Through Felix's question, Stella found that all people and all things needed time. Grandpa lived to be
more than ninety years old. His roots of thinking were deeper than anyone else's, and it was the
hardest thing to change the direction of his roots.
"Grandpa, I know your ideas are deeply rooted, and I'm not asking you to change them all at once.
After all, Winnie did nothing wrong, we can't always make a hard time for her."
"If you can accept Winnie, that's the perfect ending. No child wants to live without their parents. And
which couple can suffer the torment of being apart?"
Stella did not dare it in a domineering way, so that her grandpa would not resist. Stella tactfully gave
her opinion.
"Grandpa, it's ok not to accept her, but we must think of a way to make her feel better. Even if it's for
the good of the company and she works harder for the company, we shouldn't go too far."
Stella looked at her grandpa with expectation, hoping that grandpa could change his mind and
everyone could see hope.
Felix spoke after a moment of thinking.
"The bottom line for me is that she goes home with the kids, continues to work and takes care of the
kids. I can turn a blind eye to her relationship with Brian."
With that, he got up and picked up his crutch.
"Stella, I am tired, I need to go back for some sleep."
As his words fell, Felix went to his room slowly.
Stella did not ask him to stay, because she knew that her grandpa had begun to resist this topic, but
her grandpa’s answer had been a concession.
With such a promise from her grandfather, even if Winnie really felt the suburbs one day, her
grandfather would not make it difficult for her.
Brian’s business trip was a few days longer than expected. He left on the day Winnie got injured, now
Winnie had recovered and could go to work, but heh had not yet come back from business trip.
It was weekend, as the last time, Winnie went back to her home to stay with Vanessa, as well as the
two kids. Rufus felt lonely every time they went back home.
At this moment, he missed most Isobel.
He stood by the window of his room, watching the drizzle outside, depressed.
If he did not escape and did not fear the threat of his father but was brave to solve everything, he
thought it would not end up like this.
He should be inn trip with Isobel now. Brian and Winnie should live happily together.
But the gap between the ideal and reality was big, and this gap was caused by him.
Looking at the rainy weather, he remembered that he and Isobel broke up in the rainy day. Rufus made
a call to Isobel at this hour.
Isobel answered his phone, as she promised, afraid that Rufus had someone to follow her.
“Yes?”
Isobel said in a soft tone. Almost every time she picked up the phone of Rufus, she would say the
same sentence. She thought he was to talk about Brian and Winnie, other than that, they had nothing
to talk about.
"Are you still in H Country?"
Rufus asked. He had been used to Isobel’s opening sentence and if he said nothing, their conversation
would be over.
"Yes, I want to spend more days here."
Isobel answered indifferently.
"Vanessa is not here with me, I become so idle. I'm bored by being alone, so can I travel with you?"
Rufus asked but he did not know if Isobel would say yes.
"I don't mind you travelling, but you'd better find your own tour group. If it is found out that we travel
together, everything will be known. And we are not suitable to travel together."
Isobel refused. She did not dare to take a risk and dare not be with Rufus. Let alone travel, standing
together would be enough to make her feel guilty to many people.
"Isobel......"
He called Isobel’s name, but did not continue his words. He took a deep breath before he spoke.
"Isobel, can you give me another chance? Give me a chance to redeem everything I owe you. Give me
a chance to make clear of the chaos in everyone's lives. I want to settle everything and be with you.”
Rufus said similar words several times, although Isobel refused, he did not give up.
"We should bear the consequence of our own mistakes. and I know I'm not being responsible. But the
sooner we are found out, the sooner we are dead. The kids will forgive us only if we are dead."
Isobel still refused, but not direct as before.
She was not afraid of death, and if death would solve the problem, she would trade her life now for
peace. But she didn't want Rufus to die, she wanted Rufus to live well.
Rufus’s life was in a complete mess because of her. Her wife died and he had been living alone for
years.
All this should be borne by her, but she really wanted the peaceful life last longer and did not want to
change the life because of her.
"If death would put the whole thing to rest and save the kids's happiness, I would rather die."
Rufus said in a serious one. He took a sign before he spoke.
"Things look calm on the surface right now, but everyone has something to worry about. All of us
torture ourselves when we're alone."
"There are different things about me and other people, it never leaves me. I think about it all the time
how to solve it and how to make myself feel better."
"I've been thinking about it for more than twenty years, but I haven't come up with a good idea. Your
idea that death can calm everything is probably the best way."
Rufus had always been depressed and his life had always been gray. Although his wife's death had
nothing to do with him and he did not own his wife in any respect, he felt sorry for his kids that they had
lived their life in haze.
Now it was better, but Rufus was clear that it was superficial. His son and daughter still cared about the
death of their mother.
One day they would expose it. It was like a land mine buried under house, which could explode at any
moment, leaving those who know of it terrified all the time.
"Live a good life, don't think about the past, don't spend all day planning how things will go. It will all
come out in time and you can deal with it when it's time."
Isobel knew that Rufus was depressed and he had a hard time for years, but it was their life, on one
could change that.
When they were helpless, they could only leave it to fate, it would give an answer in the end.
“But…”
Rufus wanted to told Isobel that he wanted to solve the problem in the fast speed, but after a word, he
stopped.
He found that he had been repeating these words and Isobel had been refusing.
Isobel was not afraid facing it but she considered for others. She was a woman and she could not bear
that after she was hurt.
“Never mind, don’t take it to heart. Since you don’t want me to travel with me, I will not go. Since H
Country is good, you can spend more time there.”
“I gotta go out, bye.”
With that, he hung up the phone. This was the first time he hung up the phone first and did not continue
the topic.
He did not want to be selfish and did not want Isobel to face the chaos family with him and did not want
her to face the past left behind.
At that moment, he did not want Isobel to come back, he wanted her to stay in H Country to lead her
life in peace.
He would face and solve the problem alone, so that Isobel would not lose her life.
Winnie was busy at home even if she had a holiday. Vanessa went to the library with her classmates,
leaving Winnie alone at home to clean up the house and wash clothes for the kids. And then she went
to supermarket for ingredient and fruit.
She thought when she cooked the dinner, Vanessa was supposed to come back, but she was wrong,
before she cooked, Vanessa had come back.
“You are back early, I thought you will be home later.”
Winnie looked back and told to Vanessa, but found Vanessa was gloomy.
“What happened? Do you have a fight with your classmate?”
She asked.
“No, I am angry about a piece of news.”
Vanessa changed her shoes and threw herself into the sofa.
“Where are the kids?”
She was angry, but she was concerned about the kids.
“They are doing homework upstairs. What new did you read?”
Winnie did not know what happened, but she was uneasy. She was afraid that it was news about Brian,
because only Brian had the attention from the media.
“Read it yourself.”
After making sure that the kids were not there, she pulled out her phone and showed it to her sister.
It was on the headline, billions of people could see that.
Winnie took her phone and saw the title.
“Mr. Bennet is in the show.”
Seeing that, she felt calm, probably it was assure, so there was no need to guess.
But she did not feel good.
She then began to read the text, saying that Brian had a relationship.
After reading it, her eyes were still on the phone. She did not know what Brian was thinking. She told
him that he could ignore her feeling, but he could not ignore the kids’s
feelings.
“Read it yourself.”
After making sure that the kids were not there, she pulled out her phone and showed it to her sister.
It was on the headline, billions of people could see that.
Winnie took her phone and saw the title.
“Mr. Bennet is in the show.”
Seeing that, she felt calm, probably it was assure, so there was no need to guess.
But she did not feel good.
She then began to read the text, saying that Brian had a relationship.
After reading it, her eyes were still on the phone. She did not Know what Brian was thinking. She told
him that he could ignore her feeling, but he could not ignore the kids’s
feelings.
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