A Night To Remember

Chapter 25 Is He Asleep, or Is He Unwilling to Talk to Me

Chapter 25 Is He Asleep, or Is He Unwilling to Talk to Me

Diane was no match for Elizabeth’s sturdy physique with her dainty figure, but now that she had

divorced Elizabeth’s son, she wouldn’t let Elizabeth pick on her like this. Therefore, she put up her

hands and fiercely fended Elizabeth off when the latter swung her arm at her. “Watch your mouth. What

you said today is sufficient for me to sue you for insult and slander,” she replied coldly and sternly while

wrenching her arm free of Elizabeth’s grip.

“How dare you sue me… I should be the one suing you! I’ll sue you for cuckolding my son!” Elizabeth

shouted at the top of her voice. Luckily, it was already past office hours, so no one saw what was

happening here except for a security guard.

Diane was inwardly simmering with rage, but she wasn’t in the mood to argue with Elizabeth. As such,

she merely gave the older woman a careless shove. “Get out of my way. I don’t have time to talk

rubbish with you. You want money, don’t you? Just go to Evergreen Incorporated and ask Christopher if

you can.” Who would have the nerve to go to Christopher—Elizabeth, her son, or Stella? she thought to

herself while taking a step forward.

Elizabeth clenched her teeth and glared at Diane before she threw herself at the latter again. “Stop

right there! You’re the one who committed adultery, so you’re the one I’ll go to!” She stared fixedly at

Diane like a blood-sucking leech.

This former mother-in-law of Diane’s had been dominating since forever. At that time, Diane still wanted

to put some serious effort into her marriage with Norman, so she naturally tolerated this unreasonable

old woman with the greatest kindness. However, she had run out of patience right now. She didn’t

bother saying a word more than necessary, and she shook off Elizabeth’s hand with all her might

before giving Elizabeth a hard push with her palm.

She just wanted to shove Elizabeth out of her way at first, but to her surprise, Elizabeth plonked herself

down onto the ground after taking two steps back.

“Ouch!” Elizabeth shouted in a cadenced voice. “This is outrageous! Someone is killing her mother-in-

law!” she wailed and narrowed her eyes with one hand on her waist and the other slapping the floor.

Diane stood next to the revolving door while staring at Elizabeth. On the other hand, the security guard

near them looked at Diane before he eventually rushed to Elizabeth’s side and tried to pull her up.

“Please get up, granny. Don’t sit here any longer, for we’ll be closing in a minute.”

“How should I get up when I can’t? No, my back was sprained during the fall. I can’t move anymore,”

Elizabeth complained. As she spoke, she surprisingly broke free of the security guard’s grasp and lay

face down on the ground at once. “I had this fall in your company, so you guys must take responsibility

for it! Don’t think of getting yourself out of this, Diane,” she bawled at Diane while lying on the floor, and

it was clear that she wanted to make a scene.

The security guard was stumped by this, and he looked at Diane whose temples were throbbing as

well.

Elizabeth used to be a revolutionary during the Revolution Period, so she had an astonishing capacity

for making fracas. Diane didn’t want to care about this unreasonable scoundrel, but they were now in

the company’s building. If she paid no heed to what was happening, she would bring her company into

trouble and land the security guard in hot water.

After staring at Elizabeth for a while, she fished her cell phone from her handbag and spoke. “Hello, is

this 911? We have someone creating a disturbance here…”

“You *sshole! How dare you call the police?” When she heard that Diane was calling the police,

Elizabeth turned over at once in extremely agile movements. However, instead of rising to her feet, she

merely sat on the ground and glared at Diane. After her eyes flickered for a moment, she suddenly lay

face down on the floor again. “All right, you may call the police—I’m not afraid even if the policemen

come. How can they watch a senior citizen like me being bullied? There are laws in this land, aren’t

there?” she shouted in a self-justifying manner.

Diane made no response to Elizabeth, though. She merely looked at the security guard and said, “Let’s

wait for the police.”

After watching Elizabeth’s tomfoolery for such a long time, the security guard could tell how difficult it

was to deal with this old woman. Therefore, he stood aside without paying attention to her anymore.

On the other hand, Elizabeth kept shooting her mouth off while they were waiting for the police to

arrive. She kept calling Diane names like ‘little wh*re’ and ‘adulterer’, so much so that the security

guard simply walked away in the end as he could no longer stand listening to her endless slurs.

The police came over 10 minutes later. The instant she saw the policemen, Elizabeth began to howl in

sniffles and snobs, lie on the floor, and pretend to be paralyzed. Moreover, her body was so limp that

the policemen failed to get her up on their first try. In the end, it took two policemen to help her to her

feet.

Since Elizabeth insisted emphatically that she had sprained her back during the fall, they went to the

nearest hospital for an X-ray. After examining Elizabeth, the doctor claimed that she was fine, but she

insisted that the doctor issue a medical certificate to prove that she had indeed sprained her back

during the fall. When the doctor refused to do so, she made a scene again in the hospital. At last, the

policemen made a prompt decision to take her to the police station and have her testimony recorded.

As one of the people involved in this incident, Diane could only accompany them along the way. By the

time they arrived at the police station, it was already past 10.00PM.

As soon as they stepped into the police station, Elizabeth tugged at the policeman’s arm. “What

happened today is very clear, sir. You all must discipline this woman. Not only was she promiscuous

before her divorce from my son, she even injured me now; it won’t make sense if she isn’t sentenced to

jail for eight to ten years. Either way, I’ll be waiting here until justice is served to me.”

This old hag is making scenes as if it’s her weapon; she pulls this trick wherever she goes, thought the

policeman. As he was somewhat annoyed with Elizabeth as well, he looked back and replied coolly,

“We’ll certainly act according to the law without being partial toward anyone, ma’am.” With that, he

beckoned a colleague over and had the latter take Elizabeth to have her testimony recorded. Then, he

said to Diane, “Please come with me.”

Thus, Diane went with the policeman to have her testimony recorded separately from Elizabeth’s.

Since the matter was simple, it took just a few questions before the policeman finished questioning

Diane. After the questioning ended, the policeman closed his notebook and went out. When he came

back a while later, he advised Diane with a frown, “We have figured out the ins and outs of this incident.

This incident isn’t a big deal, but your former mother-in-law is unwilling to make up with you—she’s

even taking an uncompromising stand. The way I see it, nothing will come out of a negotiation between

you two. How about this? Let’s call your respective family members. I have asked someone over there

to call her daughter-in-law and her son—who’s also your ex-husband—so you may consider doing this.

It’s good to have someone stand surety for you so that you can go home early.”

What the policeman said was very much to the point, and Diane was silent for a while before she

nodded. “Okay, I’ll try to contact my family.”

The policeman then turned around and left, whereas Diane stayed in the interrogation room for a long

time before she fished out her cell phone and dialed Christopher’s number. It was such a late hour, yet

he hadn’t called to ask why she wasn’t home yet. She wasn’t sure if he was outside or at home, but

after hesitating for a long time, she felt that he was the only person she could turn to at this moment.

All her friends had probably gone to bed. Besides, they were ordinary people, so they could do nothing

if they came and ran into such a heavy-going and unreasonable family. What about her family?

George, her father, had just been discharged from hospital and was recuperating at home, whereas her

mother and younger sister couldn’t be counted on at all with that consistent attitude of theirs. At this

moment, she had no choice but to count on Christopher, her husband in name only.

As she thought of this, Diane found this somewhat ironic. Wasn’t it ironic that she could only count on

Christopher right now because she couldn’t count on her own family? However, she had to count on

him despite the irony of the situation.

Beep… Diane had her heart in her mouth as her cell phone beeped a few times. She was somewhat

nervous, for she was unsure of how Christopher would react.

Beep… The cell phone kept on ringing, but there was never a response from the other end of the line.

As the cell phone beeped again and again, Diane’s heart sank little by little. Is he asleep, or is he

unwilling to talk to me at all?