Winnie insisted on sending Vanessa back. Even if it was a short distance, she would be worried about
Vanessa.
"I'll walk with you. I'm just going for a walk."
After Vanessa was sent to school, Winnie walked home alone. It was cloudy today, and the weather
was not too hot, so Winnie slowed down her pace and enjoyed it slowly.
She had not been so relaxed for a long time and had not been leisurely walking on the road for a long
time. It felt comfortable.
Although she was lonely, it was right that she separated from Brian, otherwise she would never have a
free time in her life.
Brian once again occurred to her mind. Why did he kept being in her mind again and again?
Winnie gave a self-deprecating smile. It was her should be blamed, because she did not have a strong
will to get him over.
As she walked along, she suddenly remembered that she had to make a call and she took out the
phone.
"Rufus, it's Winwin. How are you these days? Are the kids good?"
From Winnie left the suburbs, this was the first time she called Rufus. Winnie was grateful to him
actually.
Rufus had been very kind to both her and her sister, and she felt sorry to leave so suddenly. But she
had broken up with Brian, if she continued to live there, it would be embarrassing.
"The kids are good, and I am doing ok. Winwin, why haven’t you been back these days? I have treated
you and Vanessa as my daughters and you are always welcome in our home."
Rufus said sincerely.
Although Winnie and Vanessa had not been in his home for a long time, Rufus had been used to their
existence and had regarded them as his families.
Their sudden departure was a kind of loss for Rufus, who could not adapt to it.
"Thank you, Rufus. I have been busy these days. I'll visit you when I am available. Rufus, thank you for
treating Vanessa and me as your own daughters. Your kindness to Vanessa and me will never be
forgotten."
"Even if I have nothing to do with Brian, you will still be my family."
Winnie felt sad about it.
All of this could have been avoided, but everyone was selfish and no one thought for anyone else. If
they could bear it, if they thought of the old and the kids, this kind of separation and sadness would not
have happened.
"It's nice if you say so. Come and see me when you have time. I will cook for you."
Rufus knew Winnie had been busy recently, but Brian was the reason. She did not come to his home
because of Brian, after all, she would take some time to heal her heart.
"I will. Rufus, I'm calling to tell you I'm picking up the kids this Friday. My aunt will come back on Friday
and I want to take the kids and Vanessa to the airport to pick her up."
Winnie said the main purpose of the call.
“Your aunt will be back?”
Rufus asked with surprise, he did not know that Isobel is going back.
"Yes, she will be back on Friday. She has missed the kids for so long. I want them to stay with her on
Saturday and Sunday."
Winnie did not detect Rufus’ tone of surprise.
"Ok, pick up the kids on Friday then. It's been a long time they did meet, let the kids spend time with
your aunt."
Rufus had mixed feelings in his heart, because Isobel would leave soon and it would be risky. If she
could not come back, he would have his regret till he was death.
When Brian came back from work, two kids were upstairs in his room.
"Why are you still up? Don't you have to go to kindergarten tomorrow?"
He asked his two kids as he undressed.
"We are waiting for you to come back. We want to talk to you before we go to bed."
Megan stood up and went to the bedside. As she spoke, Brian came to her, and then Megan lovely
opened arms for his hug.
"Dad, give me a hug, you haven’t hugged me in days."
Brian looked at their innocent and lovely appearance. Though he was tired, he would like to give them
a warm embrace.
"My baby girl, I have been too busy these days to hug you."
Brian realized the sad feeling that if the kids lived in the single-parent environment. The would not be
happy, and their childhood would be gloomy.
"You're both busy, and Mom's busy these days, she don’t even come back to sleep. My sister and I just
want to sleep with you, but Mom always said she can't come back until she finishes her work."
Luke also stood on the bed, watching his father holding his sister. He missed his mother's arms too. It
was one of his few complaints, and he didn't want to complain as a man, but lately Mom and Dad didn't
go to work together or leave together. The situation worried him.
"Mom is really busy, and when she finishes her work, I will ask her to come back."
Listening to the kids' words, Brian had heartache. He didn’t want to worry them, but he did not know
what to do. He had no idea why it would end up like this.
"Mom was busy, but she went home every day, but she did not come back these days. Dad, did you
and mom have a fight?"
Megan left Brian's embrace, looking at Brian, puzzled.
She sensed something was wrong, but she did not know exactly what was wrong.
Brian was speechless and did not know how to answer the question of Megan. Looking at the naive
and expectant eyes of the two kids, he did not know whether to deceive them or tell the truth.
Moments later, Brian tentatively opened his mouth.
"What will you do if mom and Dad really had a fight?"
"Then apologize, you apologize to mom, mom will forgive you. Kids in Kindergarten said that if parents
have a fight, one person needs to apologize."
Megan answered Brian, and Luke did not speak.
"What if it's mom's fault? What if mom makes an unforgivable mistake?"
Brian ventured further.
Kids were naive and ignorant. They did not understand the real meaning of the quarrel, they thought an
apology would work.
Brian hoped it would be a simple quarrel.
"Mom would not make a mistake. Mom does everything for us and Dad, it was not her fault. Even if she
made a mistake, she would admit it.”
Luke gave a firm answer. For him, although his mother was not perfect, she was not bad, she was kind
and brave to face her mistake.
Brian took a deep breath. Another person believed in Winnie firmly.
In this case, everyone except him believed that Winnie did nothing wrong. Was he really wrong, did he
misunderstand Winnie?
But the fact is in front of him and he got the video evidence?
"I want to ask you..."
"Never mind. It's getting late and you should probably get some sleep."
Brian wanted to tell the kids that they had broken you, but he was afraid that they could not accept it,
so he gave up.
"Dad, we have something happy to tell you."
Megan had a quick thought, the moment before she was still considering her parents’ quarrel, this
moment she mentioned the happy thing.
"What is it?"
Brian pretended to be excited, not to let the kids down.
"My grandaunt will be back on Friday, and my mom said she will take us to the airport to pick grandaunt
up after school."
Megan said excitedly, while Luke always did not smile.
"Good, you're going to meet your grandaunt. She must miss you very much. You must spend more time
with her."
"Go back to sleep, if you don't sleep now, you can’t get up early tomorrow morning."
Brian said happily, in fact, he was surprised at the news.
If Winnie's aunt came back, the fact that they had broken up could not be hidden. Her aunt always
wanted them to break up, so she must be happy to get the news.
Thursday
Klara called Wendy early in the morning, but Wendy did not answer, until noon Wendy called back.
"Wendy, why didn’t you answer my phone?"
Klara had been anxious for a morning.
She found that since she had lent Wendy ten million, Wendy did not rely on her like before. Wendy did
not give her a phone call or ask her out since the last time they met. So far, Klara did not know what
her plan was.
"I've been in meetings all morning and I left my phone in the office. When I saw the missed call from
you, I called you back immediately."
"Klara, talk when we meet. We can have a meal together at noon."
Wendy hung up and booked a restaurant, and then sent the location of the restaurant to Klara.
When Wendy came to the restaurant, Klara had already arrived.
"You're fast. Have you ordered?"
Wendy said as she sat down.
"Yes, foods you like and I like. Just wait for it."
Now Klara had calmed herself down. After all, Wendy was with her and she could ask what she wanted
to know.
"Good, you know me best."
Wendy smiled, but she did not mean it. Klara was scheming, until now Klara still used her and still did
not tell the truth.
She hinted at her several times, wishing she'd admit she was wrong, and they'd be friends again. But
Klara had been fantasizing to be Brian’s mistress.
Now she even dare not expect that, why Klara still insisted?
"Wendy, what Mr. Bennet’s reaction when you told him that Winnie got a room with another man?"
She planned to ask it when they started eating, but she could not wait.
"They broke up."
Wendy honestly told Klara about it.
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