“Granda, what’s going on?”
Carolyn was shocked and hid in Alannah’s arms, looking at Vincent with fear.
“I… I am just here to see Carolyn.” Vincent’s voice trembled.
“To see her? How dare you! Carolyn has nothing to do with you.”
“Go away now. Now!”
Alannah held Carolyn tightly and shouted to the crowd,”Someone is trying to steel my kid. Someone is stealing the child!”
“Ah, grandma, stop shouting.”
Carolyn was so scared that she buried her head in Alannah’s arms and began to cry.
She didn’t know why she cried either. She just wanted to cry as she saw Vincent fluster.
All of a sudden, everyone’s eyes locked on Vincent and Pham.
“Boss, let’s go.”
Pham grabbed Vincent’s arms and looked unhappy,”It’s inappropriate to reunite with your daughter in a hurry. Let’s go first.”
Although Vincent did not want to leave, yet Pham dragged him away forcefully.
As he left, he turned around to see Carolyn every three steps.
When he just left, a tired woman in red sweater came with lady cigarette in her hands.
She saw Carolyn crying in Alannah’s arms and grew nervous. She asked,”Mom, what’s going on?”
Alannah shook her head frenetically and didn’t speak.
Ana looked at the direction in which Vincent disappeared.
When she saw that familiar face, the cigarette between her fingers dropped all of a sudden. Her face was full of dullness.
But soon the dullness turned into towering hatred. Her emotion suddenly exploded. She gritted and shouted angrily,
“Stop, you monster.”
“Ana.” Alannah saw Ana lose control of her emotions.
Alannah immediately went forth and hugged Anna, preventing the latter from chasing Vincent.
“Let me go. I will kill this monster. Why would he treat me like this?”
Ana struggled in Alannah’s arms. She growled and looked horrifying. The crow stepped back due to fear.
After a moment, Vincent completely disappeared from her sight. She then lay in Alannah’s arms as if she lost her soul.
There was no luster in her eyes. She looked like a walking dead. Then, she suddenly broke into tears. She cried heart-brokenly.
It was this man that destroyed her future and everything she had.
Making her descend from a talented dancer to a belittled maniac.
Making her descend from a girl favored by the God to a trash living on a small company.
“Mom, don’t cry. I am scared.” Carolyn walked to Ana and said in tears.
“Carolyn, Carolyn.”
Ana, whose heart was already broken, looked brighter as she heard her daughter’s voice. She hugged Carolyn into her arms in panic.
“Carolyn, promise me. Don’t leave me. Okay? Don’t leave your mother.”
When he left the noisy market, Carolyn’s cry reverberated in Vincent’s mind.
Her cry, along with Ana’s shouting, made him anxious.
He could feel the towering hatred from her. He felt unspeakably regretful.
After packing up the hospital, Pham looked at Vincent in regret,
“Boss, do you blame me for preventing you from seeing Ana?”
Vincent was smoking silently and shook his head slightly.
“If I want to see her, you couldn’t stop me.”
“It’s just I dare not to face her.”
Seeing the regret on Vincent’s face, Pham sighed heavily.
“Boss, Carolyn was everything to Ana. You comeback would make her think that you want to take Carolyn away from her. And because of you she has lost everything and her life was turned upside down. She must hate you terribly. There’s something that you cannot blame her for.”
“Yeah, I know.”
Vincent ignited a cigarette,”The hatred for so many years will not be able to pacify with one sentence.”
“Boss, it will take a long time if you want Ana to forgive you.”
“Carolyn is of your blood. It cannot be changed.”
“Ana is born to be kind. It’s just that she hates you too much.”
“I believe that if you work hard, you will be able to pacify the hatred Ana has for you.”
Vincent nodded slightly and did not answer Pham. Instead, he looked at the sky outside of the window and began to contemplate.
…
The midnight next day.
Ana went to the Sunshine Primary School to pick up Carolyn.
“What? Carolyn has already left?”
As Ana heard the teacher’s words, she lost control of her emotion instantly. She breathed hurriedly and asked.
“Did a man pick her up?”
“I… I don’t know.”
The teacher panicked,”Carolyn told me that she saw you outside. There were many parents at that time, I did not pay attention and just let her out. Carolyn was a good kid normally. She wouldn’t lie to me.”
“What kind of teacher are you?”
Ana shouted at the teacher and left resolutely.
Now her head was occupied by the shadow she saw in the market. Her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She felt cold all over and was terrified.
‘This damned guy. Is he coming back to take Carolyn from me?’
“You disgusting monster. You have already harmed me and now you want to take Carolyn away.”
Watching the pedestrians crossing the road, Anna exhaled heavily while standing still. The corner of her eyes was filled with tears. She held her fists tightly and trembled all over.
“Vincent, you son of a bitch. Carolyn is everything I have. If you dare to take her away from me, I will kill you.”
At the same time.
Carolyn stood next to the road with a small schoolbag.
There was a very large plastic bag in her hands. Her eyes were watery. She stared at the bottle in a couple’s hand.
She stood still as though she had been starving for a long time and waiting for a meal.
“Kid, do you want my bottle?” The girl noticed Carolyn and asked.
Carolyn did not speak, but her head kept nodding like a chick eating rice.
“Here you go.”
The young couple looked at each other and walked to Carolyn immediately, putting the bottle into the plastic bag gently.
“Thank you.” Carolyn said in an innocent voice.
Then she made a bow to the two sincerely.
“So polite.”
The girl rubbed Carolyn’s head, took fifty dollars from the pocket and handed it to Carolyn.
“I don’t know why you need the bottle for, but I think you are beautiful and want to give you a red pocket. Here you go.”
“My mom does not allow me to take the money from others. The bottle is just fine.”
Carolyn grabbed the bag and ran away as fast as the wind.
The young couple looked at each other in surprise, watching Carolyn disappearing from their sight and then left.
At about seven o’clock at night, Carolyn carried the big bag to a recycle center.
Although she was very tired, still she was happy as she thought of the money she was going to get.
She was very happy. Finally, her mother wouldn’t be that tired.
Unexpectedly, she fell on a race car next to the road due to her lack of strength.
The bottles fell out from the bag and landed on the BMW.
“Whose kid is it?”
An old man about two hundred pound immediately walked out from the car.
“Sir, I am so sorry. I don’t mean to do this.”
Carolyn was so scared that she immediately bent down to apologize to the man.
And she took out a handful of coins from the schoolbag,”Sir, I will compensate for you.”
Although there was no scratch on the car, the man was instantly infuriated as he saw the coins.
Without saying too much, he slammed on Carolyn’s face and yelled angrily,”You know how much my car is? Call your parents. Without fifty thousand dollars, I will send you to the police.”