Krista’s POV
Because I didn’t want to go back to the Fischer’s mansion just yet, I deliberately stayed in the hospital for two days.
Cheney goes to the company during the day and goes back at night to accompany us.
Then uncle would accompany us during the day and would go home at night.
It was so early in the morning and our 3rd day at the hospital. Uncle came back from the Fischer’s mansion, and told me, “When I came out this morning, Flora’s child came to the Jade Court to see you.”
I wondered, “Looking for me?”
“Yes, she looks rather stressed and says she wants to talk to you.”
Cheney has a calm face. “If she is looking for you now, it is nothing more than just begging you to forgive Uncle Jacob. You don’t have to go and see her. If she calls you, you can let her find Grandma.”
“That is… not right.”
“There’s nothing wrong with it. You just have to take care of Romeo for now and have no time for anything else.”
Since he already said that, I just shrugged my shoulders, so that’s it.
Cheney went to work at the company, and I put my phone on my desk and planned to play with Romeo.
But just then, my cell phone rang again. Knowing who it was, I pretended not to hear it, and just let it ring.
Romeo asked curiously, “Mom, why aren’t you answering the phone?”
“A sales call.”
“Oh, mom, tell me a story today.”
“Sure, do you want to continue to make trouble in the sea?”
Romeo nodded happily.
I picked up the book and just barely uttered two sentences when my cell phone rang again.
Romeo pouted, “Mom, you’d better answer it. Tell the seller not to call all the time. I can’t listen to the story properly.”
I handed the book to my uncle. “Uncle, please help me story-tell this book to Romeo, and I’ll go out to answer the phone.”
Uncle just nodded and took the story book.
I picked up my mobile phone, came to the door of the ward, and picked it up.
“Hello?”
“Miss Krista, it’s me, Flora.”
“I know, Miss Flora. What can I do for you?”
Her choked voice came, “Miss Krista, can we meet? I have something to say to you.”
“I’m taking care of Romeo right now and don’t have time to leave.”
“I can go to the hospital to find you. I can’t take up much of your time. Please, Miss Krista.”
I firmly said, “Miss Flora, I think… I should know at this point what you want to say to me. So, on this side, let’s just forget it, let’s not meet, I don’t want to be embarrassed, and I don’t want to embarrass you.”
She cried, “Do you remember? Six years ago, you said I have a good father. Miss Krista, I also know I have the best father in the world, and this father of mine, in order to save me, did a lot of wrong deeds, but… but even if he does wrong things, he is still my father.
Miss Krista, I know you are also a filial daughter. If you knew about your father in advance, even if there was a one in a million chance, wouldn’t you choose to save your father desperately? Now, I am a bit luckier than you were, because I have one more chance to save my father. Please… help me. ”
“Miss Flora, our situation is different. At that time, my father was innocent, but on the other hand, Uncle Jacob really broke the law. I really don’t know how to help you when it comes to law.”
She cried, “You can, as long as you don’t hold him accountable, it will be fine.”
My eyebrows creased. Why does Flora ask me not to persist in their guilt?
I almost lost Romeo.
Romeo suffered, and no one was more sad than me. How could Flora, who had never been a mother, understand that.
Now, she is begging me in the name of loving her father.
What’s the difference between Jacob begging me to keep Flora alive?
They are all so selfish.
Realizing that I didn’t opt to answer, Flora was busy and she continued, “Miss Krista, I know that my father did something wrong. He is sorry for you and Romeo. However, as long as you are willing to spare my father, I am willing to take him away from the Fischer’s mansion at once, and from then on, disappear into your world forever and never disturb your life again, is that fine with you?”
“Why do you say that you want me to cut your father some slack? Your father’s fault is something he did himself and not me.”
“I know, I know everything, but… Cheney will listen to you, and Grandma and Grandpa will listen to Cheney. So, as long as you are willing to give up the accusation against my father, then my father can be exempted.”
I didn’t think about it, and just shook my head. “I can understand how you feel now, but you shouldn’t ask me for help in this matter. This morning, Cheney has already told me that I shouldn’t concern myself with this matter. You’d better go to Grandma. She has always been soft-hearted. Maybe, her old man can help you.”
As soon as I said the words, I hung up the phone.
I breathed a sigh of relief and felt a lot of consolation in my heart.
In fact, it is really not so difficult to refuse others, as long as the heart is firm enough…
Flora’s POV
When I heard the tone on the other end of the phone, I broke down and screamed.
Krista, Krista, you poisonous woman. I won’t let you go, I won’t let you go.
I won’t give up. I will call Cheney.
When my cell phone was connected, I told him in a firm voice, “Cheney, will you not let my father go?”
“Flora, with this matter, we have made a deal with Uncle Jacob, and his future should be decided by law.”
“You keep saying that you respect my dad as a father, but after the accident, you can handle this matter so lightly. You are so rude, is it because my father is irrelevant to you?”
“Flora, you’re going too far.”
“I didn’t go too far,” I cried. “Cheney, you promised me the future, but you broke your promise. I don’t care about that anymore. But… you haven’t forgotten that my dad saved your life, have you? You once said that you owe my dad a life and will pay it back one day. Now, I want you to repay my father by saving his life and cutting him some slack.”
“These are two different things.”
“For me, it’s the same thing. Cheney, I have no way out. I only have my father.”
“I will settle you after Uncle Jacob’s trial, which is the only thing I can do for Uncle Jacob.”
I smiled bitterly, “Oh.”
“If there is nothing more to say, I will hang up now.”
“If…” I’m desperate, really desperate, “if you didn’t break your promise, and you waited for me to get married, then my father would never take risks for me, Cheney, you must remember that all the mistakes my father did today were forced by you. It was you… who made my father become a bad person, who did wrong things without conscience. You forced him.”
As I finished saying those, I hung up the phone.