The only people that Zorion couldn't live without were Rossie and his nephews. If Jacky were to take them back with him, Zorion would never agree to it. They looked like carbon copies of Jacky, but they'd grown up under Zorion's watch. If they were to just leave all of a sudden, Zorion definitely be extremely bothered.
For this reason, Zorion would only indulge Jacky. He could enter and leave the Whalen family house as he wished. Deanna could also leave freely if she wished to. Zorion had already stopped controlling her.
After all, other than Jacky, no one else would be as nice to Deanna. Even Zorion had already acknowledged it.
Furthermore, Jacky had always been willing to leave his children in the hands of the Whalen family. This action was enough to show them his sincerity.
Zorion wasn't a fool either. Since Jacky had left his children in the Whalen family for the sake of Deanna, he could ignore Jacky coming and going freely for the sake of the children.
Aside from Zorion, Jepherson was also a topic of conversation. People were talking about how Jacky was so important that even Jepherson came to support him by attending the banquet.
It was not that Raeleigh didn't hear what those people were saying. She merely glanced at them and looked around at the attendees of the banquet.
In truth, Jepherson had taken the opportunity to reduce his public presence when he'd missed out on the top ten outstanding young men competition. This was so that Jacky could be the centre of attention.
Raeleigh knew very well that Jepherson was extremely shrewd. If he didn't have absolute confidence in Jacky, he wouldn't have helped him become mayor.
Raeleigh suddenly felt that it would be terrifying to be in a relationship with someone like this.
Everyone went around greeting people and then returned to their seats.
They awaited Jacky's arrival.
Soon, a few people came over to Raeleigh's table. They sat down and merely nodded in greeting.
However, the people who came later surprised Raeleigh.
Louisa was surprised to see Raeleigh here. She was even more surprised that they were at the
same table.
Raeleigh was also surprised by Colston's appearance, but she did not say anything to them.
Since she could pretend to have amnesia in front of Flynt, she could do the same with Colston and Louisa.
"Raeleigh." Louisa greeted Raeleigh, but Raeleigh did not answer. She just continued staring at Louisa, then turned to Rossie and asked, "Do I know her?"
Rossie got caught in their crossfire but she smiled and said, "You do know each other. We stayed together for some time but we lost contact. Also, she helped us in Zorion's stomach problems and also Santiago's illness."
"I see." Raeleigh looked at the both of them and smiled.
Louisa was puzzled by her estranged attitude.
Colston pulled out a chair for Louisa to sit. After sitting down himself, he took the initiative to talk to Raeleigh and asked her, "When did you come back?"
Raeleigh looked at Jepherson but said nothing.
Only then did Jepherson look at Colston and say, "You've got the wrong person. She's not the Raeleigh you know."
Colston looked puzzled. "Then who is she?" "Don't ask."
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