Joseph paused for a while but said nothing. He then sent me back to the villa.
Summer was already home by the time I arrived. She gently pulled my hand as she asked, “Mommy, where did you go?”
I hugged her in my arms. “I went to see a friend,” I simply answered.
Recently, I started feeling sluggish again. I was at a loss, unsure about what to do next. My mind was a complete mess.
After I settled Summer down, I headed to the study. After all, I finally watched those videos.
They were taken four years ago when Marcus took me in. My memories of those days were rather vague.
Deep down, I knew Marcus cared about me very much. However, I chose not to remember those details.
I clicked on one of the videos, which was taken in the villa in K City. As soon as it was played, the familiar faces came into sight.
I refused to watch the video after my child was taken away from me. I couldn’t bring myself to face reality.
The video recorded every bit of memories I had with Marcus. He always took care of me and tolerated me with infinite patience.
That was the worst time of my life. I was in agony and constantly broke down in tears. One night, I woke up at midnight and looked around for a knife to take my own life. Marcus was injured when he tried to snatch the knife away from me. I didn’t have a clear picture in my mind, but I knew there was a deep scar on his belly.
After that incident, I couldn’t find any sharp objects in the villa.
It was a long video to watch. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it as I was feeling increasingly guilty by the second. So, I turned it off.
Why must everything be made clear? Ignorance is bliss, isn’t it?
to say that only ignorant women were able to live
to. All they cared about was
the evening, I received
she wept. I could hear the hidden bitterness in her
kind of feeling
It was neither hatred nor rage that I
of her. I had no idea how to
I
tone, fighting hard to contain
long way to go. Don’t do something that you’ll regret. I know I’m
not because I was speechless, but because I saw him walking
day since I last saw him. He
he knelt at the
ended the call and put away my phone as I fixed my gaze on
with affection. “Joseph told me that you skipped your meals. You should take good care of yourself,
his condition, nor did I ask why he wasn’t in
“Please eat something
me downstairs. His footsteps were rather unsteady. It seemed that he hadn’t recovered from his
after him. Staring at his back, my
hospital is all over the news and now Fuller Corporation is under attack. How are you going to handle this?” The company was in deep water right
the eyes. “Are you happy to stay by
for a while before I replied, “I’ve never thought of leaving
about that, but at least I felt safe when I was