"Sweet Angel Orphanage?" Jalen paused for a moment before recalling something.
"Oh, I think I have some impression of this orphanage before."
Roland's ears irked up the moment he heard Jalen's words.
"I think this orphanage was involved in a scandal before, causing it to catch the public eye, exposing some of the dark secrets that the orphanage has hidden for so long."
"The matter back then was actually very funny. As far as I can recall, it seemed that one of their orphans escaped, causing massive hysteria among the caretakers, in fear of being exposed to the public. In an attempt to search for the missing orphan, they searched the whole Tree Town day and night, however, they ended up alerting the authorities at the same time this way."
"One thing leads to another, the authorities investigated the truth and after some time, it was exposed that the Sweet Angel Orphanage was actually involved in many illegal activities such selling illegal drugs, child trafficking and even child prostitution. It was said that they were actually preparing for a yearly child trafficking transaction at that time, and hence, they panicked when one of the orphans managed to escape."
Roland nodded his head in understanding hearing his words. Although there were some details that he did not know about, some details aligned from what he knew back then. And as for the child that escaped, of course, it was him. Of course, only Roland himself knew of this fact as he did not speak to anyone about it. Even Anna only knew that he ran away from a certain orphanage but did not know the exact details of what had truly happened. The chapters is up by N0vEI__bin
"Can you tell me more about what exactly happened after that incident?" Roland asked.
"Hmm? Sure, no problem."
Although Jalen was curious why Roland was adamant on learning about this piece of information, he did not think too much about it and still provided Roland with everything he knew. Of course, it was not confirmed that all information he said was the truth, but Roland could make do with this information for now.
"I see, so that's what happened back then." Roland stated after Jalen finished speaking.
Janine went silent after hearing that. She then nodded her head in understanding a while later.
More than two hours later, Roland and Janine got out of the car at Sparkling Buds.
There was still an hour away from their class so the two of them decided to eat at Sparkling Buds for lunch.
With great familiarity, Roland went inside Stacey's office and saw the latter busy doing some paperworks.
When Stacey looked up, she immediately beamed a radiant smile upon seeing that it was Roland. She immediately stood up from her seat and went forward to embrace Roland tightly. She wrapped her hand around his waist and leaned her head towards his chest, closing her eyes as if she embraced the feeling of hugging the man in front of her.
Roland was taken aback for a moment before he reciprocated with a tight hug as well.
"Are you alright?" He asked softly.
"Hmmm," only Stacey's soft nod was heard as the two of them stayed in their position.
lightsΝοvel "I just missed you," Stacey said, finally letting go of the tight hug as she tiptoed to kiss Roland's lips.
Roland smiled happily and answered, "Well, I'm already here."
Being showered with this much love was a first for Roland. Stacey who was not afraid to show her emotions towards him was truly a feeling for him. It was something that Roland wanted to experience everyday. He just could not get enough of this woman in front of him.
"Right, have you eaten already? Do you want me to cook something for you?" Roland suddenly asked, it was apparent from the tone of his voice that he was quite happy.