Chapter 325: Chapter 327

Jennie frowned, then slowly raised her head and said, “Actually, I wouldn’t have allowed him to come here if I’d known what he was thinking.”

Anna noticed that although Jennie was no longer young, she still appeared elegant. She asked, “He never said anything about that to you, did he?”

Jennie sighed and explained, “Not exactly. He didn’t tell me what he was doing at first. | realized he couldn’t stop thinking about it when | heard he was applying to the military academy here. He hadn’t done anything weird in the previous few years, so I never asked him about it. He did tell me the other day that he had seen Wayne.”

“Oh,” Anna let out a sigh of relief. She believed that everything would be alright if Jennie did not purposefully allow Ryan to approach Wayne. She thought Jennie was a nice woman, not the type of evil person Wayne said she was.

Asa result, Anna figured that there might still be a chance for the two of them to reconcile.

Jennie appeared to know Anna was worried and added, “Ryan doesn’t want to do harm to anyone. | never mentioned he had a brother when he was a kid. He always wanted to be a detective, so he took it as the first case he would solve. He asked me one day when he was thirteen why I had left his brother and grandfather behind. | then discovered that he had looked through my diary and old photos.”

Jennie never told Ryan why she had left the Wright family when she was pregnant with him. However, in so many years, Ryan never gave up ‘327 Ada Nearly Killed Me as searching for the truth.

“I’m not sure how much he knew about it. But | can guarantee you that he would never hurt Wayne no matter what.”

Anna immediately trusted Jennie since she sounded earnest.

“Are you going to meet Wayne this time you’re in town?” Anna asked.

Jennie froze for a second, clutching her coffee cup with both hands, and replied, “No.”

Anna got mixed feelings. “May | ask you a question?” she asked.

“Go ahead” “Ryan and Wayne don’t share the same father, do they?”

That was the source of Wayne and Jennie’s conflict. Wayne’s father died in a car accident, but Jennie was pregnant then. And Wayne wouldn’t have kicked her out if the baby in her belly was his father’s However, based on her observations of Jennie, Anna concluded that she did not appear to be the type of lady who would cheat on her husband. Furthermore, she had been raising Ryan alone for many years and had never remarried. Thus, Anna assumed there might be some misunderstanding about what happened back then:

Jennie was silent for a while and then nodded her head. Then Anna felt like her hope had all gone.

Disappointed, Anna said, “Okay, | get it. I’m sorry, | know | shouldn’t have brought it up.”

Jennie said with a smile, “Don’t worry, it’s all over now. Wayne has been doing fine without me for many years. So, | don’t want to disturb him. Ryan is going to school in America next year, so I’lltell him to stop being around Wayne.” ‘327 Ada Nearly Killed Me =

Anna was at a loss as to what she should say or do. She then drove Jennie back to the hospital out of courtesy. They had just arrived at the hospital entrance when they noticed Ryan gazing around for something.

When Ryan noticed Anna and Jennie walking towards him together, he said hesitantly, “Anna.”

Jennie said calmly, “Well, I’ll give you two some privacy. I’ll go keep Emily company.”

The chilly wind blew against them, making the winter appear even colder. Snow piled up on both sides of the door, and the road was muddy.

Anna waited for Ryan to explain in the bitter wind for a time. She eventually became agitated and said, “Is there anything else you’d like to say to me? No? Then bye.”

Ryan yanked on Anna’s sleeve and exclaimed in a hurry, “Anna, did you know everything?”

“Know what? You mean that | might’ve known that you lied to me and pretended that you suffered from amnesia, or that your mother is Jennie Wright, or that you and Wayne are half-brothers?”

Anna was quite irritated, All this time, she treated Ryan as if he were her own family. Also, she had even given him the key to her house. She didn’t expect him to lie to her after all she had done for him. Anna thought that if she hadn’t met Jennie that day, Ryan would lie to her about more things.

Ryan muttered with a sad face, “I’m sorry, Anna. | apologize for keeping this from you.”

Anna sniffled and said, “Oh? So, how do you want to explain? You have five minutes now because I need to pick Tammy up from school.” ‘327 Ada Nearly Killed Me —_ After hesitating for a while, Ryan said nervously,”! would have told Wayne that Matthew was your son if | wanted to screw everything up. Otherwise, | would not have helped you hide this secret from everyone.” Anna froze, and then asked in surprise, “What? How did you know this?”

Ryan stammered and replied, “Many people were curious about what happened in the Wright family back then. | used to work as a detective, and Ihave looked into a few things about that. | found out about it because Ada asked me to look into it.”

“What? Ada?” Anna went entirely still. She immediately remembered Sophia, whom she had met sometime before, and realized what had happened back then made sense.

“What did she ask you to do? Did you tell Sophia to reach Wayne?” Anna asked coldly. She looked very serious and angry, making Ryan panic.

As a result, he instantly explained, “No, this has absolutely nothing to do with me. Ada was worried that Wayne knew the truth about you and Matthew, so she intended to murder the witness. She dragged me into it, and I’m still pissed about her for that.

Honestly, that whole •Sophia* thing had nothing to do with me. Please believe me, Anna. Besides, | was in school at that time preparing for the drill.”

At the moment, Ryan appeared to be a kindergartner who was frightened of being punished. Seeing his pitiful and panicked look, Anna remained silent and did not reply.

Anna stood still for a long time before clenching her fist and saying, “Okay, | believe you. But | want you to tell me what you’ve been up to lately when you get closer to Wayne. Otherwise, I’m not sure if you’re worthy of ‘327 Ada Nearly Killed Me all my trust. Then, | will decide whether or not to reveal your true identity to him.”

Anna knew that if Wayne discovered Ryan was Jennie’s son, he would be enraged. Wayne had always been distrustful of his mother and despised her. He’d be suspicious of many things if he knew Ryan was his half-brother.