Despite the hatred seething within her for her, the sense of loss at not seeing her still inadvertently surged up.
With his lips pressed tightly together, he walked forward, "Grandma."
"Harry is here. I heard Adam say that you weren’t willing to come, were you?"
Just exiting the restroom, Helen Melendy had barely opened the door when she heard the name "Harry," her heart violently trembling.
The hand hanging by her side clenched involuntarily, and only after repeatedly steeling herself did she manage to walk out of the restroom with feigned composure.
Harry Hall, of course, saw her too. The disappointment that had just climbed into his heart seemed somewhat lessened at this moment.
His gaze discreetly swept past Helen Melendy and he sat down next to the Old Lady, "I had some matters to deal with yesterday, but after wrapping them up today, I had nothing else to do, so I came over."
"Oh, now that you’re here, forget about work and just relax and have fun," the Old Lady said, well aware of Harry’s pretense from her own life experience, yet she chose not to call him out on it.
By now, the plane’s cabin door had closed, and Adam Jones and Elly Campbell, husband and wife, came over and sat down on the sofa.
Helen Melendy took a seat next to William Campbell and, acting as if nothing was amiss, she joked around with him and occasionally let out several sounds of joyous laughter.
Harry Hall sat next to the Old Lady, already some distance away from Helen Melendy, and now, Adam and his wife had seemingly picked a middle seat on purpose, further adding to the distance.
Adam, a tall man, immediately obscured Helen’s expressions from view as soon as he sat down.
The sofa was large, and Harry could have got up to change seats, but it would have been an awkward move to make, so he forcibly subdued the restlessness in his heart.
"We still have five or six hours until our destination, so if you’re tired, take some time to rest," came Adam’s voice after a while.
Although spacious, the plane was not a house; besides the living room, there were only two bedrooms.
The Old Lady, advanced in age and needing rest, sat in the living room for a while before going to lie down in one of the rooms.
A little later, William also took little William to the other bedroom, where Adam had previously bought plenty of toys, enough to keep him entertained.
Helen Melendy, who had been deliberately avoiding Harry by pretending to play with little William, suddenly felt uneasy without the "cover" of the boy.
The airplane was also equipped with a dedicated media room.
Seeing Adam say to Elly, "That movie that was released a while ago, you said you never had the chance to watch it, right? I had someone buy the disc; let’s go watch it now."
Elly immediately got up, took Adam’s hand, and the couple walked toward the neighboring media room.
With only her and Harry left in the living room, Helen felt an inexplicable nervousness and abruptly stood up from the sofa, "I want to watch too."
As she finished speaking, she attracted an unwelcoming gaze from Adam, who looked at her with a chilling stare, "We’re watching an adult movie, are you sure you want to join us?"
With Adam stating that, Helen naturally wouldn’t shamelessly follow them to watch.
And Elly, for once, left her best friend behind without any guilt, happy to watch an "adult movie" with her husband.