NovelOnlineAfter Avery left, Elliot looked at the pasta in front of him. The egg was way too salty. However, at the thought of her taking the effort to cook the meal, he ate it.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe took a deep breath and drank three cups of water straight, washing away the saltiness on his tongue.
Avery and Jed's teacher agreed to meet at a cafe.
When they met, Jed's teacher passionately shook Avery's hand. "Avery, | have heard Jed mention you before. He calledbefore he went to Ylore to look for you.” Avery was a little surprised. "What did he say?" "He said that you trust him a lot, so he was rather nervous," Jed's teacher said.
"Once he reached Ylore, | called him to ask about his situation. He wanted to protect your privacy, so he wasn't willing to disclose much to me, and | didn't ask him any further." "I was the one who told him not to tell anyone about my condition." "lI understand. When | heard about his death, | visited his parents. They were very sad, but | didn't dare to ask them about it." "To be honest, we don't know what happened either.” Avery took out the checkup report she did at Ylore. "This is the surgery proposal Jed and | cup with. These are the checkup reports that Jed did for me. One day before the surgery, he hadon general anesthesia. You should know that general anesthesia is harmful to the body. Also, we wouldn't give our patients general anesthesia twice in such a short time, unless it's two consecutive major surgeries, but we won't usually do it either." When Jed's teacher heard what Avery said, his expression changed.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"That is definitely not allowed! Why did Jed do this?" "I asked him about this. He said that the dosage was not up to the dosage of general anesthesia. | didn't doubt him then, so | didn't follow up. After his death, | searched and saw that it was the dosage of general anesthesia." "Something must be up! Jed must either be threatened by someone or there must be sother reason. He has been extremely cautious about your illness, taking it very seriously. He wouldn't try to hurt you!" Avery nodded. "Yes. | thought so too. Before he was killed, he treatednormally. He hoped that | would quickly undergo surgery to get better soon. | don't believe that he was faking it. He would never try to harm me." "Can't you find out the reason?" Avery shook her head. "If | could do so, | wouldn't have clooking for you. We have completely no more connections with the people at Ylore anymore." "Then, there's nothing we can do anymore. | am only sure that Jed would never mess about. He must have his own troubles." "| feel relieved after hearing what you said. " At least she would no longer suspect that Jed was st?a.;R]W=>ing on Ruby's side.
In the afternoon, Avery and Jed's teacher cleaned up Jed's study before staying for a meal with Jed’s parents.
Avery could not refuse them, so she only returned hafter dinner. She texted Elliot beforehand that she would not be able to return hfor dinner, but by then, he was already halfway preparing dinner, so he still made a feast.
When she returned hand saw the food that he made, she was so touched her eyes reddened.
"Hubby, givesfood." Avery sat in the chair and said to him coquettishly, "I'm a little tired from tidying all the books." Elliot immediately gave her sfood. " Did you find out about anything from his teacher?" "Yes." Avery took a piece of meat and tasted it. It was surprisingly good. "His teacher thinks that there must be something behind this. | think it has to do with Ruby, but | do not want to look for Ruby because of this, because Ruby will never admit that she had something to do with Jed's death. If | look for her, she might even take advantage to get close to you."
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