Jane Gardner finished, gently stroking Zachary Irwin’s hand down, and with her head parted, she closed her eyes.
Zachary Irwin cheek, and Jane Gardner’s warmth.
In his ears, Jane Gardner’s words still echoed.
But in the end, he did not expect her to tell him so much for the first time, but for the divorce.
In the past, he wanted to leave, she did not agree.
Now, she wants to leave, why should he agree?
“This is the second time you mention divorce, in the future, don’t let me hear such words again!” Zachary Irwin let go of Jane Gardner and clenched his fists, holding back his temper.
He was tired of arguing with her, too.
No longer willing to move to storm and fight.
This night, the two sleep in separate rooms.
Jane Gardner does not know how Zachary Irwin slept, probably said all the words out, she slept until dawn.
It might even be said that this night was the most restful sleep she had had in the three years she had been at Maravilla.
She went downstairs, swept around, and didn’t see Zachary Irwin.
And didn’t think much of it.
“Young lady, the young master said he would be away for a while and asked me to tell you.” Nanny Finn saw Jane Gardner come downstairs and hurriedly went to the kitchen to bring out breakfast.
Jane Gardner took the breakfast Nanny Finn handed over, “Good.”
She didn’t want to guess if Zachary Irwin was really going on a business trip or if he was trying to avoid her.
“I’m going to be out of town for the next couple of days, too, so I’ll leave you to continue taking care of the house.”
Jane Gardner smiled slightly at Nanny Finn, then took out a beautiful gift from her bag and handed it over, “This is a small gift I bought with the money I made from the first commercial I took, Nanny Finn, thank you for taking care of me for so long.”
“Young lady is too kind, these are all things I should do.”
Nanny Finn was touched and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, “I’ve done so many things to make you angry before against your wishes, I thought you were blaming me all the time.”
“You did it all for my own good, too, I know that in my heart.” Jane Gardner handed Nanny Finn a tissue and smiled.
No more words were said.
Sooner or later, she would have to leave Maravilla and Nanny Finn.
When she did would depend on when Zachary Irwin agreed to divorce her.
After breakfast, Jane Gardner asked Selena Lott to help her put off all her arrangements and went straight to D City to find Lily Benz.
She wore a mask, hat and glasses for fear of being recognized, and kept her face covered while sitting in the cab.
When she arrived at the airport, she bought economy class because she was not in the habit of buying first class, which led to a commotion in the crowd when the security checker read out her name.
Jane Gardner had to go through a lot of trouble to reach the gate of Lily Benz’s villa in D City.
Only to be stopped by security.
“Jane, you’re Jane!”
A middle-aged woman wearing a flowery dress and a yellow ponytail hugged Jane Gardner and looked left and right with excitement, “Moses Gardner said you are married and living a good life.
“All these years, Mom knows I’m sorry, but I can’t help it …”
“You said, you are my mother, mother?” Jane Gardner interrupted her, looking at the slightly chubby woman in front of her, unable to find the slightest resemblance between herself and her.
Most importantly, wasn’t her mother a singer or songwriter?
But looking at the woman in front of her, she had absolutely no hint of literary flair.
Just a typical middle-aged woman.
“Yes, when I divorced Moses Gardner, I left you to her as well. We haven’t seen each other over the years, but Moses Gardner sends me pictures of you every year.”
The middle-aged woman said, taking out a stack of photos from her handbag.
Jane Gardner took a closer look at the photos, only to see that they were all of her.
From childhood to adulthood, all ages.
“Are you really my mother?” Jane Gardner had always thought she had been abandoned by her own mother, and now it seemed that Lily Benz had not abandoned her completely.
Back then, there must have been a compelling reason.
“Silly child, of course I’m your mother. I haven’t seen you for so many years. Come, come home with mommy and I’ll make you something delicious.” The middle-aged woman, compared to Jane Gardner, did not have a single expression of excitement on her face.
In the corner of her eyes, where Jane Gardner could not see, there was a dark light.
But Jane Gardner was so anxious to find Lily Benz that she didn’t see anything wrong.
The middle-aged woman walked past the security booth with Jane Gardner and greeted the guard while introducing him to Jane Gardner as her daughter.
The guard didn’t think much of it and let them in.
Jane Gardner walked with the middle-aged woman for a while and finally stopped in front of a detached house.
Once inside the villa, the middle-aged woman took Jane Gardner directly to a room on the first floor.
“Jane, my master and wife are out on a trip, and only a few maids have been left at home for the past half month. Wait a minute, I’ll go and fry some dishes for you.”
Jane Gardner looked around the bedroom, which was only a few square meters, with only a bed, a table, a bedside table and a closet, and then looked at her picture on the table, and the tip of her nose felt sour.
Her own mother had not had a good time over the years.
Soon, three dishes and one soup were brought in.
The middle-aged woman was busy serving Jane Gardner’s food, pretending to be warm and happy, but her eyes were cold.
“What the hell is going on here? Why are you babysitting for someone else? Aren’t you a songwriter? I’ve seen so many songs written by you! And, in your grave, why is there only one microphone? Why did you lie to me all these years that you were dead?”
Jane Gardner had no appetite, only a heart full of doubts.
She couldn’t understand why Lily Benz never visited her all these years if she was alive.
“I don’t know how to compose words, those were written by my wife in my name, and I don’t know anything but housework.”
The middle-aged woman saw Jane Gardner did not eat, himself while eating, “As for my grave, I do not know why Moses Gardner put a microphone for me, anyway, when we two left that year, quite unpleasant, he probably hated me, so he put an empty grave for me.”
“And what about you? All these years, why do you never see me?”
“I have no money, how can I come to see you? Besides, you’ve had a much better life than I have, so what can I do if I see you?”
Jane Gardner had never imagined that her own mother could be so cold-blooded.
She looked at her as she wolfed down her food, not believing that she was really her own mother.
“I hear you’ve married well over the years, do you have any money? Give me some money, you see, for so many years, I’ve lived in this small room, I really can’t turn over.”
“I don’t want much money, just give me a million to buy a house outside. I didn’t raise you, but after all, I gave birth to you, and it’s only right that you raise me.”
Jane Gardner’s eyes widened in dismay as she wondered if she had heard wrong.
She hadn’t seen her mother in over twenty years, and for the first time today she was asking for money.
And not just for a small amount of money, but for a million dollars.
“Are you really my mother? For so many years, how have you ever cared about me? The first day we met, you didn’t ask me if I was happy and joyful all these years, you asked me for money straight away?” Jane Gardner’s voice trembled and her eyes welled up with tears.
She had lacked a mother’s love since she was a child, and Moses Gardner later treated her with no father’s love at all.
She did her best to enter the competition in order to be able to find Lily Benz.
But this moment, she regrets.
She regretted having to look for her.
“You’re so rich, and you’re still unhappy and unhappy? People, don’t be too pretentious. If someone gives me money, I guarantee I’ll be smiling every day.” The middle-aged woman was not impressed and looked at Jane Gardner with contempt.
Jane Gardner looked at her, shook her head and smiled bitterly, and finally slammed the door and left.
When the middle-aged woman saw her leave, she took out her cell phone and dialed Mary Gardner’s number, “I have tricked Jane Gardner as you said, and the money you promised to give me must be credited to my card today, or I will tell her everything, and I am not her mother at all!”
“Did you really ask her for the money, like I said?” Mary Gardner, over there, asked with a nonchalant sneer.
“Asked for a million dollars, and she ran out crying.” The middle-aged woman remembered Jane Gardner’s sad appearance just now, and did not bear up.
“Then don’t worry, Jane Gardner is just a hard mouth and a soft heart, you wait, in less than three days, she will call you the money. You’ll send her the card number later, and I’ll send you her phone number later.”
Mary Gardner hung up the phone, thinking that Jane Gardner was probably crying in some corner at this time.
She just smiled wider and wider.