The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 750 Discipline Your Son

Junia saw Laura speak with someone she didn't know. However, by the time she had approached Laura, the man had already walked away. From the vantage point she had while walking in their direction she could only make out that he was a tall man bathed in mystery. Therefore, she couldn't help but ask, "Who was that? New friend? Old friend?"

Looking a bit annoyed, Laura quickly answered shortly, "Nobody." Laura was still angry at Arthur's attitude and in no mood to talk to Junia. Then, her eyes narrowed as she turned to Junia and demanded with a cold sneer, "Call Anthony to come here. I have something to ask him."

Laura's mind was racing. The more she thought about the things Arthur had said, the more uneasy she became. Arthur couldn't have simply made some things up. It had to have come from somewhere. There had to be a good reason. There must be something that she was missing.

After a few attempts to reach Anthony, she turned to Laura. With a cynical smile strewn across her face, Junia replied, "He still doesn't answer my calls." She said what she could to try to convince Laura to take it easy. She said, "Laura, I think it would be best if you didn't try to get in contact him just yet. You just need to focus on taking care of you and recovering. That is more important than anything else right now."

"Is he still refusing to answer your calls now?" Laura didn't expect that Anthony would still refuse to answer Junia's calls. She thought he would have calmed down after all these days. After a brief moment of awkward silence, she anxiously spoke up, "Junia,, We can't just continue to sit here and wait. Ask the doctor if I can be discharged now. I'm ready to go." Before Junia could say something, she added, "I must replace him now!" Her tone was a bit more stern.

"Aunt Laura, you just have to let these things go sometimes," Junia said. "Anthony is no longer a child. He can look after himself very well. You just need to take it easy," she added.

"Cut the crap. Just go to the doctor!" Laura had an impatient and semi-aggressive tone that would not be ignored.

Junia had no choice but to go replace and try to compel the doctor, as she was instructed. However, the doctor refused her request. The reason being that he wanted Laura stay in the hospital for another night for observation. But the doctor also said that, as long as all of her test results were good tomorrow, she could leave right after she got the results.

Upon returning to Laura's room, Junia then had to relay the doctor's response and recommendations to her, "Aunt Laura, what's the big deal? So you stay for another night? Whatever you want to say to Anthony, I'm sure it can wait until tomorrow. You shouldn't just leave the hospital before your doctor says it's okay because you want to have a word with him. What do you say?"

Seeing great disappointment in Laura's face, Junia added, "When you've gotten some rest like the doctor asks, your test results should be back to normal. And once that happens, I promise I will take you to see Anthony, okay?" Then, with a huge grin on her face, she added, "Plus, Anthony must still be angry. So how about we just allow him the opportunity to calm down for the whole night? As a matter of fact, giving him this time may also replace him in a much more receptive mood. How does that sound?"

When Laura saw how much it really concerned Junia for her to take the doctor's advice, she eventually accepted the fact that she would have to stay for another night. Yet, part of her, was still worried. With a sigh, she said, "That's fine. I will do what you and the doctor ask and stay here." Then she added, "But you absolutely must promise me... promise me that you will make sure that you will complete all of the discharge paperwork and protocols tomorrow."

"Don't worry about it. I will be sure to make it my business to do it." Junia nodded her head in acceptance of the agreement.

Laura smiled sarcastically. For she knew that tomorrow would be the day she would replace out exactly what terrible thing Anthony had done that had made Arthur as infuriated as he had been.

If she found out that it was Arthur saying horrible things about her son, she would never allow him to continue uninterrupted. She would definitely speak up and defend her son's honor. Her son was a good man. He was not one that Arthur could easily speak ill of.

The next morning, Laura made sure that she got up early and impatiently urged Junia to complete the discharge paperwork and protocols.

Having to stay in the hospital that night was a little boring for Junia. During the course of the night before, she had already put her best foot forward as far as dealing with Laura. She had been more tolerant and patient than she thought she could be with this woman who actually had nothing to do with her at all. The only thing she wanted to do was to return Laura to Anthony. From now on, whatever Anthony said, she would not look after Laura again.

After finishing the formalities, Junia took Laura to Anthony's house. But when they arrived and knocked on the door, there was no answer. They continued knocking for quite some time, but there was still no

answer.

When they continued to get no answer, Laura decided to try to call up, but even there she was still getting no answer. Laura glanced at Junia with pure concern on her face and asked, "Why didn't Anthony answer when either of us called?"

Beneath her furrowed brow, Junia said, "Your guess is as good as one at this point." She thought about what would happen if he didn't show up eventually. She even considered calling the cops to report him as missing, if he didn't show up soon. Was she supposed to continue to keep looking after his mom?

"I guess there is no one in there. Is it more likely than not, that he has gone out. Don't you think?" Junia inquired.

But Laura, with a forceful tone, replied, "There's no way. That's impossible."

With knitted brows, she added, "If he has come out, he would have let me know. Junia, you have told me that he wasn't here the last time you stopped by here, right?"

"Yes," Junia said, nodding slightly. She then stated in a calm voice, "Plus, he even didn't answer my calls."

"Okay, I've got it," Laura said. She believed she had an answer in her mind. Then she smiled sarcastically and said confidently, "I always know that Sheryl couldn't give up my son so easily. I'm fairly certain that they must be together these days."

"Is that even possible?" Junia said in disbelief. She creased her brows and commented, "From what I saw of Sheryl's attitude last time, I don't think Sheryl would be partial to tell lies."

"You must be blinded by her feigned innocence," Laura said as she shook her head. She smiled ironically and continued, "I have seen too many women like Sheryl. She put forth a great deal of effort to gain Anthony's affections. So, how could she just let him go so easily? Yes, at first glance, she said that she had broken up with my son, but actually she is still making an effort to try to keep him. I believe that wherever she is, there we will also replace Anthony. Now, if she were to get pregnant later on, at that point, I couldn't definitively say no in terms of letting her into our family."

"Is it..." Junia hemmed and hawed. "Is that even a possibility?" With creased brows, Junia inquired.

"That is definitely possible," Laura smiled emphatically as she answered. "Junia, do you remember the last time you followed Anthony? Just bring me to that place and I will teach that woman a lesson," Laura said grimly with a hardened expression.

"But..." Junia narrowed her brows and hesitated for a while, taking deep breaths trying to replace something to dissuade her aunt from doing this.

Laura interrupted Junia's pause, "Stop stalling. Get a move on it. Let's get there. The sooner the better." Laura narrowed her eyes and added, "I also know that you don't want to have to accompany me any more. I will let you go about your day. But first, I need you take me to replace that woman."

Hearing Laura's words, Junia felt too embarrassed to refuse Laura anymore. So she said nothing and headed in the direction to take Laura to see Sheryl.

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Shirley was also getting discharged.

Charles had originally planned to drive Sheryl home, but Sheryl declined and said, "Oh no. Don't worry yourself about it. I'll be fine. You and Charlie have already been here in the hospital for the last two days. You should just take Charlie back and get some rest."

In a hushed tone, Charles said, "I'm fine, don't worry. I can drop you off on my way home. And I will not go upstairs because I know Shirley needs a good rest right now. Then I will bring Charlie back." Seeing that she couldn't change his mind anymore than he could change hers, Sheryl had no choice but to accept his offer.

After getting everyone into his car, Charles proceeded to drive Sheryl and Shirley back home. Upon reaching their home, he helped them to the door before returning to his car. He only started his car and left after he saw that they were both safely tucked away in the building.

At that precise moment, Junia and Laura happened to be have been waiting for them for a long time. It was Laura who saw Anthony's car first. Then, with a sarcastic smile, she said, "You see the car, right? See I just knew he must be going there to see that bitch."

Junia tried to provide some kind of objective perspective and give Sheryl the benefit of the doubt by adding, "Isn't it possible that there is some kind of misunderstanding here? Maybe there is more going on than you know..." However, Laura, not wanting to hear anything that may have sounded like an excuse for Sheryl, insisted on dealing with her own opinion as if it were a fact. She said, "You just wait and see. I will show you what kind of person that bitch is and teach her a lesson."

But Laura's words just disgusted Junia. Whatever Sheryl had done, the Xiao family was still a decent family. Laura kept on referring to Sheryl as a bitch, which Junia felt was extremely vulgar.

"Aunt Laura, why not just let her go?" Junia creased her brows as she gently advised her. All the while, Junia kept hoping she would take her advice. "Plus, there are so many apartments here. The reality of the situation is that I don't even know which house Sheryl is living in. How could we know which one so that we choose the right room number?" Junia added.

With a sarcastic smile, Laura said, "I will wait for them to show up then, since I don't know the room number." Laura narrowed her eyes and added, "I don't believe they can stay in the house and never go out." "Aunt Laura, do you really believe that what you are doing right now is really necessary?" Junia narrowed her brows as she completed her inquiry. "Anthony is a grown man. He knows what he should be doing and what he should steer clear of. And he can make decisions himself. You always insert yourself in his affairs like this. Eventually he is going to get tired of this and then he's going to tell you about it. Why do you take it upon yourself to do so?" Junia added.