“When you are discharged from the hospital, you will know whether my image collapsed or not!”
Derek winked at Serina with a smirk.
Serina turned around and saw Yolanda standing at the door.
“Mom!”
Derek turned around. Yolanda looked a little unnatural. She stood at the door and did not come in.
Derek stood up. “Please come in.”
“How have you been?” Yolanda asked as she walked in.
“Much better.” Serina smiled at Yolanda. How could there be any hatred between mother and daughter?
“That’s good.” Yolanda nodded. She seemed to have something to say, but she had not said it all the time.
Serina looked at Derek, signaling him to leave, but he did not move.
“It doesn’t matter. I will talk to my mother,” Serina pleaded again.
“Then I’ll be outside.” Derek couldn’t resist Serina, so he had to leave.
When Derek left, Yolanda finally felt a little more natural. “I know everything now. It was my fault before.”
“Mom, I understand you. You have got Marco back after so many years, and she suffered so much abroad. It is reasonable for you to feel sorry for her.”
“I was really muddle-headed before. I even wanted you to give up your husband, but I didn’t mean any harm. I just thought that it was good for you to be with Ernest as well. Ernest is a good person.”
Yolanda could not help but sigh, feeling guilty for the silly things she had done.
“Mom, tell you the truth. Ernest and I did have the idea of setting a relationship before. At that time, Derek and I were not sure about our relationship, but Ernest and I have tried it. It is impossible for me to be with him. We are too familiar with each other. It is impossible to be together. We can only be friends.”
Serina was calm and did not complain about Yolanda at all.
“I might have misunderstood.” Yolanda nodded.
“Also, Ernest and I are good friends, and no more than that. I will never do something like cheating.”
Serina said with certainty.
Yolanda smiled. “I should have believed you. I don’t know what happened back then..”
As Yolanda spoke, she sighed regretfully. “I hope you don’t blame me.”
“Mom, I don’t blame you.”
Yolanda suddenly remained silent, which made Serina start to feel that Yolanda must have something else to say. “Mom, just say it directly.”
Yolanda kept rubbing her hands. “I saw an arrest warrant for Marco.”
“Well.”
About the arrest warrant, Serina heard Derek mention it with a few words.
“I know. Marco has made a big mistake this time. She wants to take Derek back. That is understandable, but she hurt you. That is not right.”
Yolanda kept her head down. She seemed to feel hard to say the following words.
“But she is your biological sister after all. Moreover, she hasn’t been well all these years. I owe her a lot. If it weren’t for Derek, she probably wouldn’t have been able to have done this.”
“So, Mom, do you want us to stop catching her?”
Yolanda raised her head. “She ran away. She doesn’t have much money on her. She is still in China. She can’t spend much…”
Serina listened to Yolanda seriously.
“Why don’t we just let her go? She must have had a hard time too. This can be considered her own fault. Can you give her a way out? What if when she can’t make it on her own, maybe she will surrender herself voluntarily?”
Serina knew that Yolanda must still care about Marco. After all, Marco was her daughter.
“This matter is not something I can decide. I still need to discuss it with Derek to see if the police are willing to deal with it like this.”
“Derek will listen to everything you say. The police will also respect him. There will definitely be no problem.”
Serina opened her mouth but did not know what to say.
“Mom, I want to ask you a question. If my sister and I were to exchange our identities and the one who made mistakes was me. Would you be willing to plead for me like this?”
Serina also had a sensitive heart.
She had Derek, twins, and a family that belonged to her, but there were still some things that she could not let go of.
“You are also my daughter. I apologize for what happened before.”
Yolanda’s tone was gentle and amiable.
Serina sighed. “You and my dad are the same. Every time you are faced with us two. You always abandon me. I don’t know what I did wrong.”
“…”
“Mom, am I very selfish?”
Serina still remembered the last time they talked, Yolanda kept saying that Serina was selfish and that she liked to enjoy alone.
“I said it when I was angry. I didn’t mean it.”
“Mom, you are telling the truth. I am indeed very selfish, but I don’t think this is wrong. My husband, my daughter, and my friend are my private property. I don’t allow anyone to covet it. It is not wrong for me to protect my own property.”
Yolanda nodded his head.
“Maybe you can’t understand the relationship between Derek and me. After all, the first person Derek met was Marco, but the person he loved was me. If you asked him a thousand times, his answer would always be the same. I also love him.”
“…”
“Mom, what happened before can be written off. However, my bottom line is that no one is allowed to destroy my family. I will pretend that I never heard what you said before. We are still the same as before. However, I want to remind you not to intervene in the relationship between Derek and me in the future. Our relationship is very good. Even if there is a bad day, I will settle it myself.”
Yolanda nodded. “Alright, you’ve grown up.”
“I’ll discuss with Derek about Marco. I can’t give you an answer right now. Let’s talk about it after we discuss it, okay?”
Yolanda nodded and sighed. “Alright, I won’t make things difficult for you.”
They smiled at each other.
Yolanda left later.
Derek returned to the ward and sat by the bed. He saw that Serina’s expression was somewhat abnormal.
“What’s wrong? Did your mother blame you again?” Derek asked, hugging her shoulders.
Serina shook her head. “Can you get the police to remove the arrest warrant and stop searching for Marco?”
“What are you talking about? How can you give it up? Do you want her to continue to harm you? Was it your mother who requested it?” Derek asked with a frown.
“It was her request, but she didn’t ask me to do it. She just wanted to discuss it with me and see if I was okay with it.”
“Of course not! I have never felt at ease without catching her!”