He nodded and waited for my following words.
I pressed my lips, “Dennis and you are best friends and he needs such a friendship. I don’t want to see you break up.”
I paused and continued, “you can claim Clarrie as your daughter after she is eighteen years old. And it will be up to her whether to resume the relationship with you. And before that, you can see her anytime. By anytime, I mean literally. Ans she can go back to the Bennet family for several days if she can be taken good care of.”
He didn’t expect it and somewhat didn’t believe it, “Are you serious?”
I nodded, “I have made up this decision, not for you but for Dennis. Because I don’t want to ruin his friendship. I hope you can still be good friends.”
He was surprised and pause for quite a while before he finally said, “Thank you, Clara.’
Men talked much less than women.
I lowered my head, “You don’t need to thank me. Although I don’t know exactly how much you love Clarrie I can feel you care about her. And Diana would be happy with it too.”
I said what needed to be said.
He said, ‘I want to take her to H Town. I am not taking her to meet her family but I promised Diana that I would take Clarrie there if possible.”
I frowned, “You can if not too long.”
“It is not long. Three days.”
“Okay.”
Yeah, I couldn’t keep Clarrie to myself forever. She would grow up and have her own life.
Mario left and I went back into the bedroom of Clarrie’s.
After Folly’s wedding, I suddenly became a celebrity in this city.
Maybe Folly did it. Or maybe Link did it.
I received a call from Folly when I was in Clarrie’s room and she was sleeping.
I left the room and went into the sitting room.
She said, “I found that box. It was in Luna’s hands and she said she would give it to you. I will post it to you later.”
I said, “Thank you so much, Folly.”
She replied, “you don’t need to say that stuff to me.”
And she went on, “I wonder if I should tell you something.”
“What?”
She paused and continued, “At my wedding ceremony, Dennis and Hank fought. They talked and Dennis seemed angry. And they fought. Zack told me that.”
I thought of his strange deeds of Dennis. He drank unusually much.
“Clara, are you listening?”
‘Yes, ah, where do you take your honeymoon?”
“I talked with Zack and we decided on the Maldives. It has a clement climate.”
I heard a sound from Clarrie’s bedroom and said to folly, “Have a good time and Clarrie needs me now.”
She said bye and hung up.
Clarrie woke up and saw me, “Mom, I am thirsty.”
I gave her water to drink and I touched her forehead.
The fever was gone.
And I thought of what Folly had just said to me.
“Mom.” Clarrie saw me lost in my thought and cried.
I took the glass.
I tucked the quilt for her and asked, “You want to sleep?”
She shook her head, “I don’t want to sleep. Mario said I could get off the bed, right?”
I smiled, “yes.”
She got off bed though she still looked tired.
I looked outside and it stopped snowing.
What did exactly Hank talk to Dennis about?
Dennis was not easily irritated.
He was very calm and had his emotions under control.
An hour later, Jane called me, “Clara, let’s talk.”
She sounded in a hurry.
“Can you go outdoors?”
I looked at Clarrie on the sofa; she was falling into sleep.
“I cannot.”
She said, “Dennis bought most of the shares of Hank’s company and united others to clamp down on Hank. Why must he do such a thing?”
I didn’t know much about the stock market but I felt vague that things were serious.
“I don’t know about this thing. Maybe you could ask what Hank said to Dennis at Folly’s wedding.” Women should not interfere with men’s wars.
She sighed, “Clara, Dennis has HY and won’t be defeated. But Hank is different and his JD cannot compete against HY. Please beg Dennis to let Hank off.”
I was somewhat irritated, “Hank told you to say these to me?”
She was angry too, “You are angry?”
“Yes.”
“Clara, Hank is my fiancé and the father of my child. I must do something for him. I have to support him and help him. It’s okay if you are unhappy with me but I do this for Hank.”
“Dennis is my husband and you forgot that?” I sighed.
“Jane, I have someone to support too. We are the same.”