Chapter 123: Chapter 123



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He would only show his weakness for such a short time, on this quiet night, in front of this woman.

Someone said that, if you didn’t experience, you couldn’t resonate with the sufferings of others.

She believed that, if she had not been abandoned by her father, she would not be able to understand his feelings at this moment.

Perhaps it was because they had a similar experience, now they had Masonry.

Dolores reached out to stroke his back.

She didn’t say too much and just silently comforted him.

Matthew was not a person who liked to show his feelings. If the one in front of him wasn’t Dolores, he wouldn’t have shown his weakness.

“Are you coming home?” his voice sounded depressed.

“I told Samuel I was coming home to bring some clothes. If I don’t take the clothes, I’m afraid Samuel will inquire about this. He’s a sensitive boy.” At the thought of her son, Dolores’ tone became more serious: “Don’t take any chances with Samuel’s safety in the future. I mean it.”

“Okay.” She never thought about what to do if there was an accident.

Matthew started the car after calming down.

After a while, the car stopped at Dolores’ residence. Dolores got out of the car and Matthew followed her.

Dolores turned around and looked at him, asking, “Do you want to get in, too?”

“I want to see what his residence is like.” He had never visited her house.

Dolores led the way. When they reached the door, she pulled out the key and opened the door.

The house was not very big, but its decor was very warm and made Matthew feel at home.

Dolores went to Samuel’s bedroom to get his clothes first and then went to his bedroom to get Simona’s clothes.

As she was packing the clothes, Matthew walked nonchalantly through the house. The house wasn’t that big, and even though he had two children, the house remained neat and clean. There was a picture on the bedside table, which was a group picture of Samuel and Simona.

Matthew picked up the photo. The photo was taken in a meadow and the children in the photo looked to be two years old or older. With bubble toys in hand, they were blowing bubbles.

When Dolores saw the photo in her hand, she smiled, “This was taken just after they learned to walk. Even though Samuel was smart, he only knew how to walk at one and a half years old, he could only walk steadily at two years old.”

The lights shone in her eyes when she mentioned about her children.

She was sending forth the glory of motherly love.

She seemed soft and gentle at that moment.

Matthew put the photo down and thought, ‘She’ll just smile like that in front of her kids, won’t she?’

“You take a seat. I’ll go in the other room.” Jessica’s bedroom was close to this room and she needed to tidy up the room.

After Dolores left, Matthew sat by the bed. Perhaps because he had to take care of the children, there was a cartoon sheet on the bed and the bed looked fairly clean.

The nightstand drawer was half open and inside was a pink book.

Matthew opened the drawer and discovered that the book turned out to be a photo album.

He took it out and opened it, he saw a picture of a little baby. He was wrapped in a pink blanket and wearing a pink hat. His face was tender, soft and pink, he looked very cute.

She turned to the next page and saw a picture of Samuel. It was taken in his childhood. He was wrapped in a blue blanket and wearing a blue cap. His face was as pink as his sister’s.

It looked like the pictures had been taken when they were just born because they looked so small and young in the pictures.

Dolores took pictures of them every year, including when they had just learned to walk, when they started to suckle, and when they could talk.

She had recorded them all in detail.

Click.

A photo fell to the floor from the album.

Matthew picked up the image, discovered it was a group photo of Dolores and the two children. She was sitting on a rug and the two children were playing with building blocks on the rug. Dolores was looking at them, smiling sweetly and lovingly.

She studied the picture for a while, but when she was about to put it back, she discovered that there were some words behind the picture through the light. So he turned the photo over and saw the words inscribed on the back of the photo that looked like they were written with a black pen:

[Babies, my dear babies, Mommy is so sorry she can’t give them a full home. You only have Mommy and Grandma at home. But I love you so much. Thank you for coming into my world and bringing lights into my lifeless world. With you, I don’t feel lonely or afraid anymore].

Staring at the lyrics with his unfathomable eyes for a while, Matthew was lost in thought, only putting the photo back in the album and the album back in the drawer after hearing the noise.

With a bag in her hand, Dolores poked her head out from behind the door, “I’m done.”

Matthew stood up, leaving a large area of dark shadows on the floor, and looked at the woman standing in the doorway, “Are you packed?”

“Yes.” Dolores nodded.

“Let’s go.”

Dolores nodded. Matthew came to her side and held out his hand to take her suitcase, “Let me carry it.”

“It’s not necessary. It’s not heavy.” There were just some clothes and some living supplies inside.”

“Just give it to me.” Matthew took the bag.

Dolores gave him a sidelong glance and then looked down. He said nothing and just walked beside her. They walked out the door, locked the house and then left the community.

In the Herbert Family…

A maid in the Herbert Family went out to buy meat and vegetables, but when she returned, some people threw eggs at her.

“What’s wrong?” Camilla looked at the messy maid with wide eyes.

With her head down, the maid replied, “When I came back from the market and got to the entrance, someone threw eggs at me. He said there were plenty of jobs, but…but…but…why did I have to work as a maid for this family.”

The exact words were quite harsh and abusive. She said there were plenty of jobs, but why was she serving bastards who bullied children.

“Ma’am, in case you might run into some radical people, you’d better not go out these days. I’m afraid they might do something bad to you.”

Camilla took a step back and the maid rushed to support her, “Are you all right?”

Camilla shook her head. The maid was egged at the door, so the situation at the company would be even worse.

It was true that the situation in the company was even worse. Many of the company’s outlets were boycotted. When customers found out that it was a Herbert Group outlet, they would not enter the store, let alone buy things there.

The Herbert Group had outlets in every city in the country, and the situation was getting worse and worse.

Their sales volume was down 20% in one day, which was horrible speed.

Warner took Landon home, “I’ll go get Matthew and see what conditions he will demand to suspend the deterioration of this business.”

Landon was anxious, too. After all, reputation was a big deal in the business world. Once a company’s reputation was damaged, customers would stop paying for its products.

“If he refuses to help, you can prepare for the worst.” Indeed, if Matthew refused to lend them a hand, it would be the worst situation.

Matthew was tough on this matter and left them almost no room for reaction, which showed that this time he was really angry.

There was only one reason behind this: the things Sampson and Maria did earlier had struck a chord with him.

Now that he wanted to punish them, he could simply hand Sampson and Maria over to the police. After all, they didn’t kill the child and at most they would be questioned at the police station and arrested for a few days. When Matthew calmed down, the matter would be settled.

“Dad, look, there are a lot of people in the driveway.” Warner was sitting in the driver’s seat and so he saw from a distance a lot of people surrounding his driveway.

They were swearing at them, most of which were about the Herbert Family lashing out at bullying the weak or the family’s distortion of human nature, etc.

In general, his words were very harsh and abusive.

“Go to the back door.” Landon said with a grim face. Apparently, he was extremely angry.

“Matthew Nelson is too arrogant!” He didn’t even inform them about it and just directly carried out his plan, leaving them no room to make preparations.

“This is his way of doing things. And it’s well known in the industry.” Since Warner was also in the business circle, he had naturally heard of Matthew’s way of doing things.

He was determined, enterprising and decisive.

The car pulled up at the back door. When Warner entered the house in a rage, Camilla was about to phone him to tell him that there were people in the driveway and that he had better go back through the back door.

Seeing them come in, Camilla hung up the phone and walked over to greet them, “Are you guys okay?”

“We’re fine. We’re going back through the back door.” Warner took a deep breath, “This thing is really affecting us. I won’t be eating dinner at home tonight. I have to go out.”

“Where are you going?” asked Camilla.

“I have to talk to him.” Warner’s voice grew lower and lower until it became a whisper because he did not feel confident inside.

“Then I’ll leave this matter in your hands.” Landon had been busy outside all day and looked quite exhausted. Camilla supported him up to the bedroom.

Seeing Warner, Maria came down the stairs from the second floor, “Warner, I’ll come with you.”

“What are you coming for?”

Warner looked at her coldly, “You’re the one to blame for this affair. You’re going with me? You’ll only make it worse.”

Mary was used to his refusals, so she didn’t get angry; instead, with a pair of slippers, she walked down the stairs step by step and fixed her eyes on Warner, “I’ve got something. And he’ll be willing to negotiate with us even to make a concession if he sees it.”

“What thing?” Warner asked uncertainly.

Mary seemed very sure of herself, “Take me and I’ll show him. how about it?”

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