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George hesitated, casting a glance at Alexander as if seeking help.
“Are you allergic, and why didn’t you tell me all these years?” Alexander’s voice was hoarse, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
I did not withhold the information from you; rather, you chose to be willfully blind, to see and not see. The musings of my heart whispered.
But I remained silent, but Daisy spoke up for
- me.
“Uncle, you’ve lived with Mom for so many years, and yet you only know her likes and dislikes, her allergies, when she tells you herself.
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I’ve only lived with Mom for less than half a year, and I already know everything about her daily habits. How inattentive were you to Mom before?”
Daisy’s words struck them to the core, piercing their hearts with each sentence.
Their faces turned ashen, unable to utter a single word of defense.
She looked at the table full of Hunan dishes, not intending to stop there.
“Mom can’t eat these. She just had surgery recently, and the doctor said her diet should be light. You deliberately ordered spicy dishes, do you want to kill Mom?”
George stood up, flustered, but Daisy blocked
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his line of sight.
“Mom, it’s not like that, I didn’t know you had surgery, I didn’t know.”
Alexander’s voice was muted as he asked in unison, “When did this happen, is it serious?”
“It was the day you were celebrating Olivia’s birthday. I had a car accident and called you, but you told me not to bother you.”
I pulled out my chair and stood up, smoothing Daisy’s dress, my tone devoid of warmth.
“I’ve done as you wished, and now you must keep your promise and stop interfering in my life.”
Seeing me about to leave, George frantically
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chased after me, his knees scraped and bleeding, but he seemed oblivious as he clutched my wrist.
“Mom, I was wrong before, don’t leave me.
“Now I see clearly, only you are good to me.
“Olivia is a bad person, she always hits and scolds me when you and Dad are not around.
“Mom, Geordie will change, please come home, okay?”
Alexander implored me in a hushed tone:
“Joy, give us another chance, our family of three will never be apart again.
“After you left, I realized that the one I truly love
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is you, it’s always been you.
“Olivia has been using me all along, she’s entangled in lawsuits and saw the company doing well, so she wanted to get involved when she returned to the country.
“Geordie and I have seen through her true face, Joy, only you have been sincere to me, and I will never betray you again.”
Hearing this, all I wanted to do was laugh; there was this reason behind it all.
If Olivia had kept up her pretense well, they would never have seen my contributions.
What’s the point of saying these things now?
“I’ve given you more than one chance, and
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you’ve made your choice, just as I have.”
I pried open George’s fingers one by one, without any lingering attachment.
