Chapter 442
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison
âYou might not have been educated much, but donât get superstitious because of it. Ill omens donât exist. Itâs just incapable people blaming their suffering on the people around them. Youâre a good person. If I hadnât met you back then, I would have died. Then you saved me again last night.
Youâre someone whoâs given me life twice over. How could you say that youâre an ill omen? Iâd be dust if it wasnât for you.
âAs for my father, just think of it as retribution. When he was young, he was involved in quite a bit of skullduggery. You probably donât know about this, but do you think it was just my mother being hurt? No, he hurt a lot of people. Heâs in the state heâs in now, and even though it was caused by this incident, you could treat it entirely as retribution for his sins. When I went to see him today, he asked me if he could make up for it while he was still alive. He wanted me to forgive him, and see him more now that his legs are crippled. Do you know what I thought back then?â
Elsie had been down to begin with, but hearing Wilsonâs words and his mention of his father, her heart ached.
She reflexively asked.
âWhat did you think?â
âI thought of the years my mother cried and suffered every day. I thought of all the people whoâd been hurt. I thought of my mother bloody on the ground, and her look of relief as she died. I only have a twinge of pity for my father, but not a bit of filial emotion. Some damage canât be reversed.
And itâs not that Iâm supposed to turn around and forgive him just because he regrets it, and that heâs in a low state now.
âDonât burden yourself with this. Think about it. You saved those children. Now they wonât be tortured anymore and they can live normal lives. Thatâs something you should be happy about. Thatâs something you should remember.â
âI never realized you were this good at comforting people.â
Elsie couldnât help but say that as she smiled. She always felt like Wilson was blunt with his words.
Sometimes, it made her hard to voice her troubles. But with her this depressed today, the man was comforting her so patiently. Her mood finally lifted slowly.
âI just donât want you to burden yourself with what happened last night and blame yourself for it. Itâs never had anything to do with you, and you were always a victim. Then you became a hero over what happened at the orphanage. Always remember that you saved a lot of people. If people take revenge on you over it, remember that theyâre just scum. Heroes, though, or never forgotten.â
That made Elsie even happier. She hadnât thought that what sheâd done would be considered heroic by Wilson. Her eyes reddened, and she choked up a little.
âNobodyâs ever praised me like that. I always felt like I was useless. All this time, I was thinking of finding something I liked to do to earn money with, but I never found anything. I even felt like I was just wasting my days away and having you all take care of me. Just a waste of space. Thank you for saying all that to make me feel better, Wilson. Can you hold me? I want to hear your heartbeat. I think that has to be the warmest heart in the world.â
As she said that, Elsie saw Wilson stand there unmoving, his expression complicated.
Was he refusing her again? Elsie lowered her head.
âNever mind. If you donât want to, you can go. I want to be alone for a while.â
But then Wilson walked up and sat at Elsieâs bedside, giving her a hug.
Elsie was a bit shocked in the beginning. Then she wrapped her arms happily around the manâs chest, placing her ears over his heart, listening to it thud.
She really did feel like it was the warmest heart in the world.
In the afternoon, Georgia and Elsie decided to take a walk in the hospital garden.
After all, it was too boring inside.
But when they took the kids out of the room, Georgia just so happened to see Aston and his parents leaving the hospital.
Sheâd been dealing with too much at once recently, and hadnât paid too much attention to what was happening with Aston.
Anaya wasnât here this time, and when the two sides met, they greeted each other, smiling.
This was the first time Robert saw Astonâs parents. He smiled at them and greeted them as aunt and uncle.
Laurie and Carr were clearly mild-mannered, and their smiles at Robert were very gentle as well.
âI hadnât thought weâd be meeting you for the first time in a place like this. Now that youâre married to Georgia, you count as family with us Powells, so youâre going to have to come for a formal introduction at a meal sometime.â
At Carrâs words, Robert nodded. Laurie spoke up.
âWeâve seen some of whatâs happened online, and we were supposed to come visit you yesterday, but there was some business we got mired in. Do you need the Powell familyâs help, Georgia, Robert? The way I see it, someoneâs targeting the two of you.â
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison Georgia hurriedly shook her head, smiling.
âWeâve found whoâs behind this already, and itâs not too difficult to deal with them. But weâve only just cleared it up, and itâll take some time to teach them a lesson.â
At Georgiaâs words, Laurie and Carr relaxed.
Aston, though, turned to Georgia, his mouth running.
âThereâs been all sorts of things that happened to you after you came back from overseas. Are you going to quit working at MU? Going to live as a rich wife instead and get hurt time and time again, then mocked nline for it?â
As Aston said that, Georgia jolted in surprise first.
Laurie was already warning him at his side.
âWhat are you talking about? Is this stuff youâre supposed to say?â
Robert didnât look too pleased. Last time they saw Aston, heâd already felt that this manâs words were a bit barbed. Now it seemed like he was getting worse.
Seeing that Robert was about to speak, Georgia tugged his hand hastily, then shot a mild smile at Aston.
âI really donât think youâre being very mature, Aston. Everyone comes across difficulties in their life. If it was just for you, you just got abandoned by your girlfriend. You have no idea how much Iâve been through. Iâll continue with my dream, of course, but sometimes, some things are more important than dreams.
âIf, shallowly, you think that Iâm enjoying my life as a rich kept woman and planning on giving up on my dreams â if the year that weâve known each other is enough for you to speculate about me like this, I feel like thereâs some things I donât need to explain to you. Go back and rest. I hope that when you return to work, youâd stop starving yourself, going without sleep, and otherwise abusing your body. At the very least, when youâre sad over a woman, think about how sad your parents feel when youâre sick.
âAre you proud of being hurt over a woman? Taking care of the people around you and not letting them worry is whatâs really worthy of respect.â
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