Feeling upset, Thomas went out of the cafe alone and walked along the sidewalk aimlessly. His mobile phone kept ringing, but he had no intention of picking it up.
After walking along the sidewalk for a long time, he felt a little tired and sat down on the chair beside it.
It was already night, and his stomach was empty. Then, the faint smell of roasted sweet potato made him lookup. Emily was in front of him, holding a sweet potato in her hand. She looked at him, feeling her heart ached a little, “You must be hungry.”
“Emily? Why are you here?!”
“Eat the sweet potatoes first,” Emily sat down next to Thomas and handed the sweet potatoes to him. Thomas took it without hesitation and began to eat. Emily looked at him and asked, “Something is bothering you?”
“Yeah, somehow.”
“Can you tell me?”
“In fact, it’s not a big deal. I like her, but she doesn’t like me, I’m just a little sad. It’s okay, as long as she is happy, I’m fine, I’ll feel better very soon!”
Emily reached out and patted him on the shoulder, “Love is important in life, I hope you can treat it the right way. You like her, but she doesn’t like you, this means both of you are not meant for each other. You are a wonderful person, you will get to meet a girl who is right for you in the future.”
“Am I?” Thomas smiled bitterly.
“Yes, you’re very excellent! You’re the most wonderful person in my heart!”
“Thank you, Emily! You’re always here when I am upset or when I encounter some difficulties. I really thank god for letting me meet you!”
“Me too!” Emily looked at Thomas with a smile, her eyes were full of love as she spoke, “Thank God for letting me meet such an intelligent and kind person like you! Your efforts gave me hope, I believe you will find your own happiness one day. Cheer up!”
In the Howard family’s old house, Valeria and William went to the garden for a walk as usual after dinner. When they returned, Silas called. William told Valeria to enter the house first and picked up the phone. As soon as William answered the call, Silas told him the good news, ” Michael and Miss Clark are on good terms again.”
“What about Thomas? How did he react?” William asked.
“He left on his own, he looks like he is very disappointed. He is alone on the streets and looks rather pitiful. Thomas is actually not bad, he is very polite, he could consider as a gentleman,” Silas spoke highly of Thomas.
William replied with a hum and then continued, “Some people are good at disguising themselves. It’s hard to tell if he’s good or bad now, let’s continue to observe.”
Silas agreed, “By the way, Emily came to find Thomas.”
“Now?” William asked.
“Yes, now!” Silas had been following Thomas, Michael, and Abbie. After seeing Thomas come out alone, Silas could basically be sure that Michael and Abbie were on good terms again. The rest had nothing to do with him anymore so he followed Thomas.
He noticed Emily unexpectedly. In fact, Emily had been following behind Thomas for quite some time. She had been quietly following him until he sat down on a chair on the street. After that, she went to buy a roasted sweet potato and went up to talk to Thomas.
“William, I always feel that Emily has something to do with Thomas. That feeling is very, very strange.”
“Strange?” William asked confusingly.
“She has been following Thomas all the time. It seems that she is worried about Thomas, but she has not said anything. She had been following him for three hours. When I observed Emily’s expression, she seems to be very worried about Thomas.”
William always felt that there was something weird between Emily and Thomas. So, he immediately asked, “What else do you found other than worried?”
“Other than that, I noticed that the way Emily looks at Thomas is very loving. It’s like… How to say, it’s just like the way Mr. Howard looks at you, like the way President Garcia and President Saunders look at Valeria.”
“Are you sure?” William was taken aback.
“Anyway, this is what I feel. Now, I don’t know what she said to Thomas, and then Thomas’ mood changed totally. He is not as upset and distress as he was earlier. Emily took him to eat street snacks now.”
“Hmm? Wait a minute!” William suddenly remembered Silas had reported to him that Thomas was brought back from abroad. Then, he immediately asked Silas, “Thomas was brought back from abroad, wasn’t he? Do you know which country he was from?”
“New York in the United States. At that time, Francis Gurney was dealing with his business there. He had been staying there for three months!”
“The United States?” William repeated.
“Is there anything wrong with it?” Silas asked.
“How about the time? Do you know when exactly?” William asked again.
“It was in winter. They went before Christmas and returned in February.”
William frowned and said, “When Emily was pregnant abroad at that time, the doctor also said that she had given birth to a child. An idea came up to me, perhaps Emily gave birth to a child, and maybe for some reason, she couldn’t raise the child, so she gave the child to someone else to raise it. Do you think it’s possible?”
William’s words shocked Silas completely, “You suspect that Thomas is Emily’s… Isn’t this too unbelievable?”
“It just came up to me, everything is just my guess!” William knew that his guess was ridiculous too.
“William, have you forgotten that Thomas has the blood of the Saunders family? If he was a child of the Floyd family, how could he be related to the Saunders family?” Silas reminded him.
“So maybe I was wrong!” William laughed at himself. Silas was right, Thomas was related to the Saunders family. Since he was related to the Saunders family, how could he have anything to do with the Floyd family?
“Honey, what’s wrong?” Valeria’s voice came, she found that William had been outside for too long so she came out to check on him. Then, she happened to hear his strange conversation.
William smiled at Valeria and shook his head, “Nothing.”
After that, he ordered Silas, “You just keep watching over there. Maybe there are other breakthroughs.”
Seeing that he hung up the phone, Valeria came over, “Is there really nothing? Didn’t you let Silas watch over Abbie? Did he tell you something about Abbie? How is Abbie now?”
“She’s fine, she’s perfectly fine!”
“You’re not lying to me, right?” Valeria looked at William suspiciously.
“I’ve never lied to you! Don’t worry, Abbie is fine now, you can see her tomorrow.”
Upon hearing William’s words, Valeria felt relieved, “Is she back? Shall I call her?”
“I don’t think you should call her. Abbie doesn’t want you to disturb her now. She needs to think about her matters,” William held Valeria’s waist and continued, “Let’s go back, I’ve prepared two stories for the baby today. Let’s go back and tell the stories to our baby.”