Laura’s POV 106
Afterward I secretly took the birth control pill, I calculated that those days happened to be my ovulation period, I was afraid of really carrying his baby.
And I had been uncomfortable in my heart.
I had actually slept with my own brother once again, and it made me feel guilty.
So during that time, I forbade Cameron to set foot in my room. I didn’t talk to him, kept my distance from him. I treated him with courtesy when he came, there were always his dishes on the dinner table, and when he didn’t come for a few days, I wouldn’t look for him and pretend that he never existed as a person.
He sensed my willful coldness, but this time instead of tormenting me more, he was a little more careful. Sometimes he stood alone on the balcony smoking a cigarette, his back blending with the darkness of the night, looking very lonely. Sometimes he sighed a long sigh, the side of his face showed a rare despondency, and he spoke to me in a polite manner.
His appearance made me a little surprised, a little touched, more a little relieved.
The two of us in this life, just keep this distance just right.
It’s just that he never mentioned letting me meet Sunny again.
I also do not know how to talk to him, our relationship has become subtle and awkward. Until that day, I was staying at home alone, when suddenly someone rang the bell. I ran over and opened the door to see that it was Yasmin!
“Yasmin?” I was shocked and happy, “Why are you here?”
She was also stunned at first when she saw me, then she cried and laughed and hugged me. “Ms. Laura, I didn’t expect to run into you here!”
“Did Cameron send you?” I hurriedly let her in and made her tea.
Yasmin looked me up and down, and before she said two words her eyes were moist again. “I thought I’d never see you again in my life!”
“How could it be!” I held her hand, “I’m back in one piece, aren’t I? Are you still at The Lynch Family? If I had known you were still there, I would have gone to see you earlier.”
“Well, I’m still at The Lynch Family,” she nodded, “but The Lynch Family isn’t as big as it used to be, this you know … so there isn’t much of a paycheck, thanks to the Second Young Master pays me more money every month, I can send it back home to my daughter!”
“Him?” I was stunned, I didn’t realize Cameron had this kind of heart.
“Yeah, sometimes I help out in his company with cleaning and stuff. This is what I offered, otherwise I wouldn’t feel comfortable taking his money for nothing every month!”
“Then today …”
“Today is the day he said for me to come over here and clean.” Yasmin smiled, “I thought it was one of his unused houses that no one had cleaned for a long time. I didn’t expect you to live here. Ms. Laura, when did you come back? Where in the world have … you been for the past half year? I heard the second young master say that you fell into the sea and hurt your head …”
“It’s fine, everything is fine.” I smile and say something to reassure her.
Yasmin is the closest person to me in The Lynch Family and I can’t bear to let her worry about me.
I also learned a lot about The Lynch Family’s current situation from her.
The Lynch Family isn’t what it used to be, and since Cameron’s revenge, it’s been in a state of disrepair, and it’s never been the same again. My dad is in the hospital, on all kinds of expensive medication, and my mom, Mellisa, is barely holding it together, but there’s nothing more she can do.
Carter has been helping her out, and has been running around, and I’ve heard that he’s going to marry the daughter of one of the families to solve The Lynch Group’s woes.
I laughed and lamented, “Which family’s daughter is so unlucky to be victimized by him! Have they not another son?”
“Alas,” Yasmin sighs, “The Scott family is even worse than The Lynch Family. You know, how can the second young master be merciful to The Scott family? The Scott family head of the family fell ill, and Ms. Queenie lost her backing, and now seems to be working in some club … as one of those high-class… …”
I understood what she meant and felt shocked. I didn’t expect Queenie to be reduced to that kind of place.
“Doesn’t Carter care about her?”
“Does the First Lord care?” Yasmin said, “That Ms. Queenie’s child is not the eldest young master’s at all! It’s rumored that she has a promiscuous private life, and that child was born to her and one of their drivers.”
“Oh.” I got a bit of a headache listening to this, and I didn’t want to hear any more of this nonsense.
Carter, Queenie, and The Lynch Family … They all seem to be from a past life.
“By the way, Ms. Laura.” Yasmin said softly, “Sometimes, I get to babysit little Sunny too!”
“What?” I shuddered, as if an electric current slipped through my heart.
I looked at her mouth in a daze, unable to say anything in excitement.
“What did you just … say, Sunny?”
“Yeah.” Yasmin’s gaze dimmed, pity in her eyes.
“Ms. Laura, take your time.” She patted the back of my hand, “The second young master is a good man, there’s no way he’s going to keep you from seeing your daughter for the rest of your life.”
“Where is she?” I was like grasping a lifesaver, “Yasmin… I beg you to tell me where she is?”
“Where exactly, I do not know.” She said, “It’s just that sometimes the second youngest takes Sunny out and I help him out. But I don’t know where they live.”
My mood instantly fell to the bottom again.
“But … I’ve been to her nursery a couple times!”
…
That day was one of the happiest days I’ve had since I’ve been back to Jerez State, and I jotted down the address of the preschool Yasmin told me about in my notebook like it was a treasure.
The next morning I couldn’t contain my excitement and ran early to the door of that kindergarten. I hid behind a big tree on the opposite side of the road and peeked over there.
It was kindergarten admission time, and the children, like little angels, were being held by their teachers, saying goodbye to their parents, and dashing into the kindergarten in line. I searched for Sunny in the crowd and saw the little girl in the pink tutu right away.
Cameron held her in his hands and didn’t put her down until he reached the kindergarten door. She reluctantly gave her dad a kiss on the cheek, raised her little face with a sweet smile, and waved goodbye to him…
Tears welled up in my eyes.
I haven’t seen her for half a year, Sunny has grown a lot taller, prettier and more beauty-loving, and I can see that Cameron has protected her very well and pampered her extremely.
I kept staring at that tiny figure until the kindergarten gate was closed, and I was still hiding behind a tree like a wandering spirit, with tears streaming down my face.
Suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder. I was startled and turned around to see that it was Gina.
She froze, “You …”
I realized that the tear stains on my face hadn’t dried, and hurriedly wiped away my tears, smiling in embarrassment.
“Dr. Gina, hi.”
“Don’t call me doctor, it’s too formal.” She laughed, “We’ve dealt with each other many times, just call me Gina and I’ll call you Laura, okay?”
“Okay.”
She raised her hand to look at her watch, “It’s still early, I’m on the noon shift today, why don’t we go get some breakfast?”
We went to a coffee shop on the next corner, the small store was quiet, the store was heavy with coffee beans and bread aroma, the gentle music made my tense nerves relax a lot.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“I’ll have the General Sandwich and a caramel macchiato, what about you?” She asked.
“Same.”
She closes the menu and smiles softly at me.
“Would you mind if I ask you a question …?”
I laughed a little, “Is it to ask how I ended up there?”
“It’s no trouble at all talking to you.” She said, “But to be fair, let me tell you why I was there first! I was helping my coworker go drop off her kids.”
“I was going to see my kids.” I scowled.
“You …”
Gina is silent for a moment, then a few moments of sympathy passes through her eyes, as if realization has dawned on her.
“It’s Cameron,” I continue to explain, “He won’t let me see my kids.”
She nodded, and across the table, she took my hand and whispered, “Don’t mind … about the two of you, my brother and I basically know everything.”
I smiled bitterly, “You know about the relationship between the two of us, don’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Isn’t it … bizarre?”
She pursed her lips and frowned lightly, “How can I say it … I don’t really feel anything.”
“You are quite open-minded!”
“It’s okay.” When she smiled, she revealed two cute little tiger teeth, “It might have something to do with the family environment. My parents both grew up studying abroad and received a western education, their thoughts are not that conservative. My brother and I grew up in this kind of environment. Plus I’m a doctor, I’ve seen a lot of strange and weird things! As for my brother, …”
She made a face, “He’s even on the cusp of the entertainment industry, what kind of weird things haven’t he seen? That’s why we were both just a little surprised when Cameron told us about this at first.”
“Gina,” I took a deep breath, “what do you think about this? I’d love to hear your opinion!”
She takes a sip of her coffee, a faint smile still on her face. “Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything morally wrong with you guys. When you were together in the beginning, you liked each other and truly loved each other, and even though a lot of changes happened later and there were misunderstandings between you, you still insisted on having the child, didn’t you? This shows that his position in your heart is already deeply rooted.”
“And when you were together, you were completely unaware of the relationship. If you have to trace it back to its roots, it’s the fault of the previous generation, you don’t have to pay for the grudge of the previous generation!”
“Is that right …” I was a little surprised by such a statement.
“Yes!” Gina continued, “I can see that Cameron doesn’t care about any of this, you’re the only one he cares about! He’s so heartless that he’s blackmailing you with the baby just to get you to come back to him.”
“He doesn’t care … heh!” I got a little emotional, “What has he ever cared about? He didn’t care about my feelings at all either. Gina, I’m not like him, I care about people looking at me! People talk, not everyone is like you and your brother who can tolerate this!”
“Not to mention that there’s Sunny now,” I hung my head helplessly, my hands clenched into fists against my head, “How can I let Sunny live with people looking at her differently? When she grows up and understands, and talks to other little ones about her mom and dad, is she going to tell them that her mom and dad … are actually brother and sister?”
“As long as you guys don’t say anything, who’s going to know?” Gina looked at me.
“Don’t think that way!” I shouted, “There are no impervious walls in this world!”
“Laura, I think you’re worrying too much.”
“Maybe …,” I said with a hard feeling in my heart, “but I really don’t know what to do now, I don’t really know what to do with this relationship! I’m on edge every day, I’m afraid that people will find out that I had a baby with my brother and I’m afraid that Sunny might be sick …”
“That’s not going to happen.” Gina paused, “I’ve met Sunny a couple times, she’s a pretty smart and intelligent kid.”
I suddenly remembered that there was a doctor sitting across from me, and quickly grabbed her hand and asked, “You’ve seen her? Do you think Sunny is okay? I took her to the hospital when she was a child to check, and they all said that she was very healthy … but I have always been suspicious. You are a doctor, this you understand the most … Isn’t it true that many of these children have hidden diseases in their bodies, the kind that can’t be detected?”
“Don’t be too anxious!” She patted the back of my hand and recalled, “I remember once before, Sunny had a high fever and Cameron brought her to me. At that time, I was also afraid that she had some hidden disease, so I checked her carefully, but the results were all normal.”
“Really?”
“Yes!” She nodded with great conviction, “Generally speaking, consanguineous children will display various illnesses before the age of three, but Sunny doesn’t have any. As for how she’ll be when she grows up requires further observation. But as of now, she’s smart and cute, she really doesn’t look like a child with a problem.”
“Is there such a miracle in medicine?”
Gina doesn’t say anything, just smiles faintly. “Even though I’m a doctor, there’s still a lot of uncharted territory in medicine.”
“Hmm.” I nodded my head and whispered my heart out to her, “I’m going crazy thinking about my daughter right now … As long as I can see her once, I’ll pay whatever it takes!”
“Pay any price you want …” she said softly, “just can’t break the ice with Cameron, right?”
I bowed my head in silence.
After a moment, Gina sighed softly, “Or you could get my brother to think of something?”
I raised my eyes, “What can he do?”
“His company sometimes produces a movie, and if there’s a child’s part in it, their company people will go to various kindergartens to pick out extras. I think you can ask him, if there’s such an opportunity, won’t you be able to go to the kindergarten with his company’s people and meet Sunny?”
“Right!” I was so happy, it was like I had seen the light.
After thanking Gina, I immediately headed to The Curry Group Media. When I arrived at the door but I didn’t know what kind of identity to go in.
George is a big boss, a busy man, why would he have time to meet a small person like me?
Tell the receptionist that I am his friend? I’m afraid there are many people who want to meet George, and the receptionist has heard this kind of reason before.
I was stumbling in front of the door when a familiar voice came from behind me, “Laura, is that you?”
Turning my head, I was surprised and delighted. “President George, hello!”
“Still so formal with me? Just call me by my first name!” He laughed, “Are you just passing through? Or did you come here specifically?”
“I …” I hesitated, not knowing how to say it.