As soon as Jepherson hung up the phone, Marissa dashed over and grabbed him by his collar, beating him hard. "What did you just say? Repeat your words if you have the guts to do so."
Jepherson ignored her as his eyes fell on Reese. "Tomorrow onwards, you don't have to come anymore."
"Mr. Richards, Madam Marissa needs someone to look after her all the time," Reese said. By this time, Raeleigh had already walked into the bathroom. She didn't want to get involved in matters between Jepherson and Marissa.
After walking into the bathroom, she filled up the tub and locked the door before getting into the tub.
Raeleigh leaned back against the tub. She wouldn't step out of the bathroom even if the sky were to collapse on her.
Yet, it turned out...
Jepherson intended to send Marissa to a mental hospital. Reese quickly called Trevor, who rushed over to the hotel immediately and finally made it late at night.
By the time Trevor arrived, the staff from the mental hospital had also arrived. After bumping into each other at the hotel entrance, the staff hastily retreated after Trevor went on a tirade.
When Trevor arrived at the hotel room, he kicked the door down, giving everyone a fright.
In contrast with his age, Trevor was not doddery at all.
He entered the room to find Marissa shouting at Jepherson, who was standing by the bed. When Jepherson saw Trevor, he said, "Are you here to catch me redhanded as well?"
Trevor was a little mystified. He knew that something had to be afoot, otherwise, things wouldn't have gotten so out of control.
"Stop this ruckus right now. Get out of here, all of you!"
Trevor was the patriarch of the Richards family, after all. The moment he gave the order, everyone left and Marissa walked over to him and started crying like he was her only hope.
Trevor was well aware that his wife must be the one creating trouble, but he would not take his grandson's side.
"Looks like you're all grown up and even able to bully your own grandmother."
Trevor did not say anything else. With that, he grabbed Marissa and turned to leave. However,
Marissa refused to, saying, "That vixen's still in there."
Only then did Trevor realise that Raeleigh had returned.
He stopped and turned to look at Jepherson, whose expression was cold. "I'll get to the bottom of this, but I won't let you off the hook. I won't allow you to bully your grandmother as long as I'm still alive."
With that, Trevor left and forcefully took Marissa with him. Regardless of her unwillingness, she couldn't resist him and was forced to leave.
On the other hand, Raeleigh soaked in the tub for more than an hour and became extremely pruned. She only came out when Jepherson went to get her.
Outside the hotel.
Trevor was having mixed feelings. Over the past few years, Marissa had become more and more temperamental and was acting increasingly erratically.
Ever since Hansen and Jenna had left with Santiago, she'd grown increasingly unreasonable. Trevor knew that she felt disinclined to accept it, but she had no option but to compromise when it came to kinship. It was not a matter that could be solved with mere persistence.
Marissa stopped in her tracks and broke free of Trevor's grip. She asked, "Do you think that I'm being unreasonable and that I've grown senile?"
Her face was white with rage. Trevor took his coat off and draped it around her shoulders, not wanting her to catch a cold.
He answered, "It's true that I do feel that you're being unreasonable sometimes."
Trevor cast a glance at Reese, who was standing next to them. At her age, she wasn't able to comprehend their relationship, which was why she was looking at them rather oddly.
Trevor might be getting on in his years, but he was still charming.
Reese had never seen Hansen. When she came to the Richards family, Hansen and Jenna weren't around anymore.
The same went for Santiago.
Reese had only met Trevor and Jepherson. It was obvious to her that both of them were loyal to a fault and loved their partners deeply.
It was excusable for Jepherson as it was normal for him to be besotted at his age, but what about Trevor?
Every time she thought about this, Reese would give Trevor an odd look or two.
Trevor said to her, "You can head back for now and come over tomorrow."
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