at their home, Bea was just about to come out to buy groceries when Catherine called, “Wait a minute, Bea! There's something I need to tell you!”
With that, the two left Gerald alone for a while to speak in secret. With nothing better to do, Gerald enters the room where his uncle is.
Yulia had always regretted what happened to Fifth Brother. Even with Crawford's current strength in terms of medical expertise, no doctor has ever come close to helping him recover.
Gerald himself knew he could do nothing, even if he wanted to. At that moment, he began to wonder if Finnley would know how to deal with this situation.
'Where is the old man now ...'
Soon after, Bea goes to pick up the ingredients and Gerald immediately goes down with the intention to leave as well. After all, with Bea gone, Gerald knew he had to endure Catherine's unrelenting comments being alone for a while, and nothing she said was good.
Just as he was thinking about what reason he could give her, his phone started ringing as he reached the final step.
It was an unknown number.
“Good day, young master, I use the name Philip Hodges. I work for the Crawford family and I'm in charge of handling things at the Yanken. Is there any way I can help you? ”
The Crawford family owns several properties in areas such as Sunnydale, Salford Province, Yanken, and many others.
In Weston itself, the family property was separated into many areas, and Gerald now had complete control of everything.