Ice and Fire

"Okay, " said Cherry, still keeping her calm while she was speaking to Andrew. She was still thinking about the receipt she had just seen in the study, and she wondered, 'Should I ask Grandpa about it? If I ask him, I'm not sure that he'll tell me the truth, and I don't even dare to imagine the consequences. What I really care about is why Jackson didn't tell me any of this. Why didn't he tell me that he knew Mond?'

Since Andrew had fallen silent, Cherry continued to say, "Grandpa, I'll go upstairs now."

"Okay, go and rest before Jackson comes back, " said Andrew, while nodding his head.

"Okay."

Cherry then went upstairs back to the bedroom, closed the door behind her, and then nervously leaned against the back of it. She suddenly felt a little scared in her mind, and thought, 'How many secrets does this family have? Are my son and I safe living here?'

Cherry suddenly remembered that his son had told her that Jackson had sent someone to protect him. Now when she thought about it again, Cherry knew that Jackson knew something. Jackson hadn't told her anything, although he knew that Mond was around them and that he was so worried about his son.

Cherry then slowly walked to the bed, sat down on it and silently stared ahead of her. Sally was in the city, her sister Jean had also come back, and Mond, whom she didn't know, was also in the city. Cherry wondered how many other things she didn't know. Whom could she trust? Was it actually true that she couldn't trust anyone except John, as Stephen had told her? Not even Jackson?

Jackson and Derek were in their military uniforms in their office. The atmosphere there was quiet, and they were both pondering about something in silence.

will definitely attend the party tonight, " suddenly said

appearance, " said Jackson, while he stared at a cup on the table

looked at Jackson, and asked, "Then what should we

said Jackson

isn't it..." said Derek, but he didn't finish his words because he

absolutely sure about that. According to his understanding of Mond, since he could find his son's school, then he also knew about Cherry working

because Mond had targeted Jackson ever since he came back to the city. How could he have not investigated

for him to come to us?"

might say something to me at the party tonight. We'll talk about it after that, " said Jackson. He wasn't in a hurry, and he thought that he had everything under control, but he was also afraid of underestimating Mond. After all, they

he nodded, said,

very exciting tonight, and I'm sure Mond won't let his little friends stay at home, " said Jackson. "Just

quickly

Cherry will meet Jean, " said Jackson, concerned. Although Cherry had already found out that Jean was in the city, she hadn't met her yet. He was worried that she would lose control of herself when she saw Jean, and although she still regarded Jean as her own relative,