Looking at Jodie's eager and anxious eyes, Elizabeth shook her head, "I'm sorry. I may not be able to help you."
She didn't care if Jodie would think she was vicious or cruel. She really hated Zena. Although Zena had been punished, she wouldn't sympathize with her at all.
"You..." Jodie was stunned. She did not expect Elizabeth to refuse her so directly.
"You haven't heard the favor yet." She was a little anxious, "Would you like to listen to me first?" She was so worried, for fear that Elizabeth wouldn't agree with her. Tears that she had been holding back suddenly rolled down her face.
Elizabeth frowned slightly and didn't say anything.
She knew that Jodie came to her mostly because of Zena. She did not like Zena, but she could not bear to see such an old lady shedding tears in front of her.
"Just tell me about it."
Jodie was delighted when she heard this. She raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face, "That's great. Thank you for listening to me.' "When Zena was imprisoned, her father and I went to see her. She said that she wanted to see you."
Hearing this, Elizabeth was surprised, "Me?"
Jodie nodded, "Yeah, that's what she said."
Elizabeth felt it a little ironic, "I don't think it's necessary for her to talk to me."
"I know more or less about what has happened between you two. Just now, I said that it's normal for you to think this way. But... Mrs. Lu, please to go see her." After speaking, Jodie smiled bitterly, "She mentioned Xavier, but... she said that Xavier definitely wouldn't want to see her. Before I left, she said that she wanted you to go there. She had something to say to you."
"Sorry, I don't want to see her." Elizabeth answered without thinking.
"Mrs. Lu!" Jodie clenched her fists, "Please, I beg you. She's the only daughter of me and her father. Now she is so pitiful, and she has to stay in jail for such a long time. We really can't do much for her. That day, she just asked her father and me not to worry about her. In addition... she said that she wanted to see you."
"She has done something wrong, so she should be punished. I also blame her for what she has done, and I'm angry with her because of her impulsiveness and recklessness. However, no matter how mad I am, I am still her mother, and I still love her with all my heart. Now... all I can do is to satisfy her wish. As for anything else... I can't do it even if I want."
Jodie began to cry again, and even her nose was red, "I beg you. Please go to see her, okay?"
Elizabeth closed her eyes and suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"I'm sorry..."
Hearing this, Jodie's face suddenly turned pale, "Mrs. Lu?"
Elizabeth sighed, "Even if I can go out, I don't want to see Zena, not to mention that I almost can't go out now. Don't persuade me. Bye."
"Mrs. Lu!"
As soon as Jodie said this, she held Elizabeth's leg.
Looking at Jodie who was kneeling in front of her and holding her shin tightly with both hands, Elizabeth opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
She really couldn't bear to see this.
Elizabeth went home with something on her mind. When she walked to the corner, he saw James pacing at the door with his phone in his hand. With a frown, he looked at his phone from time to time and then looked up again.
Just as she was about to call him, James turned around and saw her. His knitted eyebrows smoothed as he walked to her quickly, "Honey, where did you go?"
When he went back to the room, he didn't see her, and then he went downstairs to look for her. Auntie Chang told him that she and Lydia went out.
He was worried about her, so he wanted to
call her and asked her to go back after walking for a while, but he found that she didn't take her phone out. He called Lydia, but she didn't answer his calls all the time. He was a little anxious and wanted to go out to find them, but when he went out of the door, he didn't know where to go. Therefore, he could only stand at the door like a fool and wait for them to come back.
"I... just walked around with mom for a while. Are you waiting for me?"
"Of course. Auntie Chang said that you have been out for a long time." Saying this, he looked around again, "Where's mom? Didn't she go out with you? Why are you back alone?"
Elizabeth was startled, and she was thinking about how to lie for Lydia. After thinking for a while, she had no choice but to say, "Oh, mom has a stomachache, so she asked me to bring some tissues to her." Well... half of her words was true, and half of it was... Ahem! How could she tell James the truth? In that case, she would expose herself.
"In this neighbourhood?"
"Yep, ha-ha." Elizabeth smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to look at James's face at all.
James thought for a moment, "So, is mom still waiting for you to send her tissues in the
toilet now?"
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