When she went down the stairs, she was not like Lauren, who had many small movements. Lauren was always jumping around, and when she went down the stairs, she was also restless. Every time Franklin saw her, he would scold her, but Lauren remained the same.

Ruby was different.

When she walked, she held the handrail of the stairs with her right hand. She was very steady, taking a step at a time.

Franklin recalled what Lauren had said to him before: Ruby had the maturity and steadiness of a grown-up.

Downstairs, everyone was sitting and eating fruit in a neat row.

"Where is Lauren? I had washed her favorite strawberry,

" Mr. Hayes asked.

"Lauren was already asleep, so I didn't wake her up.

"

"Ruby, come sit down and eat your fruit,

" said Franklin, pointing to the empty seat.

Ruby nodded and sat down obediently on the sofa.

She did not feel shy at all. She picked up the fruit and began to eat.

There was a very popular variety show on TV, and everyone was watching attentively and laughing their heads off.

Franklin never had much interest in entertainment. After he ate two or three strawberries, he just sat there with his eyes fixed on the television, but his expression was unchanged.

Ruby, who was beside him, was the same. She did not put her attention on the television at all.

"Brother Franklin.

"

She called out to Franklin.

Franklin did not hear it at first, but Ruby raised her voice and called out again.

The others were all immersed in the television and did not notice their movements.

Franklin heard it this time and turned to look at Ruby.

"What's wrong?

"

"Brother Franklin, I heard from Lauren that you know Samuel Sullivan, Rene Sullivan's brother.

"

"Yeah, I know him. He's my high school classmate. What's wrong?

"

Franklin wasn't surprised when he was questioned by Ruby because Lauren had told him about it before.

"I heard from Lauren that you have a lot of photos of Samuel. Can I take a look?

"

Although Franklin could not understand why Ruby was so interested in Samuel, he was not a busybody. Ruby was a young adult, so she must have her reasons for doing so.

He nodded, stood up, and walked to a table in the side hall.

"The photos are on that table.

"

Ruby stood up and followed Franklin.

The photo frames hadn't arrived yet, so the developed photos were still on the table.

Ruby sat on a nearby chair. Before Franklin could say anything, Ruby had already pickedI up the stack of photos. Some of the photos were of Franklin and his classmates, but most of them were taken with Samuel.

To Franklin's surprise, Ruby was able to quickly identify which photo had Samuel and which hadn't.

She would quickly skip through those photos without Samuel. As for those photos with Samuel, she would carefully look at them for a while and then flip to the next one.

Even in those class photos, she could still find Samuel very quickly.

There were about 200 photos developed by Franklin this time, and Ruby quickly finished flipping through them.

She carefully put down the stack of photos and asked Franklin,

"Brother Franklin, is there anything else?

"

Franklin was surprised. This was...not enough?

There were still some photos.

"There are still other photos, but they haven't been developed yet. You have to wait.

"

Some of the previous photos were in his old camera. As the camera had not been used for a long time, there were some problems, so he had sent it to the repair shop for maintenance, which explained the delay.

"Then, can I look at those photos after they are developed?

"

Franklin nodded.

"Yes. I'll tell you when the time comes.

"

Ruby jumped down from the chair.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Franklin. I'll go back and rest first.

"

"Go ahead.

"

Brother Franklin?

Franklin did not expect that he would be addressed in this way one day.

Suddenly, he realized that something was not right.

Ruby called him 'Brother Franklin' and there was nothing wrong with it, as she and Lauren were from the same generation.

But why...

Why did she call Samuel by his name? As if...

But he had been classmates with Samuel for so long, and he had never heard him mention Ruby.

He had mentioned Rene quite frequently.

He pinched the space between his eyebrows. There were so many strange things about Ruby. He had to tell Lauren some other day.

No matter what, she had to sleep soundly that night.

After finding out that the red-and-white charm did not affect them, Lauren wanted to complete the task as soon as possible.. However, she realized that she had slept until nine in the morning.