“Esther, let’s go home,” Elijah shouted in a hoarse voice and realized that they were in the hospital. When he raised his head, Esther could see the desire in his eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
He took her with his big hand. Esther blushed and left with him.
On the way back, they received a phone call from Hudson. Hudson said his father urged them to hold a wedding and wanted to see Esther and Elijah.
Elijah didn’t want to go when he thought about the past.
Esther didn’t hold a grudge. “He’s just an old man and has been crossed in love in his lifetime, but he comes to his senses now.”
“You!” Elijah held the steering wheel with one hand and held her small hand with the other. “You’re always so kind!”
See Christ again, Esther stepped forward, greeting him in a very natural way. “Christ, welcome back. I haven’t seen you for so many years, and you still look very spirited.”
Christ felt shamed when Esther greeted him. He thought about what he had done and felt sorry for her. He held Esther’s hand, “Thank you for your salvation!”
“Don’t mention it. The past has gone. You and Fenny come from so far. Let’s have fun together. Since we don’t have parents, you can be our parents. We need your love.” Esther knew that he was embarrassed and regretted what he had done. She was delighted that he could realize his mistakes and correct them.
We should be more tolerant since everyone made mistakes.
When they were talking, Ethel and Philip came. When Ethel saw his parents in the living room, he smiled immediately, with excitement in his eyes. “Mom, Dad, I miss you so much.”
Everyone laughed, in addition to Elijah. He snorted with a cold and disdainful look.
Christ stood up, walked to Philip, pulled Esther’s hand, and said seriously, “Philip, Esther, today I have to apologize to you and tell you the real reason for your mother’s death.”
Esther and Philip were stunned.
“I restricted her freedom and thought as long as she was by my side, it would be okay. But I didn’t realize that it was unnecessary to keep her by my side if she didn’t love me. She fled so many times and was locked in the bedroom by me, but she didn’t make a compromise. When she knew that I framed your father, she took Esther away. When I found her, she was in the airport and said she wanted to go back to the United States. I was so angry that I locked Esther and her in the villa. That day, I was drunk and wanted to rape her. She asked me to let go of her or she would kill herself. I refused her, but I didn’t expect that she really committed suicide. She would rather die than be together with me! The flowing blood frightened Esther and me. I wanted to take her to the hospital, but it was too late. She asked me to take care of her daughter. Otherwise, she would not let me off even if she became a ghost.”
When Esther heard that, something flashed across her mind.
Elijah calmly came forward and held her, worried that she could not bear it.
“My mom was killed by you!” Philip took a deep breath. “If it hadn’t been for you, my family would be very happy now!”
“I killed your mother!” Christ nodded, “Without me, you and your mom would be very happy!”
“But why don’t I remember that?” Esther asked at a loss. Her memories were blurry.
“I let someone use deep hypnosis to treat you, so you forget a lot of things!”
Christ said, “The police came and the forensic report confirmed your mother committed suicide. Esther was so frightened that she had nightmares, cried, and screamed every night. I ask a doctor to give her a deep hypnotic. I hoped she would forget that day. I sent her to the orphanage and let all people think that she died. I adopted her and let her grow up with Hudson. I’m selfish. My son and Esther were lonely. Two lonely children would take care of each other when they were together. I went to the United States for your father. But he died and Philip was missing. Later, I did another bad thing. I made advantage of Esther. Every time I saw Esther, I thought about your mother and how she betrayed me. I was so angry that I did a lot of bad things. Though you’re willing to forgive me, I knew I was too sinful to make up for your losses. I only hope that you’ll be happy!”
Everyone was silent.
Winnie held Hudson’s hand. She knew Hudson accompanied Esther for ten years. His mom had passed away when he was young, so he was very lonely. Winnie thought that Esther must have given him a lot of joy. Therefore, he loved Esther so much and was even obsessed. She felt him very poor.
Hudson patted her hand. The memories had gone like the wind. He was very satisfied that Winnie was by his side.
“Deep hypnosis!” Esther figured it out.
“I can ask someone to bring back your memories if you want!” Christ said.
Esther shook his head, and looked at her brother, “I don’t want them back. I just want to be happy!”
Philip gently touched her face and nodded with tears. “No problem. We all want you to be happy!”
“Elijah, can I?” Esther raised her head and asked Elijah behind.
Elijah lowered his head and kissed her on the lips. He always wanted Esther to be happy and never suffered, so it was good for her to forget the past. “Alright!”
“Christ, don’t blame yourself! Even if you let go of my mom, she would have committed suicide if she had known my father had passed away!” Esther stepped forward and embraced Christ. “I know my parents owed a lot to you and so did you. Live a happy life with Fenny for the rest of your life. After you go to heaven, apologize to my parents, but now you need to cherish the present since life is transient. I only hope that you could be happy!”
“Esther…” Christ’s eyes were filled with tears and he embraced Esther.
Philip turned his head. Since his sister had forgiven Christ, he should no longer hold a grudge.
All people’s eyes turned red because they didn’t expect Esther would be so generous!
Ethel pursed his lips. This kind girl would never belong to him, but he wished she could be happy forever.
Ethel looked at Elijah. Later, they went to the yard. Ethel lit a cigarette and passed Elijah’s cigarette packet. Elijah took one but put it back when he thought about something.
“Why not?” Ethel asked. “You’re still mad at me?”
“Esther doesn’t allow me to smoke!” Elijah snorted. “There’s no need to be mad at you!”
“You’re always so confident!” Ethel chuckled.
“I always know what I want!” Elijah was confident.
“Elijah! We are brothers. Esther is your wife. I will only put her in my heart. Please be nice to her. Life is very long. If she is happy, I will bless you. If not, I will take her away from you!” Ethel exhaled a puff of smoke and said slowly.
“Never think about it!” Elijah snorted. “You will not have the chance!”
“You’d better not give me the chance!”
“Rest assured. I won’t”
“When’s the wedding?”
“Very soon!”
“That’s good! I’ll go early!”
After they went back home, Elijah was talking about the date of the wedding with his grandpa while Esther kept his daughter company.
“Mommy, when will you take me to Hugo’s house?” Iris was in Esther’s arms, sitting on Esther’s lap.
“I will take you when I’m free!” Esther pinched Iris’s small face and felt a little guilty. She hadn’t stayed with his daughter for a long time. After Elijah went back, they showed affection for each other and neglected their daughter. “Why do you want to see Hugo?”
“When Daddy and Mommy are not with me, Hugo can have fun with me. I’m so lonely and miss Hugo so much” Iris sighed, “When can I grow up?”
“I’m sorry!” Esther’s nose twitched. “It’s my fault. I’ll spend more time keeping you company!”
Iris shook her head. “Don’t be sad. Mommy, I don’t want you to accompany me at all!”
“Why not?” Esther was amused.
“Because you are not Hugo!” Iris roll her eyes and said loudly, “I want to grow up and be his bride!”
“Well!” Esther was stunned. She didn’t care much about it, but she felt sad that her daughter did not need her. She seemed to ignore her daughter too much.
Late at night.
“The wedding will be held in a week, okay?” Elijah asked.
“Any time you like!” Esther took a deep breath and reached out to stroke his back. “As long as I’m with you, wedding is unimportant!”
“But I want to tell the world we are married and give you the grandest wedding!”
She leaned on his shoulder and suddenly felt relieved. She nodded. “Well, am I too harsh to you and Iris? Iris doesn’t want to get close to me now!”
She was a little frustrated. Why did Iris only miss a boy with whom she got along for a few days?
“What happened?” He held her little face, kissed her gently. Her pale reds gradually turned red and moist. He caressed her lips gently, smiled, and teased. “Iris is just a kid. You’re too hard on her and don’t allow me to get close to her! It doesn’t matter that you are harsh on me.”