Janet was only able to see the man's face clearly when he walked closer to her.
At a glance, she noticed the overflowing greed in his eyes. He had a cunning expression on his face. His chapped lips and ragged stubble only made him look scarier.
Janet stared at his face for a long time, but she couldn't recall seeing him before.
"Yes, I'm Janet. And you are?" This man was still a stranger even if he knew her name, so Janet was on guard against him. She put a safe distance between them as they spoke.
"Janet, it's really you! I was afraid that I have mistaken someone else for you. We haven't met for ages and you have changed a lot. I have to admit that you've become a lot more beautiful." The man's eyes lit up in excitement as he studied Janet's face.
Coming back to his senses, he cleared his throat and asked, "You don't remember me? It's me, Tyler Wilde, Hannah's son."
The name did ring a bell. Janet remembered hearing about him from Hannah.
As far as she knew, Hannah's son left the city around eight years ago. There had been no news about him since then. Janet also knew that Tyler was addicted to gambling. For the same reason, he had abandoned his own mother many years ago.
When Janet reached the right age, Hannah mentioned Tyler to her. Every time she talked about her son, she looked sad and worried. But as time went by, Hannah just pretended she didn't have such an ungrateful son.
Tyler waved his hand in front of Janet's face and smiled apologetically. "Now you remember me, right? I've made a lot of mistakes in the past that I now regret. But don't worry. I'm a changed man now. Otherwise, how can I have the guts to face my mother?"
There was one thing that was on Janet's mind at this moment: she didn't like Tyler. So she said while adjusting her scarf, "Well, good for you. Anyway, if you have nothing else to say, I got to go home now."
'This guy is weird. The world is full of weird people.'
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