Avery came to his senses and looked at Braden. He frowned and said, "Your explanation was so complicated it's good enough that I'm still sitting here. Do you expect me to listen to you word by word? How could you be so shameless?"
"You! I'm so pissed. You've really pissed me off. Alright, I'll tell you straight what happened. Now we want to work with the Stevens Family, do you want to do it or not?"
Avery put down his mobile phone and began to think about this issue more seriously. Even though he had been sending messages to Olive the whole time, he was also listening. Braden wasn't speaking nonsense, in fact, Braden had explained his plan quite well through the whole conversation. It was all up to him whether they were going to work with them or not. To be honest, he prefers not to. After all, if anything goes wrong...
Finally, Avery sighed, "Okay."
He had thousands of reasons not to work with them. He thought it was safest not to do so. Working with them felt like walking on a tightrope. However, he would rather take the first step to attack than wait for the opportunity to come.
Avery had already found an excuse for himself. He thought, "They were too ruthless towards Zoe so it was necessary to move forward with our plans. This is the only way for us to protect everyone."
"It's good that you can convince yourself." Charlotte understood Avery.
Avery looked at her gratefully. His lips curled up as he said, "Thank you for going through this crazy ordeal with me. You wouldn't have gone against the Stevens family if it weren't for me and Braden wouldn't have been kidnapped. It's all because of me and yet you guys still helped me. I really don't know..."
Some people get along fine when there are no troubles. They wouldn't thank each other or quarrel. But when something happened and they expressed their gratitude or quarrel, they would be able to warm his heart the most.
It was easy to ignore the good in such people. Avery had always thought Charlotte and Shane were good people but he couldn't tell exactly how good they were.
Until now, he understood he wouldn't find another group of friends that were as good as them.
"If it's possible, I really hope that we won't grow apart," Braden sighed.
"All good things must come to an end." Charlotte was very carefree.
"Yes," Shane answered.
Avery did not answer.
Braden and Anne are locals and married so there's a low possibility that they would move. But he was different, he had a city to return to and a family to take care of. So, he had to leave Brine and this circle of friends.
The only thing he could do was spend as much time as he could together with them now.
They had already finished discussing the matter but no one wanted to leave. Everyone sat at the table quietly, staring at the food and drinks on the table.
Charlotte took everyone's emotions into consideration. Braden was deep in thought. He was probably thinking of the plans for the future. Although he had Shane by his side, Charlotte knew that Braden was the mastermind behind this plan. He would be carrying out most of the plans.
Shane took out a book to read, a book and read it. Yes, even if he came to the amusement park, he still had to bring a book with him. Charlotte didn't know why he liked reading so much. Perhaps he wasn't too busy with work recently so he had the time to read books.
As for Anne, she was still eating heartlessly but her eyebrows were slightly furrowed with worry. She was probably worried about Braden and Charlotte. After all, one was her husband and the other was her best friend. They were both forced to be involved in this matter with the Stevens family. It was normal for her to worry.
Then, what was Avery thinking about?
Charlotte glanced at Avery from the corner of her eye for a long time but she couldn't see through his thoughts. Avery turned around and was stunned as their eyes met. He smiled and said, "Lottie, I will call Olive and bring them around for a while. It's almost eight, the fireworks show is about to start."
"Okay, please take care of Sheryl for me."
"I'll tell her to come here if I see her."
"Alright."
Avery left.
He did not go directly to Olive. He didn't call Olive after he left either. He walked around aimlessly in the amusement park and looked at the people that walked past him. There were couples, children and even some tired middle-aged people. They seemed to have never-ending conversations with the people around them so it was very noisy.
Avery found a place with a beautiful scenery and sat down. He looked at the fishes swimming around blankly.
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