"Bonnie asked you to come back?" blurted Luna immediately, her eyebrows furrowed upon hearing Christopher's response. "How is that possible? Christopher, do you know what you're talking about?"
Bonnie had been in a coma for two days. When Jim and Rosalyn contacted Christopher yesterday, Bonnie was already lying on the bed without the ability to talk or move. Christopher must have decided to disobey Rosalyn and return to Merchant City secretly on his own, yet he dared say Bonnie made him do it. It was just impossible!
The faint ounce of pity Luna had for Christopher vanished after knowing what kind of person Christopher was.
"We're not obliged to trust anything you say. If you're not willing to be honest with us, there's no point for us to be wasting our time here with you."
Previously, Luna had been indecisive if she should bring June or Harvey to come to visit Christopher, but she finally made up her mind, realizing Christopher was a lunatic that had difficulty communicating. To think that Luna had hoped June was able to bring some senses back to Christopher...
After that, Luna took a deep breath and left while holding Joshua's hand. "Let's go."
It was all in Christopher’s expectations when Luna had that reaction, and he smiled bitterly before turning to look at Joshua in a slightly demeaning manner." Didn't you just say you'd believe anything I'll tell you? I already told you, but do you seem to believe it?"
Luna got impatient and furrowed her brows as she looked at Christopher. "Is this the truth? How do you expect us to believe it?"
Honestly speaking, Luna would have believed Christopher if what he said made sense. At this point, however, all Luna could think of was that Christopher had a hard time letting go of Bonnie and wanted to see her, no matter what happened. It was not that hard to admit this reason, but why did Christopher need to make up a lie?
Others might not understand the love Christopher felt for Bonnie, but Luna did. Thus, Luna did not understand why Christopher needed to lie, =h#:VIW> why he insisted on saying Bonnie was the one who wanted him to return. Bonnie could not have done so, not when she was in a coma.
Joshua's eyebrows furrowed as he held Luna's hand, signaling her to stop." Christopher, you said Bonnie was the one who asked you to come. Can you tell us how Bonnie contacted you?"
"She sent me an email.” Christopher took a deep breath and reached into his pocket unconsciously, but it was empty. He went silent for a while and had his hand out. He then stared at Joshua, gobsmacked in realization. "I forgot. They took away my phone when I got admitted. You can take it from the hospital administrator and check it."
He changed to a more comfortable posture as he went to sit against the wall. With eyes brimming with sarcasm, he looked at Luna and Joshua, "I received a call from Jim, and he said that Bonnie had been drugged and requested that I come help immediately. To be honest, after that conversation, my head was a mess. After the call, I didn't hesitate and started to pack my luggage to return.
"Before I could finish packing, Aunt Rosalyn called. She wanted me to stay put in Lincoln City and said there was nothing wrong with Bonnie, that she could handle it herself and disallowed me to come back.
"I would've ignored this had anyone else had said this to me, but Aunt Rosalyn was different. I didn't have any intention of coming back after she told me this, so I canceled the ticket and unpacked my stuff. I planned to stay in Lincoln City to continue to develop medicine to restore Jim's memory..."
He paused and smiled bitterly. "But this morning, I received an email from Bonnie."
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