Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)

After running away for a few steps, Elaine thought of something and hurried back to the bedside. Taking the key from Vincent, she unlocked the bedroom door and ran outside.

Downstairs, she met Morgan, who asked suspiciously, "Miss Jacob, why are you coming down again?"

"Oh, Vincent had fallen asleep and he wished to be alone." Elaine took a deep breath and continued, "Anyway, I'm worried about my brother. He's at home by himself, so I wanna go back and check on him." Hearing that, Morgan let down his guard. "I see. Shall I ask the driver to send you home?"

"Sure, could he take me downtown as well?"

"You going downtown alone, Miss Jacob?"

"No, my brother is coming as well because I gotta take him to the station so he could go back to school soon. It's not good for him to skip too many classes."

"That's right." Morgan nodded. "But I gotta ask Mr. Bradbury for permission first." "Ah, but he doesn't like to be bothered when he's asleep. He told me to go to you if I need anything."

With a pair of innocent-looking eyes, Elaine then added, "Morgan, do you not trust me?"

Morgan smiled. "It's not that. Please wait for a moment. I'm going to look for the driver."

"Thank you."

Elaine let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, at the airport in Beachmarsh City

The first thing Howard did upon getting off the plane was to call home, but no one answered the phone.

"Urgh, Elaine! Where did you go again?" He then put away his phone and stopped a cab to go back.

Originally, he could have finished his work in three days, but there was an unexpected event, so he had to stay for another two days.

During his business trip, he called home more than once, but Elaine never answered it.

Although he didn't take it seriously at first, he grew a little worried now.

Right now, he just wanted to go home as soon as possible to see what was going on.

In the cab, he even began to wonder if Elaine was frightened by his words earlier.

So she decided to avoid him these days.

When the cab arrived at his place, Howard called the landline again, but no one picked it up still.

Sighing, he put away his phone and opened the door. Instantly, he noticed that something was wrong at home as it was deadly quiet.

Also, the coffee table in the living room was in a mess.

Howard frowned and started to wonder if Elaine was away in the last few days.

Otherwise, she would have cleaned the table up.

"Elaine?"

Closing the door, Howard called towards upstairs.

But no one answered him.

So he put down his luggage and went straight to the second floor.

Upstairs, a chair was overturned and a cup was broken to pieces on the floor. Seeing that, he began to have a bad feeling.

"Elaine!"

Howard searched everywhere but Elaine was nowhere to be seen.

Where did she go?

Gradually, his heart sank, but he refused to think about the worst.

He sat on the sofa and took a few deep breaths. Then, thinking of something, he quickly took out his phone to make a call.

The first person he phoned was Sharon. She was taking a nap with Simon when she got his call. "Hey, what's up?" "Have you seen Elaine these past few days?"

Sharon was taken aback. "No, Simon has been sick lately so I've been staying with him at home. What's wrong?" "Oh. Is Simon doing okay?"

"Yeah, thankfully, his fever is breaking now." Sharon touched her son's face. "Anyway, what happens to Elaine?" "Oh. Nothing. Go back to sleep with Simon. I'll hang up now."

Hanging up the phone, Howard then phoned Ariah's number. After a while, someone answered, "Howard?"

"Hey, Jimmy. Can I speak to Ariah?"

Jimmy was holding Lacie in his arms while answering the phone. "Ah, Ariah's in the bathroom. Do you need her to speak on the phone?" "Yeah, I have something urgent to ask her."

"Okay, hold on."

Then, Jimmy seemed to be walking to the bathroom. Along the way, Lacie was heard saying something. "Daddy, give it to me..."

"Oh, silly girl, you can't chew on the phone. I'll give you something to chew on later. Uncle Howard is looking for mom, so let's give the phone to mom first..." Howard waited anxiously for a while before the phone was finally passed on to Ariah, who asked curiously, "Howard? Why are you looking for me?" "Have you seen Elaine lately?" Howard asked.

"Elaine? No, I haven't seen her much lately except that night when she was hospitalized and I helped her to pay her fee. By the way, how's she doing now?" Soon, she noticed that Howard was breathing heavily on the other end of the line before she heard him asking, "Elaine was hospitalized? When did that happen?" Immediately, Ariah was stunned. "You didn't know about it?"

"Not at all!"

"Wait, are you joking? You were at the hospital that day too. How could you not know?"

Howard stiffened.

Did she mean that he... show up at the hospital?

How was that possible?

"You must have mistaken it!" Howard said with certainty, "I've been away on a business trip for the past few days and I only returned to Beachmarsh City today. And Elaine isn't at home." "Seriously?" Now, Ariah realized that something was wrong.

"Yeah. Can you tell me exactly what happened that day?" Howard hurriedly asked.

"Elaine had her head injured that day, but it wasn't too serious. When I got to the hospital, her younger brother was in the ward too. Originally, I wanted to stay with her for the night, but then you came over, so left."

That was not him!

Howard had no idea about Elaine's injury, and neither was he aware that her family had come into town.

What on earth had happened in the past few days?

Just as he wanted to ask further, suddenly, he recalled of something, and his face was full of incredulity.

Could it be... that man?

And Ariah had mistaken that man as him at the hospital?

Thinking about that, he grew even anxious.

"Alright, thanks. I'll call you again if I need to ask you anything more."

Then, he ended the call and went out.

On the other hand, Ariah held the phone with her delicate brows knitted together. She had the feeling that Howard must have noticed something strange.

However, why did he sound like he didn't know about Elaine's hospitalization?

If so, who was that man that she saw at the hospital that day?

Meanwhile, Howard drove to a psychiatric hospital.

He had been here several times before, so he soon found his way to a ward.