CHAPTER 478: CHAPTER 478: A NEW PLAN

After settling things here, Stella Jennings, Ruby Sullivan, and Ethan Sterling brought the two little ones and neighbor Aidan Sinclair over to celebrate the housewarming.

Morningstar devised a seemingly reliable career plan for Stella Jennings. Next month, she needs to first record a commercial song for Nirvana. Speaking of which, Aidan Sinclair was quite generous in this matter. To fulfill his promise to Ruby Sullivan, all related costs for Stella Jennings’ endorsement for Nirvana came from Aidan Sinclair’s personal account.

Although it sounds like Aidan Sinclair’s grand gesture towards Ruby Sullivan, in reality, he was indirectly spending money to support the career of his little girl, and the little girl didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.

At the same time, Stella Jennings needed to catch up on the classes she dropped. Before applying for university, she should consider whether she wants to be a singer or an actress.

In fact, Stella Jennings’ voice is quite average. The likelihood of her becoming a powerhouse singer is quite small. However, if she insists on singing, Aidan Sinclair isn’t without resources. But he still hopes Stella Jennings would prefer to be an actress. With a good-looking face, getting into a good professional school and arranging more resources could give her a better chance of success.

However, Aidan Sinclair kept these thoughts to himself. He wanted to respect Stella Jennings to the fullest extent, even if she chose a path that seemed hopeless. As long as he could find a way to pave the road ahead with streetlights for her, that would be enough.

After three rounds of drinks, Stella Jennings, drunk for the first time, suddenly held Ruby Sullivan and cried, "I won’t have a home in the future, really, there’s nothing left."

Ruby Sullivan felt a twinge of sadness, "It’s okay, everything will get better."

A few minutes later, the two drunkards began talking about each other’s families in turn, ending the gathering with tears and laughter.

Ethan Sterling carried Ruby Sullivan as they left, leaving Stella Jennings asleep on the couch.

Usually, after getting drunk, Ruby Sullivan would obediently sleep. But today, she kept crying with her eyes closed. It was hard to tell if she was asleep or awake. She only quieted down when they were almost back at the community.

The two little ones saw their mother, reeking of alcohol, being carried back by their father and immediately followed into the room. Mama Bennett also looked worried.

Honey ran into the room and knelt by the bedside watching her mother, her worry turning her eyebrows into a deep line, "Did Mom cry?"

Ethan Sterling patted her head, "Mom’s fine."

He wasn’t sure if Honey could understand the adult world’s need to vent, and explaining it would be quite complicated, so he used simple words to comfort her.

It seemed the effect wasn’t great, since Honey only murmured, "Really?" Her expression remained unchanged, and she even seemed a bit more troubled.

"Do you want to stay here and watch over Mom?"

Honey nodded, "Don’t worry, Dad, I’ll take good care of Mom."

"Good girl." Ethan Sterling gave his daughter an approving smile before slowly leaving the room.

Outside, Seth’s arms were crossed over his chest, giving Ethan Sterling a discontented look like a little grown-up, "Why did you let her drink again?"

"Getting drunk occasionally can relieve life’s stress." Ethan Sterling lacked the patience with his son; he actually wanted to cuddle with Ruby Sullivan for a nap, but fearing he’d disturb her, he could only lay on the couch for a bit.

Seth furrowed his brow, unwilling to let it go, "Mom’s company has been criticized online for more than half a month, why aren’t you helping?" He thought it must be because things weren’t going well at work for his mom,

that she wanted to use alcohol to vent.

To understand why adults liked drinking, he had secretly tried a small sip of whiskey behind his parents, Mama Bennett, and Owen Fulton’s back. It was so spicy he couldn’t handle it, and after drinking it, his stomach felt like it was on fire, completely uncomfortable. He couldn’t understand why adults liked it.

So he thought drinking validated an idiom: finding joy in suffering.

"She doesn’t want me to interfere." Ethan Sterling raised an eyebrow.

Ruby Sullivan knows that it’s because Rhonda Sullivan is causing trouble behind the scenes that this storm has not subsided. Miss is firmly accusing Nirvana of plagiarism while strongly promoting her own products, which are much cheaper than Nirvana’s. Regardless of the reputation, they became famous overnight.

Even if they were called a high imitation of Nirvana, Rhonda Sullivan didn’t care. She continued hiring trolls to attack Nirvana. Turning the situation around wasn’t important, as long as someone kept stirring things to maintain a certain level of heat.

If Ethan Sterling had intervened, the situation would have been quelled long ago, but Ruby Sullivan didn’t allow it, and he understood why she was so stubborn.

Rhonda Sullivan will always be a special adversary.

Seth grunted, dissatisfied with his father’s laid-back attitude, "Just because she doesn’t want you to, you don’t get involved. If you really want to, there are ways to make sure she doesn’t find out, right?"

"Mom is not as foolish as you think; she acts a bit foolish sometimes just because she chooses not to be smart.

"It’s an excuse."

Ethan Sterling reluctantly opened his eyes, "You’ll understand when you grow up."

Seth grunted and angrily went back to his room. He planned to ask his mom directly once she woke up. He already had some chat logs from the cloud, ready to expose Miss’s troll hiring as soon as his mom needed it.

Before long,

Honey ran out of the room, holding a constantly vibrating phone, "Dad, Dad, someone is looking for Mom." Fearing the phone would wake her mom, she brought it out to her dad immediately.

Ethan Sterling took it and saw it was an unfamiliar number, "Hello?"

"Uh... is this Ruby Sullivan’s phone?" The person on the other end hesitated, asking suspiciously.

"Yes."

"I’m a servant of the elder Mr. Sullivan. He’s in emergency care at the hospital and needs family to come over, but Miss Rhonda Sullivan over there doesn’t want to handle it, so she asked me to call you."

"Which hospital? Okay, I’ll be over immediately." After speaking, Ethan Sterling rose from the couch, pocketed Ruby Sullivan’s phone, and left. Before leaving, he told Honey to take good care of her mom and to find Mama Bennett immediately if there was any discomfort.

"Understood!" Honey saluted, showing she got her dad’s orders, then turned and ran back to the room.

Ethan Sterling informed Mama Bennett that he had something to do and quickly left.

When Brandon Sullivan called Rhonda Sullivan that morning, it’s unclear why they argued and, swinging his cane around the living room, he suddenly collapsed.

He had a history of strokes, so the situation was very urgent.

After Ethan Sterling arrived, he signed a bunch of critical condition notices and paid the fees, running back and forth to sign, finally ensuring the surgery went smoothly.

Brandon Sullivan’s caregiver, Cece, stood outside the whole time, genuinely worried about Mr. Sullivan’s condition, somewhat surprising Ethan Sterling.

"Why isn’t Rhonda Sullivan here?"

Cece frowned and said reluctantly, "She said she was busy and then wouldn’t answer the phone. In fact, Miss Sullivan hasn’t come to see the elder Mr. Sullivan for a long time. I think this argument was because he missed her too much."

Ethan Sterling nodded, hoping that by the time Brandon Sullivan’s surgery was over, Ruby Sullivan wouldn’t have woken up. Even if she did, she wouldn’t want to know where he’d gone.