“Alas … I remember when I was little, often Brayden as long as he was unhappy, I would take him to see the sea, and over time, he would actively pull me to go.” Talia’s eyes contained nostalgia for the past, like a lit candle flame.
“See the ocean?” Dolly asked, in fact, Brayden had not taken her to see the sea since she had known him, so if that was his favorite place, how could he be unwilling to share such a place with her?
Talia shook Dolly’s hand, a constant source of warmth from one palm to the other: “Look at the sea, when you see the sea so vast that there is no boundary, in fact, in the heart, it will feel that those things that you seem to be big, very let you think troublesome, in front of this wide sea, are nothing.”
“Maybe after Brayden met you, after having you, he really said goodbye to his troubles and pain, because every day with you is happy, so it’s not like when he was a child, he would often be unhappy and often want to go to see the sea.” Talia took Dolly to the balcony and watched the greenery around them wrap around their vision, everything was the most relaxed look.
Talia said in a serious tone to Dolly: “Dolly, in fact, we all know, especially that day we were in the hospital, the two of you, in a public place like that on the falling out, your father and I do not say, but you do not think we really do not know, Dolly, the couple quarrel, misunderstanding are inevitable teeth and tongue sometimes And also fight it. Couples get along, it is a process of complementing each other’s strengths and weaknesses and adapting to each other, whether the two people can live a good life and live a long time, it just depends on whether the two people can perfect their own shortcomings, whether they can correct their mistakes …”
“Dolly, you also do not feel embarrassed because of the conflict between the two of you, and then hold it in your heart, do not talk to us, there are times when you can not afford to tell your father and I we are your elders, in life, but also more understanding than you, you should learn from our life experience, so that you can live your days well. ”
Talia’s words almost brought two tears to Dolly’s eyes. It had been a long time since an elder had put herself in their shoes and brought her so much good advice.
It’s a lie to say that you’re not moved. On the surface, although you can’t see any change, but in fact, in your heart, Dolly has already hugged Talia several times.
She sometimes feels that she is actually very selfish, asking to be able to see Orion, she offered to send Orion to a nursing home, she seems to be thinking only of her own gains and losses, but rarely put herself in the position of the two elderly, thinking about the pain of not being able to see their young grandson at an age when they are living in peace.
She secretly made a decision that she would pick up Orion and bring him to the two old people to raise, and she would go to the beach to see if Brayden was still stuck there, and if he was, then she must go up and hug him tightly and say to him sincerely, “Let’s make up, Brayden.”
Dolly held Talia’s hand, the old man’s hand was a little rough, but it was the mark of time left to her, the most beautiful mark that belongs to parents alone in the eyes of all their children.
“Are you sure you want to terminate our contract?” This is the third time the service lady asked Dolly this way, this Healthstone Clinic is very expensive, Dolly paid Orion Kirkland a year’s fee at that time in one breath, but now Dolly changed her mind, the contract between them, it should end here.
“Yes, I know that all fees paid are non-refundable, but since I’m here today, I’m here to pick up my son, and as for the fees, I signed the contract at the time, so I’m not going to renege with you now.” Dolly said word for word, did not expect this withdrawal procedure so troublesome, should have known that she would not have sent Orion here in the first place.
“Just a moment, we’ll handle it right away.” The waitress smiled at Dolly, then picked up the phone and hung it up after a few brief words to the other end, turned to Dolly and said, “You can go pick up your child now.”
It’s been more than a month since I last visited Orion. A child this age is growing up so fast, almost day by day, but Dolly is thankful that she believes she won’t miss every aspect of Orion’s growth.
The waitress led her through a long walkway and then pushed open the door to a blue room where Orion was lying in a crib with a teddy bear hanging on it. I don’t know if it was telepathy, but Orion smiled when she pushed the door in.
She carefully picked him up and swirled him around in the air. Orion especially liked to be held, and every time he was picked up he looked very happy, his two fleshy little hands waving in the air, and his mouth babbling, and Dolly didn’t want to put him down once she picked him up.
She held Orion in her arms while humming a tune softly to coax him, the corner of her eye skimming to Orion’s tiny baby pillow, which looked incongruous with a raised piece like something stuffed underneath.
Dolly free a hand to lift the pillow, it is a piece of jade of good color, the top of a skewed carved a “promise” word.
Dolly immediately recognized that it was shortly after they were married, Brayden came over to her with an uncarved piece of jade and said let’s carve a special piece of jade, OK.
Dolly was still doing analysis for the company’s design drawings at that time, so when Brayden came over with a warm face, she just said back to him nonchalantly, “I don’t carve, I have to work.”
I didn’t expect Brayden to take the jade and carve it alone in the silence, and on this valuable jade, she had the “Dolly” in her name carved in an original way.
The carving is ugly, crooked, and not at all like Brayden’s writing, which was supposed to be controlled by the knife, but how is holding a knife comparable to holding a pen? The result is this special piece of jade.
Her fingertips brushed over the uneven carvings on the surface of the jade, as if a million Brayden figures flashed before her eyes like a slide show, some happy, some angry, some serious and arguing with her, and the last one flashed before her eyes was him sitting on his desk, holding a carving knife in his hand, looking out at the night, sweating in a hurry.