Winnie was curious, but she did not ask Rufus, or it would be rude.
Then she continued.
“My aunt and Venessa are nice. My parents are composed, but Venessa and I are lively, we are more
alike aunt.”
“I thank my aunt for taking care of my kids, or I could not make it.”
Winnie recalled that her aunt helped her when she was suffering.
“Yes, your aunt is good.”
Rufus knew that better than anyone. If Isobel was not good, he would not love her.
“Venessa is good too, she is sensible.”
Rufus liked Venessa.
“Yes, she is, she was mature because of the family accident. In the past, my parents spoiled her, I was
afraid that she could not stand the family accident, but she was tough.”
Winnie sad emotionally, when she recalled the past.
“Yes, I like her, she is tough and will be a talent.”
“But she doesn’t look like you. Does she look like your Dad or Mom?”
Rufus said.
“She doesn’t like anyone in my family. We made a joke when we were kids that she was adopted.”
Winnie said with a smile, she missed that, it was beautiful.
“Every said she looked like Stella, they should be sisters.”
Winnie made a joke, but Rufus felt bitter.
They were sisters?
He frowned and had questions to ask, but it would be weird.
“They do look alike, probably she was adopted.”
He said jokingly too.
“You have that thought too, but I have my reason. I am eight years older than her, and one day I was
home from school, she showed up suddenly. I asked my parents about it, and they told me that she is
my sister who was born secretly by my Mom. I stayed with my Mom everyday, but I did not find her
pregnant, so I joked with her that she was adopted.”
Winnie still said with a smile.
“She was angry in the begging, but she has got used to it, sometime she said she was not.”
“Since my parents died, I did not make that joke again, for fear that she would miss Mom and Dad…”
Winnie had doubts about what her parents said, but she felt Venessa was her only sister.
She continued to say, but it caused Rufus’ attention.
A child at her eight knew many things, she must know that her Mom was not pregnant, so it was
suspectable that there was a sister suddenly.
“Winwin, when is Venessa’s birthday?”
Rufus pretended to be calm.
“19th March, she is turning 21. That day she showed up was her birthday.”
Winnie answered. She had doubts about her mother’s words, but she felt she had wrong memory since
she was too small.
Rufus found that nine months ahead Venessa’s birthday was June.
He was shocked about that.
As the dinner was ready, Brian came back with Wendy.
Seeing Wendy, Winnie was disappointed, jealous and sad.
Brian should know that she was to leave today and he said he would send them to the airport, but why
did he bring Wendy back?
Forgot it, they did not have too much time to have dinner together, if she could, she would she could
leave with an excuse.
But now she could only head to the airport.
Megan and Luke were disappointed too.
But they had to be polite since their mother was around, and they could only say hello to Wendy.
After greeting with Wendy, Winnie went to the kitchen, followed by two children.
Brian thought he still had time to send Winnie, but he did not expect Winnie would be there.
Wendy had spent the afternoon with him and insisted to come with him, so he brought her here. When
he saw Winnie, he felt his heart pulled together.
She was to leave in a minute, but he brought Wendy here, she must be sad and have no mood for the
dinner.
Brian went upstairs to change clothes, and the kitchen became crowded.
Winnie reminded two kids.
“Everyone is happy today, you can’t be naughty and should be polite, ok?”
“She is here, how can we be happy?”
Megan complained, and Luke was silent, lowering his head.
“Megan, don’t say that, just be good.”
Megan had to say that, or everyone would be awkward.
“Go and play with Grandpa, don’t stay in the kitchen.”
Winnie began to help after that. Now she could only stay in the kitchen, she felt embarrassed in
anywhere else.
Two kids did not go and find Grandpa, but to Brian’s room.
Seeing Brian, Luke was silent, and Megan looked at Brian sadly.
“Why Wendy is here? Mommy and I will leave after dinner, and you still asked her to be here.”
Megan complained.
Brian was self-remorse.
He squatted down and held Megan’s hand.
“I am sorry, I did not know Mommy is here.”
“You did not know that? Do you want her to have instant noodle at home? If you love Mommy, you
should have invited her, but you brought Wendy here. Daddy, I am disappointed at you. You don’t love
Mommy but Wendy.”
Megan said angrily, turned around with her back to Brian.
“I am sorry, it is my fault.”
“But Wendy is here, we can have dinner together. If I ask here to leave, if would be embarrassing.”
Brian felt sorry about that and did not know how to face the children.
“Daddy, Megan is right, you love Wendy, you only care about her feeling. With Wendy here, Mommy is
the most embarrassed one.”
Luke said, which stunned Brian.
“I am sorry, I will not make that mistake again, please forgive me.”
Brian kept saying sorry, so that the children would not be so sad.
“Never mind, since then, Mommy could only be sad.”
Megan said and left, followed by Luke.
Brian felt bad for he had destroyed the happy moment.
At the dinner table.
Rufus sat in the middle, Brian and Wendy sat one side, Winnie and two kids sat one side, which was
awkward.
No one spoke, including the kids.
“Winwin, when is your flight?”
Rufus asked, trying to break the silence, or Winnie could not swallow the food.
“Eight, I will head to the airport after dinner.”
Winnie answered softly. She had a car, she could drive there and part the car in the airport, so that she
did not need Brian to pick her up.
“Brian sends you there.”
Rufus said in a commanding tone.
“Let Paul do it, Brian is tired.”
Wendy said. She did not want Brian to send Winnie and did not want them to stay together, or she
would be crazy.
Rufus glanced at her coldly.
Seeing that, Winnie was afraid that everyone’s mood got affected, so she said.
“Sir, I can drive there, I need no one to send me. I don’t like the feeling of parting.”
Winnie refused, because she did not want everyone got unhappy.
She only looked to Rufus when she said that.
Winnie could endure the embarrassment. But Megan was unhappy.
“Mommy, Daddy said he would send us.”
She said, she could accept that she could not spend new year with the Bennet family and that Wendy
came and destroyed the atmosphere, but she was really sad that if Daddy could not send
them.
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