Marshall did not explain it clearly. That meant he did not want to let Katherine Jordan know about it.
So Katherine Jordan did not continue to ask.
She turned over, took out her cellphone, and read some gossip news for a while.
Then Marshall got up.
Although Katherine Jordan remained awake, Marshall made as little noise as possible. He went to the
bathroom and washed up.
Katherine Jordan waited him to come out. Marshall changed his clothes and said, “When the family
doctor comes, he will do a simple examination for you.”
“Well,” Katherine Jordan said, “I see.”
After she answered, Katherine Jordan asked Marshall, “How are the people in our village? Are they
alright now?”
Marshall nodded, “They are all alright. Two more villagers come to our company the day before
yesterday. Both of them got their jobs. Now they are working for the company.”
Fortunately, the company was large enough. There were many positions left in the warehouse, so
Marshall could arrange work for these job hunters.
Soon Marshall remembered the scene when he met the villagers. He smiled and told Katherine Jordan,
“These people wanted to see you and thank you.”
Katherine Jordan thought about it and turned over to face Marshall, “That’s fine. I also want to see
them. I haven’t met them after they came here.”
Marshall stopped buttoning up, “Well, let’s visit them a couple of days after. I will have the holiday and I
would like to go with you to visit them.”
“Okay”, Katherine Jordan answered.
After Marshall got everything ready, he got close to Katherine Jordan, kissed her and said, “Take care
when you stay at home.”
Then he left.
Katherine Jordan sat up slowly, looking at the door for a long time. Then she smiled.
Marshall was becoming more and more tender.
Sometimes she felt it difficult to respond his tenderness.
She got up and washed up, and then she went back to bed.
She touched her belly. It had not grown bigger apparently, but Katherine Jordan always thought that
her belly was different than before.
Bearing children was indeed a magic journey.
Katherine Jordan was bored and not very hungry. She fetched her cellphone and continued to read
more gossips. Then she sent a message to Kyle Haverford.
She remembered that Hector Bennett would come back. She was thinking about to hold a welcome
party for him to have a blast.
It took a long time to get through. She vaguely heard Kyle Haverford said something like “bitch”.
Katherine Jordan laughed, “What’s up? Who’s rattled your cage?”
“Oh,” Kyle Haverford said, he then answered the phone. “It’s okay. I’m all alright.”
Katherine Jordan put aside her plan for Hector Bennett’s welcome party for the moment. She smiled
and said to Kyle Haverford, “What’s the matter? I can tell that there’s something wrong with you.”
Kyle Haverford said, “Well, I was…”
Eventually Kyle Haverford stopped talking. It seemed that he thought of something. “That’s all right.
Forget it. I prefer not to speak out.”
Katherine Jordan felt awkward, “Kyle, what you behave recently was quite unusual. You were such a
straightforward man in the past. But now you speak hesitantly. Your speech is almost slurred.”
Kyle Haverford seemed surprised at her words, “Really? I don’t feel the change.”
Katherine Jordan tutted, “You weren’t like this before. You used to be take actions at once.”
Kyle Haverford paused.
After a long time, he said, “Yes, you are right. As I think about it, I find I’ve been very slow lately. I
wasn’t like this before. I must go back to the way as I used to be. Whereas, I will be no longer be called
Kyle Haverford.”
He did not give Katherine Jordan the chance to speak. He said directly, “I know what I should do now.
Katherine Jordan, I need to go. I should deal with something now. I will contact you later.”
“Wait,” Katherine Jordan said, she had not mentioned Hector Bennett’s party.
Regardless of what she said, Kyle Haverford hung up the phone directly.
Katherine Jordan held her cellphone, without understanding what happened to Kyle Haverford for a
long time.
Was Kyle Haverford hyped up about something?
Why he became so strange?
Katherine Jordan thought about it and gave a call to Margaret Hopkins.
Margaret Hopkins just finished her work. She answered the phone with a relaxed tone, “Hi, Kathy.”
“Oh,” Katherine Jordan said, “Are you with Eden?”
Margaret Hopkins laughed, “Yep, the business is quite good these days. We are really busy.”
“Nice”, Katherine Jordan said. Then she thought about it and asked whether Margaret Hopkins had
visited Kyle Haverford recently.
“I went to the hospital to do routine medical examination the day before yesterday. I saw Kyle
Haverford right here.” Margaret Hopkins mentioned.
Katherine Jordan was surprised, “Did you see Kyle at the hospital?”
“Yes,” Margaret Hopkins answered, “but it seemed that his target was not to see the doctor. As you
know, Kyle wouldn’t go to that crowded hospital to see the doctor. He can easily find a professional
doctor in a more advanced hospital.”
Katherine Jordan thought about it and nodded, “I really don’t know why. Maybe Kyle had an invisible
disability. He didn’t tell it to others and went to see the doctor himself.”
When thought about this, Katherine Jordan felt that she couldn’t ask Kyle Haverford again.
Margaret Hopkins paused for a while. Then she told Katherine Jordan her wedding day was set.
She planned to take wedding photos these days and book the hotels.
When the invitation cards were ready, she would send them to Katherine Jordan and Marshall soon.
“Congratulations!” Katherine Jordan said immediately.
Katherine Jordan thought Eden Graham wasn’t there with Margaret Hopkins. She heard Margaret
Hopkins sighed, “I feel I am forced to move on. I don’t know what I really want now. Well, that’s all right,
then.”
Margaret Hopkins’s words showed a kind of helpless feeling.
Katherine Jordan thought about it and said, “You will experience a period of blank feeling before you
get married. After that time, you will be fine. Such a big event in one’s life will certainly make some
people feel blank.”
Margaret Hopkins smiled, “It must be like that.”
A customer came and Margaret Hopkins had to serve. There were many customers in the morning
indeed.
Katherine Jordan didn’t want to affect Margaret Hopkins’s business. She said briefly for a few words
and hung up the phone.
Then she got up and went downstairs.
Marshall already had the breakfast. Old Mrs. Grant and Frances Mason were sitting downstairs.
When Katherine Jordan went downstairs, Frances Mason noticed her soon. Frances Mason got close
to her, “I just want to call you. Marshall told me you are awake, and if you feel hungry, you will go
downstairs.”
Katherine Jordan nodded, “I was not hungry just now. I felt a little lazy to go downstairs.”
Frances Mason looked at Katherine Jordan’s belly, “Some exercise is necessary. When I was
pregnant….”
She suddenly paused, as she thought it was not appropriate to refer to this topic here.
Old Mrs. Grant required her to get divorced with Khalid firmly. Although Old Mrs. Grant also persuaded
Cora Willis give up.
But she still could not understand Old Mrs. Grant. Therefore she thought her words could only make
everyone feel embarrassed.
Old Mrs. Grant was at the door and she heard Frances Mason’s words as well. She looked at Frances
Mason without saying.
Katherine Jordan went to the dining room to have breakfast. Frances Mason thought about it and
followed her.
Frances Mason said she wanted to go to Mason’s family this day because Mason’s family had known
that she returned back to Grant’s family’s house. They called her to ask what happened to her.
It was better to explain face to face than through the telephone.
Mrs. Maggie Kaur Mason might think it is not so good for her to live in Grant’s family at the moment.
From Mrs. Maggie Kaur Mason’s tone, Frances Mason could know she was not agreeing with what
Frances Mason did.
Frances Mason did not take it seriously before. When she thought about it, she also thought it might be
not appropriate to live in Grant’s family.
The relationship between Khalid and her was a bit complex. It might arouse criticisms from others if she
continued to live in Grant’s family.
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