Claire originally did not know that Jacob had been drinking.
However, after approaching Jacob, snazzynovel.com could smell the strong scent of alcohol from his body. She could not help but feel very angry at snazzynovel.com father at this time!
She knew that snazzynovel.com father normally enjoyed drinking. She has absolutely no opinion on his actions at all. However, the point was that snazzynovel.com father told snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com would be going to several mahjong halls to look for snazzynovel.com mother. Why did snazzynovel.com come back drunk then?
This…this simply proved that snazzynovel.com did not go to look for snazzynovel.com mother at all! He simply went out to…drink!
When Jacob heard Claire asking if snazzynovel.com had been drinking, Jacob hurriedly covered his mouth and took a few steps back as snazzynovel.com was in a state of panic. After that, snazzynovel.com hurriedly said, “Don’t talk nonsense! I was not drinking!”
“You are the one who is talking nonsense right now!” Claire stomped snazzynovel.com feet angrily, “I can smell the scent of alcohol on your body! You did not have the scent of alcohol on your body when you left the house earlier but there is a strong smell of alcohol on your body now! You must have just been drinking!”
As snazzynovel.com spoke, Claire fixed snazzynovel.com eyes on Jacob’s collar and snazzynovel.com noticed a few drops of oil on his collar. At this time, snazzynovel.com eyes flashed red as snazzynovel.com said angrily, “Mom is already missing and we cannot find snazzynovel.com at all. At this time, you did not even bother to go out to look for snazzynovel.com but you are even eating and drinking happily all by yourself! Are you really that happy?”
Jacob replied in an embarrassed manner, “Oh, my…I…I really did not…”
Claire replied angrily, “Dad, do you really think that I will believe you?”
Jacob knew that there was no way that snazzynovel.com would be able to get out of this situation. Therefore, snazzynovel.com could only look at Charlie as snazzynovel.com said, “Charlie was the one who asked me to go out for a drink!”
After snazzynovel.com spoke, Jacob hurriedly winked at Charlie as though snazzynovel.com was implying that snazzynovel.com was a good son-in-law and snazzynovel.com wanted snazzynovel.com to bear the blame for snazzynovel.com first.
Charlie quickly replied without any hesitation as snazzynovel.com nodded and said, “That’s right. That’s right. Dad is right. I was the one who asked snazzynovel.com out for a drink.”
In fact, Charlie knew very well that snazzynovel.com did not drink a single drop of alcohol at all. On the other hand, Jacob was already extremely drunk. The more Jacob said that this was Charlie’s idea, the less Claire would actually believe his words.
True enough, Claire stomped snazzynovel.com feet angrily before snazzynovel.com said, “Dad, you are still pushing the blame to Charlie at a time like this? Can’t you be more gentlemanly at a time like this?”
Jacob had a gloomy expression on his face as snazzynovel.com said, “I am telling you the truth. I cannot do anything to help you if you refuse to believe me.”
After snazzynovel.com was done speaking, Jacob hurriedly said, “Oh, I must really be getting old. It is just a little after ten o’clock at night and I am already feeling so tired and lethargic. I am going back to my bedroom to rest first.”
Claire wanted to stop snazzynovel.com but snazzynovel.com father quickly ran away without looking back at all.
At this time, Claire looked at Charlie out of desperation as snazzynovel.com said, “You are also to blame! I called you to ask you about your whereabouts but you told me that you were looking around different mahjong halls when you actually took my dad out to eat and drink!”
Charlie coughed slightly before snazzynovel.com said, “Well, your dad said that snazzynovel.com was feeling hungry and uncomfortable. How could I possibly drag an old man around the streets with me when snazzynovel.com is hungry? Don’t you think that snazzynovel.com would be vulnerable to danger if snazzynovel.com fainted due to low blood sugar?”
“But you shouldn’t have lied to me! Couldn’t you have told me the truth and said that both of you were eating?”
Charlie was at a loss for words and did not know how to reply to Claire’s sudden question. He felt that it was indeed a fact that snazzynovel.com did not handle this matter properly. Charlie really did not expect Claire to find out that Jacob had been drinking. If snazzynovel.com knew that this would happen, snazzynovel.com would not have brought Jacob to the barbeque stall at all.
Therefore, Charlie could only apologize sincerely as snazzynovel.com said, “I am really sorry, my dear wife. I shouldn’t have lied to you about this matter. However, dad told me not to tell you about it so I couldn’t tell you the truth over the phone.”
Charlie did not feel guilty at all when snazzynovel.com said this.
After all, they were simply pushing the blame to one another. Since the old man was not here, it was only natural for Charlie to push the blame back to him.
Claire believed in Charlie’s words immediately and snazzynovel.com really thought that this was all snazzynovel.com father’s idea. She knew that Charlie must have been forced to lie to snazzynovel.com because snazzynovel.com could not possibly tell snazzynovel.com the truth when snazzynovel.com was sitting right next to snazzynovel.com father.
Although snazzynovel.com was not as angry, snazzynovel.com still felt seriously wronged at this time. She sighed before snazzynovel.com broke down emotionally and said, “Charlie, my mother is missing. My father does not care about snazzynovel.com at all, and it seems as though you do not care about snazzynovel.com either! How am I going to find snazzynovel.com on my own? If something bad happened to my mother, how could I possibly live with it for the rest of my life? I will never be able to forgive myself until the day I die!”
Charlie hurriedly comforted Claire as snazzynovel.com said, “Don’t think too much about it. Nothing bad will happen to your mother.”