Chapter 11
Ashley laughed. “He’d scoff and say that was because the others were mediocre.”
Remembering
her
sharp
but
kind
professor,
“Good. He’s just annoyed that we keep showing up.”
her
smile
faded.“I
saw
him
in
the
news.
How is
he?”
She laughed, missing the days of writing papers under his guidance.
“Come back, Ashley.”
Ashley tightened her grip on her cup, then nodded, “Okay.” She’d loved VR since childhood and had abandoned her dreams for Chase for seven years. Catching up would take time, but she believed she could do it.
Tim asked, “When will you be back?”
“I need to arrange a handover. It might take a while.”
“We’re waiting for you.”
They chatted for a while, then Tìm checked the time.“Someone of my team recommended me a brilliant algorithm expert, who recently returned. Do you wanna meet him?”
Ashley shook her head.“I don’t know your team. Maybe next time.”
“Okay.”
As Tim left, Chase’s sister, Yonnie, came over. Ashley had seen her in the news. She hadn’t expected to meet her here.
“Yonnie.”
Yonnie frowned.“What are you doing here?”
“It’s PA University’s centennial.”
Yonnie almost forgot Ashley graduated from PA University. What was Ashley doing here? She was not an honorary alumnus, wasn’t she? Yonnie just wanted Ashley to show up less so she wouldn’t embarrass the family.
Yonnie
purpose, “Barney
missed
cooking. your
to your
place
later.”
him send I’ll stated her Barney was Yonnie’s son, a year or two older than Sam. Yonnie was distant from her son, who was increasingly rebellious. He liked Ashley’s cooking.
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