Jason was extremely grateful to Hannah for coming to his rescue, especially when Fabian had turned his back against him.
“Winson, I’ll tell you a story, alright? What about the story of the Big Bad Wolf?” Helen suggested awkwardly. Winson was not a boy anymore. She really did not know why her sister made her tell him a story. There were a lot of other things she could do. She was not even sure if Winson would like it.
“Sure, Helen,” Winson replied. His mother used to tell him bedtime stories when he was a kid until the day she left. No one else in the Blackwood family had ever read him any stories after that. In fact, there was no one he could talk to in the family. Now that Helen offered to tell him a story, he was all excited and moved.
His enthusiasm caught Helen by surprise.
“Well, this is how it goes. A long, long time ago, there lived a big bad wolf,” Helen began, with a particular emphasis on the words “big bad wolf”.
Jason was speechless and gave up defending. Is that even necessary?
It’s not like I offended you big time! Why can’t you just get over it?
I really didn’t know you’re Hannah’s sister, so you can’t blame me. Plus, I have already apologized. Why do you have to be so petty?
If she were not Hannah’s sister, he would have taught her a good lesson.
“It’s really bad luck I ran into someone so trivial.” Jason shook his head and sighed. “I’ll go get a smoke outside,” he said, walking out of the room.
He could not stand spending another minute in that room. God knew what Helen would do to irritate him again.
Jason went to the smoking area and lighted a cigarette. He took a deep puff and blew out a mouthful of smoke as he thought of a way to get back at Helen. “I need to do something. I can’t just let her have her way.”
A thought suddenly came to Jason. I can tell a story too! I can use my story to insinuate innuendos too.
“Ha! I’ll let her have a taste of her own medicine.” A victorious smile curved on his lips as he dragged the cigarette again.
He walked out of the smoking area and walked down the corridor slowly so Helen could finish her story before he went in.
You’re so dead. I’ll make sure you pay for humiliating me. Jason had already had a story in his mind. He just needed to tell it to Winson.
“Excuse me, is Hannah here?” a voice shook him back from his thoughts.
Xavier had his quintessential smile on his face when he approached Jason.
Not again. Jason scrutinized the man as he tried to figure out who this man was. Xavier was in his suit and he had a bouquet of carnations in his hand.
Bingo! This must be her elder brother. I have to seize this opportunity and get on his good side.
A smile slowly emerged on Jason’s face. “Are you looking for Hannah? I’m her brother. It’s really nice meeting. Don’t just stand here, come on in. She’ll be really happy to see you.”
Speaking, Jason took his arm and led Xavier to Hannah’s VIP ward.
Xavier was rather confused. Hannah has a brother? I didn’t know that. Xavier looked befuddled, but since Jason was so enthusiastic, and even offered to bring him to Hannah, he just followed along.
Jason pushed open the door and ushered Xavier in. “Hey guys, see who’s here!”
Jason’s eyes curved in a delighted smile as he looked at Fabian.
He was feeling so good about what he had done. See, Fabian. I did you a favor this time. You don’t have to thank me though. You just need to give me your Lincoln limousine. That would be very kind of you. I never had the chance to check the car out.
Contrary to Jason’s expectation, not only did Fabian not compliment him, Hannah did not seem excited at all. “Who is this?” Helen asked.
