Hearing what Rufus said, Isobel was shocked. With her eyes wide open, she asked Rufus.
“Do you mean my brother hit Brian in the car accident?”
“Yes.”
After hearing Rufus’ answer, Isobel's had heartache and her tears once again fell down.
“What's going? Why are we in a tangle? Was our Chambers family indebted to you last life and we
have not paid you back?”
Seeing that Isobel in tears with painful expression, Rufus felt distressed.
“Don't cry. It's destiny. We are not indented to each other. Pain must be endured, all people have to go
through pain to grow up, to be mature.”
“It is only through suffering that we know what happiness is. Let us take it; their happiness is worth the
sacrifice of both of us.”
Rufus comforted and persuaded her. Escaping was irresponsible behavior for everyone, he did not
want to be sorry to anyone.
Isobel could not think about any problem at the moment. She did not understand why after 20 years,
they had not moved on but got more entangled.
Was this so-called fate? If it was really fate, it should be a bad fate.
“Winwin went to surrogacy because of medical bills and lack of money to compensate the deceased.
But we did not expect the wounded man was Brian, and that Winwin surrogate for Brian?”
“We did not see the families of the dead or injured during the whole process. We only saw your lawyer
who represented you. If we had seen it earlier, it probably wouldn't be what it is now.”
The feeling of Isobel was not on a line with Rufus. She was still thinking about the incredible
predestination, but Rufus had already come up the solution.
Isobel continued.
“Winwin had already got the money for the injured and the damaged car ready. No matter how hard it
was for us, we didn't use the money all these years. I don't understand why Brian suddenly
disappeared, and the mobile phone we had been contacting was turned off and never turned on again.
Had we been in touch earlier, none of this might have happened.”
“I don't know about that. I don't know that it wasn't done. Brian had his head hit in the car accident,
although it was not too serious, part of his memory lost. But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with
the compensation.”
Rufus was not clear about the specific situation, and did not know that the matter had not been handled
after so many years. He was completely blindsided by the situation.
“The money we paid was a huge amount of compensation. Winwin said it would not cost that much if
we followed the legal procedures, but the man was innocent after all. We tried our best to meet the
demands of the other party...”
At this, Isobel did not continue. At that time, no one could understand Winnie’s and her suffering and
helplessness. Now it seemed to be a kind of hell.
“Well, we are in the wrong and have no right to complain. An innocent life was taken by my brother, and
all we can do is to let the family of the dearth live in peace of mind.”
Isobel undertook all the responsibility kind-heartedly and had more guilt to Brian.
What should she do? Should she let it be more and more tangled, or, as Rufus said, though it hurt
many people, they solve the problem?
Isobel did not give her answer until the end. They parted, she told Rufus she would think about it and
the thing of Vanessa could not add more mess.
After Isobel and Rufus parted, Isobel took a taxi and returned to the villa of her brother before. Standing
outside the gate of the villa, Isobel was surprised.
The gates were locked, the yard was strewn with weeds, the Windows were shut, and there seemed to
be no one living there. Had it been empty all these years? Had the bank not auctioned or had the buyer
never lived in it at all?
Though surprised, Isobel did not think much of it, after all, it was no longer their home. The only thing
she could feel was the shadow of her brother and sister-in-law still walking in the yard.
After dinner in the evening, Isobel mentioned the house to Winnie and Vanessa, but she did not tell
them she had met Rufus.
“Our house is still there, as if no one lives there.”
Isobel sat in the middle of the sofa, flanked by Vanessa and Winnie.
When Isobel finished speaking, the two sisters looked at each other.
Subsequently Vanessa intimately embraced Isobel's arms, with her head leaning on Isobel's shoulder.
“Aunt, do you miss my parents? Do you miss our previous home? It is good there is no one, so that we
can go and have a look casually.”
Vanessa did not thinking too much, she just thought her aunt was homesick.
“I was homesick, if only your parents were alive.”
Isobel took a sigh. If her brother and sister-in-law were still alive, none of this might have happened.
Even if poor, Winnie was impossible to surrogate and she would not meet Brian and to tangle with
Brian.
If she had come back earlier, things would never had turned out the way they were now. At least there
would not have been two children, and there would have been no trouble with the Bennet family.
“Don't think too much about it. Or out parents would worry about us.”
Vanessa sensibly comforted her aunt. She did not know why her aunt suddenly became sad and did
not ask why her aunt suddenly went to the original home. She only knew that her aunt was the only
support for her and her sister, and could not bear to see her sad.
“Aunt, did you say the house is empty now? The villa has been sold?”
Winnie asked her aunt.
She hadn't been there once since it was sold. It was not that she didn’t want to go, but she dare not go,
for fear to think of the previous happy life, afraid that she could not hold on.
“It's supposed to be unoccupied. There are weeds in the yard and no vehicle entry. It looks like it's
been unoccupied for years.”
Thinking about the condition of the house, Isobel could recall the desolation of the Chambers family at
that time.
“What does it matter? Perhaps the rich has not lived in after he bought it. Nothing to be surprised
about.”
Vanessa said, afraid that her sister became sad because of the house.
“Aunt, have you ever seen the old house that grandpa left you?”
Winnie transferred the topic to the old house. These were their pain. Although Vanessa did not want to
mention it, afraid of affecting everyone's mood, but these pain hidden in the bottom of heart would be
painful for a lifetime, and it would be less painful if she said it out.
“No, I haven't been there.”
Isobel replied. She never dared to have fantasies about the house, for fear that Winnie had a burden in
her heart.
“Aunt, go and see it when you have time. If the owner of that house wants to sell, we'll buy it.”
Winnie had wanted to tell her aunt about it for a long time, but she forgot about it when she got busy, so
she brought it up today.
“Buy it? We don’t have so much money.”
Isobel looked at Winnie in surprise, even Vanessa felt incredible.
“You don't have to worry about money. I earned some money from the game, it is not enough, Leo will
lend it to me. You just need to go and see it when you have nothing to do, and if it's sold, don’t let it
bought by others.”
Winnie was now capable.
Not only the games, their company also made a lot of money. With both sides combined and backed up
by Leo, she had nothing to worry about.
“Why does Leo always help you? Can’t Brian help you? He is your boyfriend.”
Vanessa suddenly deviated from the topic, and said with dissatisfaction.
“The Bennet family thinks we get to them for money, how can your sister mention money to them?
Winwin, we don't need money from anyone. We'll talk about it when we save enough money.”
Isobel hurriedly gave an explanation, did not want Winnie covet a penny from the Bennet family.
“I know, Aunt. I don't think money is very important, but I think Brian should mean to help for the sake
of two children.”
Unconvinced, Vanessa said. Before her sister asked for help, Leo would offer help.
She didn't know whether her sister was important or not to Brian. Even if her sister didn't say anything,
didn't he know what her sister wanted?
She was so optimistic about Brian and thought he was the best candidate to be her brother-in-law. It
seemed she was wrong.
“It has nothing to do with him. We don't ask anyone for help.”
Winnie, like her aunt, did not ask anyone for help, including Brian. Besides, no matter what happened
in their family, she had never told Brian. How could he think of helping?
Winnie continued.
“Aunt, I have a lot of ideas, although I don't know if it will be finished, I want to try.”
“This house will be transferred to the name of Vanessa two years later, and then I will buy your old
house back, and then buy our villa back. I may also buy back my father's company.”
This was not the ambition of Winnie. It was what she should do. Her father had left them, and she
wanted to help him buy them.
“Sister, I support your idea. But wait for me, when I make money, we can buy back Dad's company.”
Of course, Vanessa supported her sister, but she wanted to work with her sister because she was part
of the Chambers family.
Hearing that, Isobel spoke after a moment of thinking.
“I support your idea. But do what you can and don't worry too much. These cost a big amount of
money. If you are tired or hurt because your goal is too big, it is not worth it.”
“We're not as rich as we used to be, but we're doing pretty well. I don’t ask too much, I just want you to
be safe.”
Isobel said so not because she knew too much. If they were exposed, all their dreams would be
dashed. They would be the ones who got hurt.
“By the way, Winwin, haven’t you had found the injured in that car accident?”
Isobel suddenly mentioned the injured, she wanted to know whether Winnie was still checking on it.
“No, I have no clues. I'll check with Officer Lee in a few days and see if he can help me with the files.”
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