Patrick thought for a moment, and his voice was hoarse, “I have not loved any woman in my life other than your mother, but I didn’t have sex only with your mother, but Freya’s mother, Camille. You may think that I had sex with her out of love. It was wrong. I didn’t love her. She was a very calculating woman. She was eager to marry into a rich family, so she tried to get close to me. I had been avoiding her repeatedly, but eventually, I failed. She was a small secretary in my company at the time, and sometimes followed me when I was socializing. One day, she took me to a hotel while I was drunk with a client, and then got me a glass of water sprinkled with aphrodisiacs. I was just caught up in the moment and had sex with her. After that, she began to force me to divorce. I was afraid that your mother would not forgive me if she found out about this, so I took out a huge amount of money to compensate her. She took the money and left for a while, but I never thought that she would come back half a year later with a big belly, saying that the child was mine and insisting that I was responsible. I didn’t believe that the child was mine at all because she had pretty low self-esteem. She had had an affair with many men before me. I offered to do a paternity test after the child was born, and if it was proven that the child was really mine, I would naturally take responsibility. But if the child was not mine, I would send her to jail for extortion and blackmail, and perhaps what I said scared her. She disappeared after that and never came to me again. Until one day, more than twenty years later, you brought back a girl, and I felt at first sight that she was like Camille. It turned out that it really was her daughter. My first thought was that Camille had started to calculate again. Her dream of marrying into a wealthy family didn’t come true more than twenty years ago, so twenty years later, she asked her daughter to make it happen for her. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? There are so many girls under the sky, but why my son fell in love with Camille’s daughter?”
After Patrick finished speaking, Blanche then began to speak…
“I don’t know what happened more than 20 years ago. If Camille didn’t find me later, I don’t think I would have known that your father had an affair when he was young. It was after Freya had left. One day, I received an anonymous letter with a faded photo inside, which was evidence of your father’s infidelity with Camille. It left a time and place for me to go out to meet and talk. I suppressed my deep anger and went to the appointment. It was only then that I learned that the woman in the photo was almost my daughter-in-law Freya’s mother. She was a very arrogant woman. As soon as we met, she sarcastically said that my husband had betrayed me, and I had been in the dark. I quarreled with her, but she suddenly said, ‘do you know who is Freya’s father? It is your husband, Patrick.’ I was confused, simply could not accept this. I asked her to show me the evidence. She said your husband’s intention to force my daughter to leave is the best evidence. Because he was very clear Freya and Kevin shared the same father. Then she began to ask me for hush money. Domestic shame should not be made public. Kevin, you had been unable to stand any stimulus. So I kept it from you, gave her a sum of money, let her disappear forever, but this woman was too insatiable. She asked me for seven times for the hush money. I originally wanted to make a big scene with your father, but think about it passed for so long. In order to maintain our loving relations for many years, I did not even mention it to your father. I was not sure if Freya was your father’s biological daughter, so I’m looking for someone to investigate. The results of the investigation made me very angry. Your father did have sex with her, but that child was not his. But she blackmailed me again and again. It was unacceptable. I called in a few people and told them to teach her a lesson. I didn’t tell them to kill anyone, but they tampered with Felton’s car, causing them to both die in a car accident …”
Blanche covered her face and cried, “I was very self-condemned when I learned the new. Although their deaths were an accident, I was responsible and that’s why I recited the sutra and chanted to the Buddha every day afterwards.”
The truth was finally revealed, but Kevin could not forgive his parents whose hands were stained with blood. He said sorrowfully, “No matter how helpless you are, after those innocent people died, there’s no way to redeem your sins. You hated someone, and took offense at someone else’s daughter. And you were angry with it, and looked for someone to take out that anger for you. Have you ever thought how many misfortunes have been caused because of your thoughts and practices? Because of you guys, I lost the woman I loved, and my life was almost destroyed. Now you mess up my life that’s so hard to bring back from the disorder once again. I am not disappointed in you guys, but feel deeply desperate.”
Kevin glanced at his parents who had broken his heart, left and said, “From now on, I will not come back home.”
Bella was in tears, and she kept thinking Kevin’s words, ‘Because of you guys, I lost the woman I love.’ This sentence hurt her.
It wasn’t until Blanche’s heartbreaking cries could be heard by her that she went sober out of numbness and chased after Kevin.
The car of Kevin drove out of the gate of the residence. Bella tried her best to catch up, shedding tears against the cold wind. Her determination to catch up with Kevin did not waver a bit.
Kevin physically and mentally exhausted sat on the passenger seat. He was in a terrible mood, and couldn’t drive. Now it was the driver at home who drove for him.
He looked askance at the reflector weakly and suddenly noticed that Bella was tearfully chasing him. He immediately spoke, “Stop the car.”
The driver stopped the car. He pushed open the door and walked down, quietly waiting for Bella to run towards him.
Bella stopped in the distance of fifty meters from him, and then, she looked at him tearfully. They did not take a step towards each other, silently gazing at each other. After a long time, Bella walked step by step to him. In front of him, she sadly asked in tears, “From now on, you will not come back home! What about me in this house?”
Thinking that your home was where I am, she was in a flood of tears.