Chapter 135: Time Will Tell

Prederick suddenly paused the pen in his hand. “Yes, General Hawthorne,” Wendy replied respectfully, but she didn’t understand why Frederick cared about that. Wendy had no idea what had happened four years ago, and she didn’t know about the relationship between Diana, Caroline, Claire, and Frederick. She calmly related what had just happened to Frederick, who knew as soon as he heard it that Caroline and Diana were the ones causing trouble. Wendy thought Frederick should care about what happened today, but why did he just mention that Claire saved Diana?

“From now on, no matter what happens, you’re going to tell me everything.” Frederick held the phone for a long time and hung up after telling Wendy a few words. He put down his phone and looked at the file in front of him for a moment with complicated feelings. All he could think about was what Wendy had just said about Claire saving Diana.

Chapter 135: Time Will Tell

…over an incident involving a real or fake daughter. Why did Claire save Diana in such a situation? In particular, Wendy said it was Diana who had been aggressive.

“General Hawthorne, the terrorists who moved in yesterday have given their accounts, and here’s the testimony.” Frederick was distracted when Richard walked in, giving an account of the terrorists he interrogated yesterday. “Okay,” Frederick responded lightly as he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Then, he asked, “Richard, what kind of person do you think Claire is?”

“General Hawthorne, why are you asking this all of a sudden?” Richard put down the file bag in his hand, stayed stunned for a moment, and didn’t know what to say in response to Frederick’s words right away. He was afraid that he would upset Frederick and get punished if he said the wrong thing. Richard knew what had happened four years ago, so he thought he should be especially careful with everything he said. He had worked for Frederick for years, so of course, he knew what Anna’s death four years ago meant to Frederick.

Chapter 135: Time Will Tell

Frederick knew what Richard was worried about, and he turned to look at Richard. Richard said, after looking at Frederick’s expression, “I actually don’t think Ms. Prescott is as arrogant and bossy as she’s been rumored to be, and at least she’s been that way lately.”

“You also think she looks like a different person when she gets out of prison.” Frederick had discussed this with Harrison before, and Harrison had always said that Claire was pretending, and now there was finally someone who was of the same opinion as him. Richard nodded. “Judging by recent events, I think so.”

Frederick added, “But it’s hard for her to change her personality, and it’s easy to pretend when she wants to.”

“General Hawthorne, time will tell. One may pretend for a moment, not forever.” Richard thought he saw things a bit more clearly compared to Frederick, an insider.

After Richard left, Frederick’s ears kept echoing what he had just said. On the following day, Frederick seemed to be handling the task at hand in a steady and organized manner, but he could not help but always think of everything that had happened with Claire in recent days. For those things that he normally accomplished pretty quickly, it was dark by the time he was done with them because he was so affected by this incident. When he checked the time, he told Richard to go back first, and he drove out himself.

Frederick sat inside the car and stepped on the gas, his mind still filled with the things Wendy said during the day, and Claire’s face kept flashing in front of his eyes. He unconsciously stepped on the accelerator and sped away. The car windows were open. He drove fast, and his ears were filled with the raging gusts of wind, as if only this feeling of weightlessness in his body and the excitement of speed could make him calm down.

However, by the time Frederick stopped the car, he realized that he had driven up to the entrance to the fancy apartment community that he had asked Wendy to bring Claire to. Frederick took one look at the apartment and drove into the community. It was eleven o’clock when he got to the apartment, and Claire had just finished her shower and stepped out of the bathroom.

Honestly, Claire didn’t expect Frederick to come over at this hour. She hadn’t locked the door because she and Wendy were the only ones inside the apartment, and no one else would be here. She came out with a bathrobe wrapped around her, ready to… Unexpectedly, she had just gotten her bathrobe off and was getting ready to dress when Frederick pushed his way through the door.

“Wendy, wait… Ah!” Claire thought it was Wendy after she heard the noise, but she wasn’t finished talking when she turned to see Frederick.