Andrea Jones spoke to her mother in small increments, occasionally laughing, occasionally sad, but more at peace. After sitting all morning, when she was about to leave, she just stood up and saw a sturdy figure coming towards her.
After sitting for the whole morning, when she was about to leave, she just stood up and saw a straight figure coming towards her. She tried her best to lift her smile and greeted from afar, “Uncle Jiang.”
Neither seemed surprised to see each other here, and Beck Williams took the fresh flowers and placed them solemnly in front of the grave while telling her, “Figured you’d be here today.”
“I’m sorry I haven’t been here as many times as you have.” Andrea Jones lamented.
“You used to be a special case.” Beck Williams glanced at her, knowing the pain she had experienced during this time, “You’ve lost weight.”
Andrea Jones touched her clear cheeks and smiled slightly, “Wait until you get over there and eat burgers every day, you’ll definitely put on weight.”
Beck Williams looked at her with deep eyes, kindness in his eyes, “You and your mother are looking more and more alike.”
A bitter smile, “Who says it isn’t?”
Andrea Jones looked sideways at the smiling black and white photo on the headstone, smiled lightly, and turned back to Beck Williams, “Uncle Jiang, you may not know what happened before.”
“Hmm? What is it?” Beck Williams also just took his eyes off the photo of Charleen Davis.
“When my mother was pregnant with your child back then, she did go to your house to look for you. It’s just a pity … that at that time she got the news that you were already getting married.” Like the mother’s encounter and pain of the year empathy, Andrea Jones at the moment’s mood also lowered some, a deep breath, only then said: “later was driven out from your home, probably because of the stimulation, there was a hemorrhage. Not only did the baby not survive, but, almost … my mother’s life was also in danger.”
Beck Williams was shocked to hear Andrea Jones’ words. “Did your mother tell you all this?”
“Well, just a while before my mom left, she said it to me herself. However, I could tell that my mom didn’t blame you anymore when she left.”
Beck Williams did not reply for a long time, seems to be sinking in his past memories, face is full of remorse and pain. His eyes, ghostly fall on that photo, as deep as the abyss of the eyes have complex emotions in the tumble.
What had she been going through for over 20 years? Why had no one ever told him that Charleen had been thrown out of the Williams family? And who kicked her out?
Andrea Jones was the first to leave. She had the good sense to leave time for her mother and Uncle Jiang. Confident that her mother would not be lonely even after she left for New York, her heart was much relieved.
Before leaving, Andrea Jones could not help but look back. He always stood in front of the tombstone, the distance has been too far to see his expression, but, under the cloudy and rainy sky, can clearly feel the shroud of grief.
Today, they are forever separated by the yin and yang and left alone with a living depression. What about … themselves and Neal Williams? In the future, they can have the opportunity to reunite?
The night before she was due to leave, Andrea Jones tossed and turned in bed with all the paperwork Neal Williams had done for her – including her passport and visa – and couldn’t sleep. Dazed, she remembered meeting him yesterday afternoon in front of the neighborhood, and he said …
Will not go to the airport to say goodbye.
She rolled over and looked at the ceiling above her head.
This is good …
She is also tired. Don’t want to go through the parting scene again …
The following day.
It rained heavily last night, rewashing the entire city. By early morning, the rain had stopped. The air all smelled like grass and was extra fresh.
The cab, from the neighborhood, drove all the way to the airport. She opened the window and watched with fascination as the city’s scenes flew by before her eyes. The wind blew the hair, hitting in the eyes, some pain, so she could not stop the red eyes.
Dropped his head and looked at his phone. It’s been, it’s been quiet … since the day I got out of the hospital and came back here, and it never rang again.
She knew that … would never ring again either after …
Move your hand, directly key the computer down, sim card out, carefully stuffed into the wallet.
Checked in her luggage and lined up at the security checkpoint, she forced herself not to turn around. Since he had said that he was on a business trip today, then … he would not be here …
After finally passing through security, she carried her bag, but in the end, she couldn’t help but turn around.
In a flash, she saw a familiar figure standing there stolidly. She thought it was her own eyes, blinked, before her eyes had been dense with tears a blur. However, his figure was still clear. Through the crowd, her eyes met his. The whole world, as if they were the only ones left to exist …
He smiled, waved goodbye to her.
She also tried to raise her lips, blooming the most beautiful smile. Only, the tears in the corner of the eyes, but more and more tears.
He watched her, watched her little by little out of his sight, fade out of his life … from today, she will get a new life, but he has been buried in the past …
Wolfe Williams was suddenly taken away last night and has not been contacted until now.
Shirley Jones came to Neal Williams, but he flatly refused.
She was gone for a week after.
Apartment.
Without her in the house, it became unusually cold. Here, just an empty house, no longer a trace of warmth.
Neal Williams ordered a large stack of money and handed it to Chen.
“Mr. Williams, that’s too much.” It’s not even done enough for this month, and besides, the pay isn’t that much.
“Not only did you take care of her, you were there for her the whole time, and those are the things you should be.” Neal Williams slipped the money into her hand. He knew how difficult life had been for Sister Chen recently; her husband had just broken his leg on a construction site.
Miss Jones is gone like this, what a pity! In the future, will she come back again?”
“If she comes back, you must still be asked to take care of her in the future.” Neal Williams’ answer, ambiguous. In fact,… answer, he is not clear …
He let her go, she had the freedom to fly, but he didn’t have the right to leave her behind …
Even with this answer, Sister Chen was happy, “Then we have a deal, in the future when Miss Jones comes back, I will definitely come back to take care of her. It would be great if she could get pregnant again!”
Neal Williams listened, smiled lightly, and did not return Chen’s words. She saw her off before reentering the apartment.
The box she left behind was still on the couch until now, and Neal Williams took it and opened it, staring at the turquoise bracelet in disbelief, remembering all the glory of the past. He took the sparkling diamond ring out of his pocket and put it in the box with him, dusting it off.
I got up and stepped into her bedroom, pulled open the drawer and tried to put the box inside, but, at a glance, I saw several photos lying in the drawer.
Frowning, he put down the brocade box and pulled out the photos. Looking at the photos one by one, his heart went slightly cold. Is this what they did to him, to his woman?
As he thought about it, his cell phone rang with a loud bang. He looked at the screen and it was Marshall Johnson calling.
“Second youngest.”
“Hmm.” He was in a bad mood, and his voice was cold.
“You should hurry up and come to the office, everyone is here.”
“Which everyone?”
“Old Madam, the First Lady and Second Lady have arrived.”
“Just in time, I was just going to look for them. You tell the old lady I’ll be right over.” Neal Williams said. Neal Williams said. marshall Johnson answered hastily and disconnected the call.
After another look at the photos, Neal Williams stowed them on his person, grabbed his car keys and headed out the door.
When I arrived at the office, the three elders were waiting in the office. The staff outside couldn’t help but look inquisitively to see what was going on. The Williams family is out in force, so it must be a big deal.
Marshall Johnson was catching up with them when Neal Williams arrived. The face was not so good, and everyone immediately blasted away.
Push the door inside, Shirley Jones immediately stood up, Neal Williams dropped his eyes to look over and found her already red-eyed, face full of six distracted anxiety.
“Grandma.” He greeted the old lady first.
The old lady nodded slightly, “Come, sit down. Shirley Jones, you sit too!”
Shirley Jones choked back a sob, “Mom, there’s no news from Zhi Fu, so how can I sit still? I don’t know what’s going on.”
Christina Sanchez looked at her son and got up to pull her sister-in-law, “Sit down, don’t just cry. It’s useless to cry. Neal is not a hard-hearted person, he will not see the death.”
Neal Williams didn’t say anything, only felt Shirley Jones’s supplicating eyes fall on him.
The old lady held his hand and could feel the pale hand trembling vaguely, “Neal, your uncle was taken away yesterday, this must be all clear to you, right?”
“Well … Ashley Williams and Klein Williams both spoke to me.” Ashley Williams called last night in tears and scared out of her mind.
The old lady was distraught, “If you don’t help, your uncle will really be hopeless!”
“Yes, Neal, count on Auntie to beg you, okay?” Shirley Jones huffed, “You love Little Four so much, and you don’t want her to live a life without a father from now on. She’s still so young. …”
Thinking of Ashley Williams that girl’s innocent and kind appearance, Neal Williams heart slightly pain. The old lady’s hand, cold and prickly, so he also felt breathless.
After a long silence, he looked into the old woman’s supplicating eyes, “Grandma, do you know what it means for me to marry Penny Brown?”
The old lady froze slightly.
He smiled a little, somewhat chillingly, “It means that your grandson will be in prison for the rest of his life.”
Christina Sanchez scolded, “Neal, what are you talking about? Don’t scare grandma.”
“It’s a million times harder to have your heart locked up in prison than it is to have your body locked up in prison!” He twisted his face to look at his mother, “Mom, am I wrong? Hasn’t Dad lived a painful life all these years?”
“You …” Christina Sanchez blushed when her son questioned her like that.
Neal Williams took a deep breath, “I’m not a dad, I can’t live my life as if I were!”
The old lady finally came back to her senses, and the eyes that were full of vicissitudes were red at this moment. Lips trembling, opened the mouth: “Neal, grandma such a request is a little too much, is grandma sorry …”
Looking at the old lady’s tears, Neal Williams was shaken.
In the next instant, the old lady suddenly slid off the couch, bent her knees, and knelt right in front of him.
“Neal, Chi Fu is your uncle, he can’t go to jail …”
Neal Williams was completely blown away.
The position of the old lady in the family is clear to everyone. This kneeling, yielding to the authority and dignity of being the eldest. So heavy, so heavy that Neal Williams could not bear it.
Christina Sanchez and Shirley Jones were both stunned by the scene. The next second, Shirley Jones also stuck to the old lady and knelt down, “Neal, for the sake of grandma, please!”