Early in the morning, at Grande's restaurant, the phone rang at the table where the egg rolls had just been served.
Louise answered the phone, "Grand Funeral..."
"Where's Zach? Let Zach answer the phone." Louise seemed to have heard the woman's voice somewhere.
Perhaps she didn't see Zach's feminine resentment when she woke up in the morning. Louise frowned and said in a deliberately emphatic tone, "Who are you? The master of Grande is not here right now. You have something to tell me."
"Not here?" The woman on the receiver had no intention of answering, and asked in an irritable tone, "When will he come back? No, tell me where he is now."
Louise was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the people at the dinner table who were watching her answer the phone. They all looked at her with doubts. Only Old Hank waved his hands and shouted loudly, "They say Grande won't be opening recently, so go find another place!"
It's better to ignore this old man who doesn't understand the situation. Speaking of which, Louise doesn't know much either.
"Are you okay?" Louise continued to frown. She couldn't answer the question of where Zach was because she didn't know. Louise knew that Zach went to see Nuo at midnight to check a certain warehouse, but he has not come back yet. "If it is something important, you'd better tell me directly. I will tell him when he comes back. "
Louise pursed her lips and picked up the note paper and pen that were pushed aside by the dinner plate, "Tell me my name first."
"Uh." The woman on the receiver seemed impatient, "Brown... Amelia, you should be Louise."
Louise was stunned again. She tried hard to recall before she remembered this woman who had come to Grande to find a boyfriend. No wonder her voice sounded familiar. She often heard this name recently because she was Dr. James and she was an interracial woman. Friendly relationship.
so. Louise let down her guard and said with a hint of a smile, "It's me. Zach hasn't come back since he went out last night. Just tell him what happened and I'll tell him."
"Okay." Emilia's voice in the receiver was a little dry and hoarse. There was obvious irritability, "Tell Zach! Ryan's mother never came home, and Ryan didn't know where to look. With no one to ask for help and no idea what to do, he gave me, his doctor, a shot. Telephone!"
Louise stopped just after writing a few words on the note and frowned again because Emilia's tone was bad.
in the handset. The annoyance in Amelia's tone was increasing, "I didn't make it clear, Ryan called me at three or four in the morning!"
Louise pursed her lips. It was early morning, just after 7 o'clock.
Emilia continued, growing more and more agitated, and you can imagine her clutching the receiver as she spoke. While waving his arms, "I am his doctor. So the bottom line is that I have to help him, right?! So I did it! I listened to a patient's anxious words on the phone at three or four in the morning, and then comforted him and stabilized him. You understand his emotions, this is my job!”
Louise wasn't really looking forward to seeing Ryan, and the conversation was no different from complaining, but. As a woman who also became an interracial girlfriend, and at the same time Louise also knew that Emilia had become a tragedy (her boyfriend was buried), various emotions led Louise not to interrupt Emilia.
"I did my job, I'm very responsible, I'm a good doctor..." An obvious turning point appeared. "So, I also need this guy Zach, can you take a little more responsibility?! I think Zach told you a lot of things, right? About Ryan and Brian?"
Louise graciously said, she did not want to encourage Emilia's current mood, nor did she want to lie and deny that she knew many things.
"Okay, you know these things, you don't need me to explain them! So you understand, right?! Ryan should be Zach's responsibility, right! Then, why am I the one comforting Ryan at three or four in the morning?! Where is Zach’s sense of responsibility?!”
Louise frowned, as if she needed to defend her man, "Miss." This reminded Amelia to pay attention to her tone, "You are wrong. This is not Zach's responsibility, it is Ian's. They are both vampires, but completely different people..."
"Who created Ian?!" Emilia on the receiver interrupted Louise without any scruples, "Then the letters Brian wrote and the things that happened in the southeast are all related to someone. ?!”
Early in the morning, Amelia's anger didn't seem to be low at all. She also changed her title, "Miss! Don't try to excuse him (Zach)! I am a doctor! I have done what I can do for Ryan." It’s a matter! I can’t do anything else and can’t control anything else! Please let him take the responsibility he deserves!”
Louise had a stern face. Her mood was ruined early in the morning. She angrily tore off the note with only a few words written on it, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it away, "Emilia, I think you didn't just call me." For the sake of complaining, do you have anything truly meaningful that you want me to convey? If not, I’m about to have breakfast and I want to continue.”
The voice in the receiver paused, and then a deep breath could be heard clearly, "Sorry." Emilia seemed to realize that her bad attitude had offended people, and adjusted her tone, "Uh, I'm really sorry, I'm just , I'm just in a bad mood, sorry, I..."
"Don't be sorry." Louise frowned and curled her lips, not bothering to guess Amelia's psychology, "Hurry up and say what you want to say."
Emilia on the receiver sighed, obviously knowing that she had completely left a bad impression, "Okay, it's Ryan again. He told me that the last time he saw his mother was yesterday morning when he was called to work by a colleague. Gram was also present.”
Louise pursed her lips and her expression became more serious. Because Zach told her - yesterday, he had two bad experiences traveling for meaningless purposes, but in the process he learned many trivial things that he didn't want to know.
"You should know what kind of 'thing' Zach is in Ryan's mind. It's a bad thing that cannot be mentioned, remembered, or touched. Uh, no offense intended."
"No offense." Louise twitched her lips.
"Okay." Emilia sighed softly in the receiver, "Maybe it's just paranoia and anxiety, but in Ryan's mind, it's a bad thing that his mother hasn't come home. The last time he saw his mother When I was with Zach, bad things came together, and the two things started to get mixed up."
Louise is not a psychologist or anything, but Amelia made it obvious, "Are you trying to say what Ryan thinks Zach did to his mother?"
Quite simply, bad things caused bad things to happen to his mother. Two unrelated things blurred the boundaries and mixed together, for a guy who was affected by the charm of failure, received psychological treatment since childhood, and lived in a nursing home for a long time. With such logic, you can't blame him for being stupid, he is really stupid.
"I know Zach doesn't, Zach... uh, I believe his character is not enough to do such a thing..." As if to confirm, "Well, he doesn't, right?"
"No." Louise frowned and said these two words.
"Oh, very good… "
Even if it's light. But Louise still heard the relaxed breathing in the receiver. Louise's face completely darkened.
"This is a very troublesome problem." Amelia probably didn't realize that her relaxation was heard, and continued, "When Ryan called me, I could clearly feel his anxiety. Zach's Existence has placed too great a burden on Ryan's psychology, leading to the current delusional and disordered connection events. I..."
"What exactly do you want to say?" Louise was already proud of her self-restraint, and using a cold tone at this time already gave Emilia a lot of face. "Do you want Zach to disappear? If that's what you want from 'taking responsibility', I'm sorry. I can decide for Zach right now, no way."
The receiver was stunned for a moment, and then gave a somewhat hasty explanation, "That's not what I meant..."
"What is that?" Louise asked, "Or do you want to blame Zach for approaching your patient? I'm sorry, I can tell you now. It was a coincidence that they met Zach yesterday morning." Louise At this moment, he glared at Old Hank, who was eating his breakfast without noticing, "Zach has always wanted to avoid it, but he was entangled by Ryan's mother. If you want to blame Zach, I think it's delusional. It’s you, Emilia.”
Another point, Louise didn't say, if something bad happened to Ryan's mother, it was because she herself was in a bad profession! Everyone understands.
This time there was a long silence in the receiver, and then a deep breath to adjust the mood again, "Louise, I didn't mean it. I know the way our conversation started wasn't a good one, and it's my fault, I'm sorry. Now, Can we talk properly?"
The corner of Louise's mouth twitched, "You say."
"In fact, I didn't expect Zach to honestly avoid contact with Ryan. I admit, I thought Zach would do something to Ryan behind my back, but listening to what you said, I know I was wrong, and I have to do something for him. This is an apology.”
Emilia's words seemed to contradict what she said before about wanting Zach to take responsibility. Next, she began to explain.
"But I also said that I have done what I can do as a doctor. I don't know how to use the knowledge I spent six or seven years learning to 'treat' a Charming Eye failure case. If Ryan, or Bu Ryan can live a normal life in the future, but what he needs is Zach, or that vampire who is better at the Charming Eyes than Zach."
Amelia continued, "No matter how bad I guess what Zach will do to Ryan, if Ryan wants a result, he still needs Zach. In my opinion, we can start now, as I just said As I said, I’ve done all I can do. So actually I no longer care about whether Zach comes into contact with Ryan.”
Louise frowned and tried to listen to Amelia calmly.
"Today's phone call is from a doctor's perspective. I want to remind Zach that if he cares about Ryan, maybe I should say that Ian's last 'relic' left in Barton." Don't forget that Amelia is watching She had read the last page of "Barton's Bottom", so she could detect some of Zach's psychology. After all, she was a psychology major.
"There will be many obstacles for Zach to meet Ryan. The anxiety and delusions that Ryan has shown now will be one of them. Zach needs to eliminate these. For example, this time..." Emilia sighed , "At least prove to Ryan that Zach didn't do anything to his mother. I don't know how to prove it, but please prove it."
As if to supplement it, Amelia's voice became softer and full of fatigue, "So that Ryan doesn't have to call me every five minutes, he needs me to soothe his mood..."
Louise frowned and relaxed, somewhat able to understand Emilia's emotions, so this phone call was actually made by Emilia who was cornered by her patient, Ryan, and had to find an outlet to vent. "Okay, I heard everything, I'll tell Zach."
"Yes." Emilia's voice had completely lost its previous emotion, leaving only fatigue accentuated by a somewhat dry voice, "I'm sorry again for ruining your mood for breakfast. I didn't mean to."
"It doesn't matter." Louise pursed her lips, which was considered generous.
In fact, if you think about it, these two women actually have a lot in common.
"Oh, by the way." Before she was about to say goodbye and hang up the phone, Amelia seemed to think of something again, and her tone became a little impatient again, "Tell Zach that Mrs. Quinn agrees to my support project for the shelter. If If Zach cares, please help me convey my thanks.”
There seems to be no sincerity in gratitude, which is understandable. Amelia is not a fool. It can be clearly felt at Quinn Manor that she was just used as a cover.
Louise, who knew the cause and effect and heard that Amelia was not sincere, responded with no sincerity, "Congratulations then, I wish your project goes well, I will mention it to Zach."
After all, it was an unpleasant phone call for both parties, and the two women hung up at the same time.
Louise twitched her lips and took the already cold breakfast. Just as she was about to start, the phone rang again. Louise sighed irritably and answered the phone helplessly, "Grand Funeral..."
"Where's Zach? Aren't you here?"
Louise was stunned for a moment, then frowned, not because this was a similar opening dialogue to the previous phone call, but this time, the voice was a female voice again, and Louise confirmed that she had not heard this voice again. Pass.
"Zach isn't here, are you?" Louise asked coldly, without even putting down the tableware in her hands. Anyone with low blood sugar in the early morning has very limited patience.
"Riley." The female voice on the receiver answered directly, "You must be Louise. I heard Madison tell a lot about you. He said you are a very smart woman."
Louise's brows furrowed a little. This was a foreign race that Zach encountered during his meaningless trip yesterday, a charming demon.
Yes, Zach didn't hide his little run-in with a seductress. Please think like a man! Learn a lesson, how could Zach, who successfully resisted the attack of six beauties, not use this matter in exchange for something from his real girlfriend. You know, there is still a long, long time to kill before midnight and Nuo's agreement...
Louise took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, "Thank you Madison for the compliment. Do you have anything to do with Zach?"
"Well, I just wanted to inform him out of politeness. I carefully considered his suggestion and decided to take action. Just tell him. Thank you. Goodbye."
Bye. (..)