Chapter 44

Watching Lily leave looking as proud as a peacock, Summer giggled as she thought it was funny. ‘She sure is childish,’ Summer thought to herself. About half an hour later, Nancy arrived looking glum and tired with heavy eyebags. She looked as if she did not sleep for a day or two. Feeling worried, Summer furrowed her brows as she asked, “What happened? Why do you look so tired?” As Nancy’s eyes started to water, she sat next to Summer. Holding back her tears, she complained to her best friend, “Howard got arrested for that no-good woman!” “Didn’t you guys talk it out after the last incident?” “Of course, we did! I even asked my friends to introduce him to other women, but nothing worked. As though he was brainwashed by that woman, he just wouldn’t snap out of it!” Nancy felt furious and exhausted of Howard, but she could not change the fact that Howard is a little brother. She had to help him somehow. “Summer, aren’t you close with Mr. Valentine? Please help me talk to him.