I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Harvey shook his head. “Grandma, I didn’t tell the boss about this. Luckily, he’s still in Auroraville and doesn’t know.”

Grandma Sterling sighed in relief. “This must stay a secret. I’m worried Terry won’t be able to handle it.”

Harvey nodded. “I understand.”

Spencer was on the phone with Audrey, who had gone up the mountain without explaining her purpose, fearing Spencer would worry.

Harvey and Selene stayed at the Flack family house, waiting for Audrey to return as they had some questions for her. Seeing it was about time, Spencer went out to buy groceries since there were guests at home and dinner needed to be prepared.

The attic room was where Meredith had once stayed. Selene and Harvey went up to take a look. Opening the door, Selene saw the room’s furnishings and imagined Meredith lying on that bed, painfully awaiting death. Her heart felt heavy.

Selene said, “There’s nothing more miserable than facing death with no loved ones around.”

Harvey sighed. “Yes, not even seeing her dearest ones one last time. Meredith must have felt so regretful then.”

Selene walked to the attic window, looking out towards Auroraville. But what could she see from such a distance?

She felt sorrowful because she hadn’t been there when Hya died and could do nothing when Meredith had her accident.

Harvey stood beside Selene, holding her hand. “At least we know about Meredith now. We’ve all visited her; she must be happy in the afterlife.”

Spencer returned with groceries. With Audrey and Pete not home, he couldn’t let the guests cook, so he took on the task himself.

Harvey had never been in a kitchen, and Selene wasn’t skilled either. Grandma Sterling was too old to help with cooking.

Selene and Harvey came down from the attic, hearing noise from the kitchen. Harvey walked over. “Uncle Spencer, don’t cook anymore. Let me treat everyone to dinner tonight.”

Spencer replied, “I’ve bought everything already; it will be ready soon. You can watch TV in the living room while waiting for Audrey and the others to return.”

Harvey didn’t argue further to avoid seeming ungrateful for Spencer’s cooking.

As dinner was nearly ready, the doorbell rang. Harvey went to answer it, expecting Audrey or Pete but froze upon seeing Terrence at the door.

Terrence had been in a cold war with Audrey but couldn’t resist coming over to clear his doubts.

Seeing Harvey surprised Terrence as well.

Terrence frowned. “What are you doing here?”

Looking inside and seeing Selene, Terrence felt uneasy.

Grandma Sterling and Selene also saw Terrence and stood up in surprise.

Harvey stammered an explanation. “Selene and I were traveling and just happened to run into Grandma by the sea. Isn’t that a coincidence? Haha.”

He laughed awkwardly.

Grandma Sterling added, “Harvey is right; we met by chance at the beach. Terry, when did you arrive?”Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Yesterday,” Terrence replied as he entered.

Spencer heard the commotion and came out of the kitchen. “Audrey’s back…”

Realizing it wasn’t Audrey, he stopped mid-sentence.

“Mr. Flack,” Terrence greeted.

Spencer recovered and smiled. “You’re just in time for dinner. Audrey and Pete are out but will be back soon.”

Terrence wasn’t easily fooled and didn’t believe Selene and Harvey were just traveling but couldn’t guess their true purpose either.

Spencer returned to the kitchen and quickly called Audrey again, urging her to come back soon.

The call connected but Pete answered instead of Audrey. “Dad.”

Spencer was puzzled. “Why do you have your sister’s phone? Where is she?”

“Dad, she’s in the emergency room,” Pete’s voice trembled. “It’s my fault; she got hurt because of me. Fatty brought trouble today, we fought, and she accidentally fell down the stairs.”