Ice and Fire

Cherry thought for a while as she looked into Elsa's eyes, but still didn't tell her the truth. She said, "Mom, I'm not lying to you. I told you that Jackson has a bad temper and that he's cold to everyone, and you can understand that some disagreements inevitably come up sometimes living together with him. There's no need to worry about me."

Looking at her stubborn daughter, Elsa asked with dubitation, "Really?"

"Mom, don't you believe your daughter?" Cherry spoke to Elsa like a kid.

When Elsa saw that she couldn't get anything out of her daughter, she said, "It's okay as long as you're fine. Take care of Joe."

Cherry nodded, and said, "Mom, how about you go to the next room to accompany Joe? I have some business to discuss with my brother."

"Okay, I haven't played with my grandson for a long time, " said Elsa with a smile on her lips.

Cherry walked her mother to Joe's room, and Elsa stayed to play with Joe. Cherry and Wilson then left the room.

"Brother, let's go to the study; I'll have a word with you." said Cherry.

"Okay, " said Wilson.

Immediately after they entered the study, Wilson asked his sister, "Cherry, what happened? Why won't Jackson let you out of the house?"

Cherry then looked at Wilson, and seriously said, "Brother, I found out some things about Jackson's past; he doesn't want me to know about them, so he imprisoned me here in the house, and won't allow me to even go outside the door's threshold."

"What did you find out?" asked Wilson. He was somehow nervous, and thought, 'People who are so mysterious like Jackson must have plenty of secrets.'

Cherry didn't plan to lie to Wilson, because she believed him. She asked, "Do you know Sally He?"

Wilson nodded.

Jackson, something related

confused, but he didn't utter a word and listened to

man. Sally and Stephen must surely know him, and so must Jackson, " said Cherry,

do you know that Jackson knows him?" asked

pictures in our previous apartment of Stephen standing together next to him, taken by Jackson probably while he was following them. I also discovered that Sally knew

met him?" asked

replied, "I've seen him from a distance. I didn't see his face, but

for a while, and asked Cherry, "Did Jackson imprison you in the house because you know

her head, and said, "Not only because of this. Yesterday, I went to Stephen to ask him who the man actually is. What's his relationship with him? What's the relationship

for a moment, and then continued to say, "But when I went to Stephen, I found him and Sally sitting together and quietly chatting. He was afraid that Sally would do something to me, so he took me to the hotel across the street. I got to ask him all of these questions, but Jackson rushed in before he had the chance to tell me

two in the hotel?" asked

to a pulp and then asked Bobby to bring

fell silent after he

anything about him." Cherry then remembered Jackson's words

from him. You can't stay with him like this, " anxiously said Wilson, clearly distressed by what was happening. How could

she grabbed Wilson's arm, said,

actually still want to stay by his side after all he's

what matters, is

listened to Cherry, and

Harrison, is still in the city. I found him a while ago, but now you have to do the same thing and to stay in touch with him, " said