Chapter 176. Why Don’t You Go Now?

He wasn’t capable of that, so he just gave up.

“Let me know if you need my help. Even though you no longer have a relationship with my uncle, we are still friends. You know that, right?”

“Thank you!” Scarlett smiled as she got out of the car.

After that, Chuck drove away along the road, and Scarlett watched with her hands in her pockets until the car turned the corner and disappeared.

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In the morning, Skyler got breakfast ready. He poured some coffee out of the French press into a to-go cup and left the rest for Scarlett to drink.

Skyler quickly headed to school while Scarlett was rushing to the bathroom to get ready for the day ahead.

Perhaps she had eaten something bad the night before, but Scarlett was feeling sick to her stomach that morning. It must have been that strange-smelling taco she ate from the food truck by the convenience store.

A while later, Scarlett walked out of the washroom weakly and threw herself on th