Derek walked into the house, with Joe, who clung to his hand, at his side.
"Joe!" Cherry cried, her eyes swam in happiness at the sight of her son.
Lily breathed out a sigh of relief when she saw Derek arrive with Joe. Things were looking up for them.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Joe shouted as he ran towards them, arms outstretched. Cherry caught Joe in her arms.
While Jackson patted Joe's back, he glanced at Derek, with furrowed eyebrows, and asked,"Why did you bring Joe here?"
"I was worried about you and Cherry. That's why I brought Joe here," Derek explained. He understood Jackson's anger and knew that the situation was very dangerous. But he acted on impulse.
Cherry held on to Joe with no intention of letting go. Joe was safe, that was all that was important. She didn't care about the rest of them.
"Are you okay, Mommy?" Joe asked. As soon as he walked into the house, Joe had a strange feeling about it. And the scowling men in black coats did not help ease his mind about it.
"I'm fine, Joe, don't worry about me," Cherry said when she finally let go and looked Joe in his eyes.
At the sight of Derek and Joe in the house, Eric couldn't help but smirk,"Now that all of you are here, this game is about to become even better."
"Such a beautiful moment, is about to get ruined," Lily lamented. Lily watched Cherry and Joe hug each other tightly before she glared down at Eric and Jonson. "Eric, Jonson, it's time for you to leave the city."
No one had dared to call them in that manner, except Lily.
"Why is this old woman using your good names?" Bobby spit out and pointed his gun at Lily.
All the men in black coats aimed their guns at Jackson, Derek, Lily, Cherry, and Joe.
Jackson stepped to protect and cover Cherry and Joe while Derek attempted to do the same for Lily.
But Lily stood her ground and stared at Bobby. "You will pay for what you said today!"
There was somethi
When her sister ran away from the wedding, Autumn was forced to marry Charles.
His name had been linked to innumerable ladies.
He had different girlfriends for every day of a year.
Autumn had never thought that she would fall in love with him.
, she asked herself, that these were tokens? Jackson didn't know about this, Cherry thought, how could her son know?
A serene smile formed on Lily's lips. Finally, the Chu family would be safe. And she didn't need to worry about them anymore.
Jackson finally understood why his grandfather kept apologizing to him. Andrew gave the pendants to Cherry and Joe, thus he placed them in a dangerous situation. If something happened, Jackson would be safe, but Cherry and Joe might not. But he understood Andrew's decision. He needed to give the tokens to the people he could trust, and that was Cherry and Joe.
Jackson hugged Cherry and Joe tight. He didn't know anything about the pendants and he wasn't able to protect them well enough. If he hadn't been there, who knew what Eric and his men would have done to his family.
Jackson let go of Cherry and Joe but continued to stay silent. Joe became worried and he shook Jackson's arm. "Daddy, please do what you need to do."
Joe shook Jackson out of his thoughts. Joe's conviction reminded Jackson what he needed to do next.
Jackson walked up to Eric and Jonson and held up the pendants in front of them.
"Take a good look at these these pendants. Are they the 'token' we've mentioned?" Jackson enunciated word for word.