Thinking about his anxious look, Andrea Jones also felt bad.
“Sorry, I had a problem with my cell phone, so the phone has been out of order.” She found a very skittish explanation.
“Luckily it’s just the phone that’s wrong, not the person.” Marshall Johnson said while pulling out his phone, “Here, the second youngest is calling again, talk to him yourself.”
Without waiting for Andrea Jones to say no, Marshall Johnson had already pressed the phone to her ear.
Before you know it, over there, Neal Williams’ voice is already in your ears, “What’s wrong? You’ve only been gone a day and you’re starting to not listen to my calls?”
The tone was low, with obvious anger.
However, that worry is so obvious that it cannot be concealed. That one, like a needle, will Andrea Jones heart balloon in one fell swoop to pierce. The sourness in the sky can no longer be compressed, all run out. The tip of the nose is sore, the eyes are red.
Not daring to let Marshall Johnson see, he only lowered his head and took the phone. It was a while before he spoke as calmly as he could, “I’m fine … it’s just that my phone is broken and I haven’t been able to get through on the phone.”
She made an excuse.
“Why don’t you call me on another number?” Neal Williams isn’t that good a bluffer.
Andrea Jones tightened her phone and exhaled, as if she wanted to exhale all the breath she was holding in her chest.
“My mom … is in the hospital again.”
The tone of voice, still can not hide the low.
Neal Williams asked compassionately, “How are things going now? Is the disease stable?”
“It’s just stabilizing a little bit. So, I may have to take off work again in the next few days, and I want to take time to spend with my mom.”
“That’s for sure.” Neal Williams said, “I’ll take care of the corporate side for you.”
He paused and spoke again, his tone solemn, “Andrea, when I return in a few days, I hope to visit your mother in the hospital. I think it’s about time.”
Andrea Jones’ heart tightened painfully when she heard that. Almost immediately, she shook her head and rejected him, “No! Neal Williams, don’t come to stimulate my mom, she really can’t take any excitement right now.”
“So, you’re going to hide what happened between us from her for the rest of our lives?” He was clearly displeased.
Andrea Jones’ nerves felt like they were being pulled back and forth by a chainsaw, causing her to feel a sharp pain in every nerve. Leaning weakly against the wall, she bit her lip for a moment before speaking, “Neal Williams, let’s not talk about this, okay? I’m tired and I want to rest early today.”
Her weakness is all too obvious.
Neal Williams was a little annoyed that he couldn’t be there for her at this time, so naturally he couldn’t bear to dwell on her, so he just agreed to her words.
…
After hanging up the phone, his voice disappeared in his ears, Andrea Jones heart felt empty, holding the phone for a long time did not move.
Marshall Johnson called out to her several times before she came back to her senses in confusion and handed the phone back to him as an afterthought.
“Are you all right?” Marshall Johnson took a worried look at her pale face.
Andrea Jones reluctantly smiled, “It’s okay, it’s a lot of trouble for you to run around this late.”
“No trouble. But you’d better hurry up and turn it on, otherwise, maybe I’ll have to run again tomorrow.”
Andrea Jones nodded and didn’t keep Marshall Johnson any longer.
Re-entered the house, looking at the whole empty house, the heart is also empty of pain.
Charleen Davis was in the hospital for three days.
Her mind was not very clear, and she was confused when she saw Beck Williams and felt him whispering something in her ear. She tried very hard to listen carefully, but once she woke up, the man was no longer there.
She knew that she was dreaming again.
Perhaps, the departure period is not far away …
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a recurring dream about that person.
Three days later, barely able to get up, she insisted on going home.
Both daughters could not resist her and had to comply with her wishes.
“Mom, this is the porridge I just made, I’ll feed you some of it.”
Andrea Jones half-kneels on the couch and ladles a spoonful of fragrant porridge to Charleen Davis.
Charleen Davis’s godless eyes looked at her sullenly, not opening her lips, but parting her face.
Rejection.
For the past few days, she has been like this – she seems to be disappointed with the two sisters.
“Mom, don’t be angry, okay? I went to the market early in the morning and bought a lot of fresh shrimp to boil, you can try it, it smells good!” Andrea Jones patiently coaxed her.
“I can’t eat.” Charleen Davis raised her hand feebly and pushed the porridge away. Dropping her eyes to look at her guilt-ridden daughter, she said painfully, “I didn’t think that you would promise me well while hiding it from me to meet the parents of THE Williams family. Didn’t mom tell you that you are not allowed to be with Neal Williams? You also promised to be good, Andrea, why have you become like this now? Where has the old, well-behaved you gone …”
Andrea Jones bit her lip, unable to speak.
The heat of the porridge burned her fingertips red, but she did not let go of her hand, just stubbornly carrying it.
Charleen Davis shook her head in pain and tears followed, “I’m so disappointed in you all … You’ve been sisters for decades and you’re turning against each other for a man, or a man from the Williams family… No wonder even Christina Sanchez has to laugh at us!”
She said, the hand resting on the sofa vaguely trembled, as if all the strength of the body was going to be drained, “You two are clearly trying to tell me not to rest in peace under the nine springs …”
“Mom, don’t you say that …” Putting down the porridge, she eagerly and panickedly held her mother’s hand.
The hand, cold and dry, tore at her heart one by one.
“I’m sorry, it was all my fault before. Mom, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have lied to you, I shouldn’t have been with Neal Williams, and I shouldn’t have fallen out with my sister because of the Williams family …”
She confessed guiltily.
Sammy Jones had just packed up his things and came out of the bedroom. Hearing her words, he couldn’t help but pause, his body retreating back.
And then …
Heard Andrea Jones choke up and continue, “Okay, I promise you … won’t hang out with Neal Williams anymore …”
A simple sentence, but she paused several times before she could say the whole thing. Her eyes closed tightly and lifted slowly, her eyelids trembling badly.
Like making the most painful and difficult decision, it took a long time before continuing, “Didn’t you … want me to go on a blind date too?”
Sammy Jones’ heart tightened and he walked out.
Not too close and not too far away looking at Andrea Jones.
Under the light, it was as if her whole body had become even thinner. Kneeling on the hard floor, it seemed as if she would fall down weakly at any moment.
The hazy light and shadow buried her entire being in a mass of gloom.
“I promise you, I’ll go on a blind date … as long as you are happy, ask me to do anything …”
What else can I do when my life is about to pass, except not to let my mother be sad and worried? If you are still disobedient at this time, you are really the most unfilial.
…
Andrea Jones quietly handed over a resignation letter and placed it on Garret Miller’s desk.
Garret Miller pulled out the envelope and was shocked to see what was inside. Called Neal Williams, but Neal Williams is off the phone – is now on a flight back.
The other side.
Andrea Jones wore a little floral dress today.
The hair, like a waterfall, falls down from her shoulders. She has lost weight, so her features appear more three-dimensional. The dark hair happens to half cover her somewhat pale face.
The person she was waiting for hadn’t come yet.
The waiter brought up the coffee, so she took the spoon and stirred it one by one.
The circle of wave marks in the cup, as if they were the wave marks on her heart, could never be calmed.
Neal Williams … should be back today.
On the day he left, she even promised him with conviction that she would be good and wait for him at home.
The lingering, then the unrequited, then the fondness, until this moment, she still remember clearly. However, now she … has broken her promise …
Bite your lower lip and force yourself to stop thinking about it.
However, tears are about to gush out of the eyes again. The thought that in the years to come, that man … himself can no longer embrace, can not feel, heart pain like a knife stirring. However, she has no choice …
“Miss Jones?” The sudden outburst interrupted all her thoughts.
Tears, too late to collect, have fallen one in the coffee cup. Immediately swallowed by the stirring wave marks, not a trace left.
Swallowing hard, she hurriedly got up.
Lifting his lips, he smiled very hard, “It’s me. Are you Mr. Zhang?”
“Yes, come on, sit down. Sorry, I’m a little late because there’s something going on in the unit.”
The other side apologizes.
Andrea Jones thinks she must be out of her mind.
Because …
And this man is so close to the distance, she can not even see each other clearly. In the mind, back and forth only Neal Williams that a face …
“I heard Auntie Zhang probably talked about your situation, I heard that Auntie is not well, how is she doing now?” The other party asked.
Andrea Jones smiled mechanically and replied mechanically, “Much better. Thanks for asking.”
…
One after another, the other side how to ask, she will how to answer, the atmosphere is actually surprisingly harmonious.
And on the other side …
Neal Williams had just gotten off the plane and hadn’t had time to sit down and rest when he received a call from Garret Miller. Rushing to the office, he saw the three words of the resignation letter, and his heart sank. When I called Andrea Jones again, there was no doubt that I would not get through.
Again, it doesn’t make sense.
These days, it’s been like that.
He should have known that something must have gone wrong …
I dropped my resignation letter and headed out to the office. I didn’t expect to see Sammy Jones in the lobby, who was on his way to the office.
The two men locked eyes, and Sammy Jones immediately turned his face away, just as if he hadn’t seen Neal Williams. With a frown, he took a big step forward.
“Sammy Jones.”
“Mr. Williams,” Sammy Jones said, standing up straight as an enemy.
But still, I couldn’t help but raise my eyes to look at him.
I don’t know if it’s my own illusion, I always feel that this man … is a little more haggard.
But even so, he is still the same he …
The man who makes love with ease – Neal Williams…
“Why did she suddenly quit?” Not having the patience to beat around the bush, he cut to the chase.
“That’s something Mr. Williams should ask her about.” Sammy Jones spoke flatly.
“Good, I was going to ask her myself. So, please tell me where she is now.”
Sammy Jones’ grip on the file tightened slightly. After a pause, she said bluntly, “She’s on a blind date.”
Neal Williams simply felt that Sammy Jones was joking with him, but her seriousness sent chills down his spine.
Matchmaking …
What a blind date!
Does she know what she’s doing?
…
The other side.
“Miss Jones, do you have something on your mind, or are you not too happy with me? You don’t seem too happy.” The other party easily detected her low mood.
She shook her head and smiled, “Of course not. I’m sorry, it’s probably because I’m still hung up on my mother’s illness.”
“Oh, that’s understandable. In that case, I’m relieved.” The other man smiled, he was quite impressed with Andrea Jones. Only, he did not know that Andrea Jones was not impressed with him at all.
“Now that we’re done with coffee, why don’t we go see a movie? I know there’s a new movie coming out recently.” The man suggested.