The women baked their apple pies and ate some of it that afternoon. The two men clearly didn't like to eat it, but they didn't say a word and reluctantly had some.
The rest were left for Deanna, lest she would say there wasn't enough to eat.
After that, all of them headed over to Deanna's. On their way there, Raeleigh asked Rosie, "Is it okay for you not to go to school?"
"Actually, I'm almost done with my semester. There's nothing else that I need to go there for."
Rossie's results were even better than Deanna's. After Deanna left school, she could secure her victory with one less strong contender.
Therefore, she wasn't in a hurry to go back. Even if she was, she could not leave Raeleigh alone.
Not to mention that she had caused some trouble.
Both of the women chatted along the way and soon Marissa was brought up.
"I really didn't know that there is such an old hag in the Richards family. She's like a shrew in the marketplace. How did Jepherson grow up with Marissa by his side?"
Rossie couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
Raeleigh explained as she walked, "You don't understand. Once a person has prejudice against another person, it's difficult to turn them away from it."
"But still, she's gone too far. I've never seen such an uneducated person."
"She's old."
"You mean senile?"
Raeleigh and Rossie went back and forth in their banter over the issue. Eventually, Raeleigh had to relent and keep quiet.
They walked at a slow pace, hence they reached Deanna's place at almost four in the afternoon.
Deanna had asked someone in advance to wait outside and to tell her immediately when they saw Raeleigh.
When Deanna came out to see her, she wasn't surprised, but she was pleasantly surprised to see the food they carried. She ate one on the spot and at the delicious taste, asked Rossie, "Is it all for me?"
"All of them."
Deanna rushed to take the apple pie from their hands and passed it over to Jacky, "We'll give Cedric and Heitor some later."
Jacky took the food inside and Raeleigh and the others were invited in to eat. Deanna had made eight dishes and brought out two bottles of red wine.
But no one drank it, as if they don't like to drink.
Throughout their meal, Deanna showed off all her handmade dishes as they ate and listened to her at the same time. Soon enough, their meal came to an end.
After they ate their fill, all of them took their leave. As she watched Raeleigh's retreating back, with her arm hooked around the mute's own, Rossie said, "Raeleigh actually just wants to live a peaceful life. After all, too many things had happened to her and she's so afraid to be together again with whoever she wants to be with.
Though the mute is not like how you all are, but he won't force her into anything"
"Even so, I always feel that there is something wrong with him."
No matter how Deanna looked at it, he was still a questionable character. Rossie didn't answer and instead walked towards her residence.
Although Deanna had a good personality, Rossie truly didn't want to hang around her too much.
Raeleigh went to buy something on their way back. When she arrived at the store and found that the door wasn't closed for the night, Raeleigh bought some socks for the mute.
They then went back down the street around the village to their house and chatted as they walked. Although it was a one-sided conversation, with Raeleigh doing most of the talking while he listened.
Raeleigh felt it was quite normal and it suited her just fine.
Raeleigh called Xanthus through her phone and told him her current situation. She also added that she wanted to wait and would go back when there was a chance.
Her ID and passport were being prepared by Jacky. After a period of time, even if Jepherson didn't give her back these two documents, she could still go back.
After they returned to the fenced house, Raeleigh went to rest whereas the mute watched some television programs downstairs. At around 10 o'clock, he knocked on her door and brought Raeleigh a glass of water. Then they both slept till dawn.
Soon after daybreak, Deanna came to find Raeleigh again.
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