Chapter 17: Chapter 17



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Matthew nodded his head slightly. His jaw was inexplicably tense at that moment, which showed how nervous he was. Then he said quietly, “Speak.”

“Eight years ago, Randolph and Jessica divorced. Then Randolph immediately abandoned Jessica and their daughter Dolores in Country A. They never returned for the last eight years. Randolph brought them back not long ago.”

Matthew frowned. He wondered, was this the reason she could speak the language of Country A? Because she had lived there for eight years?

“That’s it?” Matthew wanted more information.

Abbott hesitated for a few seconds and then continued, “After Jessica was sent to Country A, she gave birth to a child with autism. That child had a difficult life, and died in a car accident before Jessica and Dolores returned.” Matthew frowned. His expression became more serious. He couldn’t help but guess, The reason Dolores was so sad was because of her brother? So what happened to the child she had in her womb now?

Matthew asked, “That’s it…no man has ever come near her?”

Fresh updates available at ɢ@lnσνeℓs․com “No…only a psychologist was close to her.” Abbott carefully reviewed the information sent by the Country A investigator.

Abbott continued, “That’s it. She wasn’t dating anyone at school, and no other men were close to her.”

Matthew was thinking, in other words, that the girl’s father might be the psychologist. And the reason Randolph took her in was just because of her marriage? The reason she cared so much about money was that she was living a hard life in Country A, so she also charged money for translating Thinking about it, Matthew felt that he finally understood Dolores more. At the same time, he finally understood what Sampson meant.

Matthew felt complex emotions. He looked back, then got into the car and drove out of the hospital.

At the hospital, Dolores got hungry because she hadn’t eaten lunch.

“Mom, I want to eat rice candy.” Suddenly, Dolores wanted to eat sweets.

Jessica had gone through the same thing. She knew that when a woman was pregnant, she always preferred certain flavors of food.

As the old saying goes, a woman who prefers a sour taste usually carries a boy, and a woman who prefers a spicy taste usually carries a girl. Jessica wondered if Dolores was pregnant with a boy or a girl.

“I’ll come back and cook it for you.” Jessica stood up, at the same time, fearing that no one would take care of Dolores at the hospital.

Dolores understood what Jessica was thinking. She smiled, “I’m fine. Don’t worry. The doctor said I just need to rest.” If it wasn’t because she was worried about the baby in her belly, she didn’t even need to be hospitalized. Jessica nodded and told her to rest before leaving the room.

As Jessica got out of the car and walked into the community, she was suddenly stopped by a few women. All of them lived in this community. Although it had not been long since Jessica had moved there, there was never a contradiction between her and the others.

Jessica was confused. She frowned and asked, “What are they doing?”

“Your daughter got pregnant before she got married? Isn’t she pregnant by a bastard?” The first person to speak was a plump, middle-aged woman who lived next door to Jessica.

“Your daughter seemed like a nice girl. Unexpectedly, she’s a bitch. You told me last time that your daughter is only 18 now, right?” The plump woman put her hands on her hips and screamed. Jessica’s expression was one of anger and annoyance. Her voice trembled, “You, you’re talking nonsense, who told you that?”

“You dare to say that your daughter is not pregnant?”

Jessica’s hands trembled. She couldn’t bring herself to answer. Because her daughter was pregnant.

“You shameless whore!”

“Yes, your daughter messed around with a man at a young age. She looked like an innocent child, but she turned out to be a slut!”

“Yes, she pretends to be innocent, but secretly she’s a slut…”

“Shut up! Who gave you the right to say that?” Jessica was so angry that her expression even twisted in anger.

“Don’t blame the others for talking about it if she wants to be a slut!”

Jessica felt her heart suddenly beating very fast from anger. She put her hand to her chest to calm herself. And she firmly defended her daughter. “My daughter is not that kind of person you said!” Jessica felt her heart tearing as she listened to people speak ill of her daughter.

Why did people slander her daughter so much?

“No? Then why did she get pregnant when she’s only 18?”

Jessica was suddenly speechless. After all, it was true that Dolores was pregnant now.

Jessica knew that people would judge Dolores seeing that she had gotten pregnant at such a young age, but she didn’t expect people to speak so fiercely.

“Get out!” Jessica shoved them away and rushed into the community.

Jessica felt very upset by what they said, though. However, thinking that her daughter Dolores was still in the hospital, she calmed down and started cooking.

Jessica thought she had hidden her feelings very well, but Dolores still felt differently when she delivered the food to her.

“Mom, you look…”

“I’m fine.” Jessica didn’t want Dolores to know what she had heard today.

Dolores stared at Jessica. She knew Jessica was trying to hide something, because whenever Jessica lied, she always looked away from eye contact. So Dolores was sure that Jessica was lying. But Dolores didn’t say anything, but took the rice candy from Jessica.

The rice candy was supposed to be sweet, but somehow Dolores felt bitter eating it.

She lowered her eyes, “Mom, tomorrow I will be discharged from the hospital and go home to join you for a few days.” Dolores thought Jessica’s face was pale because Jessica missed her little brother. Her brother’s death was always a pain in Jessica’s heart.

Jessica was startled and said resolutely, “No.”

Jessica knew how sad Dolores would be if she heard what people were saying today.

Dolores frowned, “Mom…”

“Listen to me.” Jessica pretended to be serious, “It doesn’t matter what it was for, but you are now married into the Nelson Family, you must live with your husband.”

Jessica’s reaction was so abnormal that it was impossible not to notice.

Dolores didn’t say anything anymore. She kept shoveling in the food for the baby’s sake. She herself could not enjoy the food at all.

When night came, she could not fall asleep at all.

When she finally fell asleep, it was already dawn. Then she woke up early.

In the morning, when Sampson came over, Jessica took the opportunity to go home and cook for Dolores.

When Jessica left the room, Dolores got out of bed. Sampson immediately went to help her.

Dolores raised her head to look at Sampson, “I think my mother is hiding something from me.”

“What is it?” asked Sampson.

“I don’t know, so I want to find out.” She hesitated, “I want you to do me a favor.”

“Sure.”

“I want to follow her home.” Dolores wanted to find out the reason why Jessica didn’t want her to live in her house.

Dolores was thinking, Jessica wanted him to come back and stay with her so badly before. However, yesterday when she mentioned it, Jessica’s reaction was very strange. Jessica was the only family she had now. He didn’t want Jessica to bear all the pressure in secret.

Sampson checked with the doctor before taking Dolores out.

Everything was fine. Jessica went home as usual.

Dolores followed behind her.

However, when Dolores got out of the elevator, she saw all the different swear words on the wall, like shameless bitch, pregnancy out of wedlock, that were written in paint. And Jessica was shaking furiously standing in front of the door. After a few seconds, Jessica fell down in front of Dolores.

“Mom…”

Sampson stepped forward and caught Jessica before she fell to the floor, “Send her to the hospital first.”

It was obvious Jessica fainted from the writing on the wall.

Dolores gagged and said yes.

Since Dolores’ brother passed away, Jessica was seriously injured in the car accident, Jessica’s health condition was always very bad.

Seeing the writing on the wall, of course, Jessica was very angry.

Dolores became very worried about her.

Seeing Jessica being sent to the emergency room, Dolores stood in the doorway in a panic, as if she was going to kill her if anything bad happened to Jessica.

Sampson came over and hugged her by the shoulders to comfort her, “Don’t worry too much.”

When Matthew came home and saw that Dolores hadn’t returned, he realized she was at the hospital. So he drove right away.

Perhaps because he knew Dolores had been unfortunate in the past, or because she was his wife, Matthew felt a little compassion for her.

Matthew did not find Dolores in the living room, but in the hallway, as he was about to leave, he saw her and Sampson embracing.

Suddenly, Matthew felt extreme anger.

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