"What's the matter?"
When he got in, Samuel saw that Nicole was anxious to get out of bed, so he asked.
"My parents are answering my call and their phones are turned off. I want to go over to check. I haven't
visited them lately, nor even called. I'm such a bad daughter. They must feel sad."
Nicole blamed herself.
Samuel held her in his arms and whispered, "It is my fault. My problem. I'll go, and you rest at home."
"No, I'm going. I haven't seen them for weeks, and they're not answering my calls now. I feel uneasy. If
I don't go by myself, I can't rest."
Hearing Nicole's words, Samuel did not insist any more.
"Alright, get ready. Eat something before leaving. Otherwise I won't let you go. You are not well."
Nicole nodded at Samuel's words.
"Alright, I'll have some. Will it be okay for the children to stay at home?"
"It's okay."
Nicole nodded.
Samuel brought some food.
After some preparations, Nicole sat down to eat. Although she felt sick from time to time, she tried her
best to cover it up.
Seeing that she had eaten everything, Samuel said softly, "I'll go to the garage now. Wait for me at the
door."
"Alright."
Nicole went downstairs with her stuff. When seeing Petty, Nicole gave a few instructions, then left with
Samuel.
Samuel knew that Nicole was on edge, but he didn't rush. In a while, they arrived at the Bush's but
found the door locked.
"Not home?"
Seeing this, Samuel asked.
"I will go in and check."
Nicole took out the key and went in. The house was as clean and orderly as usual. However, Nicole
just felt that something was wrong.
Samuel came in after her and found nothing.
"It seems that they're out."
"Where's the servant?"
Only then did Nicole realize what she had neglected.
Because her parents were old and Nicole couldn't come back to take care of them frequently, she hired
a servant for them, in addition to the housekeeper. Therefore, it was unreasonable that nobody was
home.
Samuel frowned slightly.
"Do you have their phone numbers?"
"Yes, one moment."
Nicole quickly took out her phone to check, and found them in a while.
She called the newly hired servant.
"Hey, Rose, my parents are not at home now, but why aren't you here? Is everything all right?"
Rose needed a moment to recognize Nicole's voice.
"Oh, Ms. Nicole. I was dismissed by Mr. Bush."
"Dismissed? Why?"
Nicole was confused.
Rose sighed, "I don't know either. Everything went well, but one day Mr. Bush told me that he would
travel around the world with Mrs. Bush and the house would be left deserted, so I was dismissed with
one month salary as a compensation. So, you don't know it, Ms. Nicole?"
"No, when did my parents dismiss you?"
Nicole asked in a hurry.
Rose thought for a while and said, "Not that long, more than ten days ago."
"More than ten days? Did my parents say where they were going as the first stop?"
"No, that's not what I should know, so I didn't ask."
Till now, Nicole knew that she could get nothing more from Rose.
"Thank you, Rose."
"My pleasure. Ms. Nicole. I heard from Mr. Bush that you are married and are happy now. They feel
lonely at home, so they would like to travel around. Call them, then you may find out where they are
now."
Hearing what Rose said, Nicole said gloomily, "My parents' phones are off."
"Oh, maybe they're on the plane, leaving for the next stop. You can try again later."
"I will. Thanks again, Rose."
Nicole felt regretted after hanging up the phone.
Samuel held her in his arms and comforted, "My fault. I should have paid more attention to them."
"No. You are a son-in-law, and I am their daughter. I should have realized that my parents would be
lonely after I got married. If I did, I would have brought them to our home. Now I don't even know where
they are. I am such a bad daughter! My parents should feel sad now."
"Come on. It is their choice to travel around. Their whole life had been all about you, now they are living
for themselves, convinced that you are happily married. Perhaps they are on the plane, let's try again
later."
Samuel comforted Nicole.
Nicole nodded.
"I want to stay here for a while, okay?"
"Of course, this is your home. If you want to stay here, I'll be with you."
Nicole was moved by Samuel's gentleness.
"Don't you have to work? I can stay here myself."
"I can work anytime. Moreover, those elites in the company get well paid. They should be given
opportunities to prove themselves valuable, shouldn't they? I will stay with you and the children for the
time being. By the way, we have been married for so long, but I haven't been to your bedroom as a girl
yet."
Samuel said guiltily, "In the past five years when you weren't here, I wasn't welcome in the house. In
the last two years, I was finally allowed in the house, but not your bedroom. For your parents, your
bedroom is the most important place."
"Come on. There's nothing special about the room. Come, I'll show you."
Nicole smiled and led Samuel by his hand to her bedroom.
It stayed the same as that before her marriage, that was, no change in the room.
It was tidied up.
Looking around, Nicole felt sorrier for her parents.
"This pair of pink leopards was a gift from my Dad when I was eighteen. I thought, 'he really thinks of
me as a princess.' But essentially I found it silly to have such a gift at eighteen, and was afraid to be
laughed at. But now, I know that they just love me and know me well. I do love pink leopards."
Patting the pink leopards on the bed, Nicole recalled those old days.
Samuel took out a coat and put it on her. He sat beside her and whispered, "You are still a princess
now. You can be a princess for life."
"I'm old now. I'll be laughed at if I stay that way."
"Who dares to laugh at you? Other than me, there are only two brats in our home. If they dare to laugh
at you, you will see how miserable their life will be."
Nicole laughed immediately.
"What bad luck, to be your son!"
"On the contrary, the greatest luck. Oh, I forgot to tell you that where Lucas is being trained is Uncle
Mark's place."
These words reminded Nicole of something.
"Damn it, I forget that Uncle Mark will send me the draft. Now that I'm here, I will miss our appointment.
Let's go."
After saying that, Nicole was about to get up, but Samuel stopped her.
"Don't worry. No big deal. He will drive over again if he can't find you. You're a delicate flower now, take
a rest. Calm down."
Nicole laughed at his words.
"Come on. I'm just pregnant. If you keep on like this, I should mistake that you care about the baby in
my belly more than me. Then I should be jealous."
"Dear, you do me wrong. There won't be any babies without you. I care about you above everything
else."
"Go away."
Nicole smiled and got up.
"Let's go. Mom and Dad aren't here. I'll show you around another day. Uncle Mark has his point that the
draft is important and needs to be taken special care of. What's more, Uncle Mark is very busy. Let's
not make troubles for him."
Nicole considered Mark, at which Samuel felt a little jealous.
"Dear, there are too many people in your heart. I feel like I don't have a place anymore."
"No, you're taking the most important place in my heart."
Holding Samuel's face, Nicole kissed him on the forehead.
"Not enough."
Samuel looked at Nicole like a child, but his hands were already wrapped around her waist.
How could Nicole misinterpret Samuel's signal?
She pushed him away abruptly and smiled, "Come on. Stop. The doctor said that I should be careful
during the first three months of pregnancy. I can't do what you want."
Samuel was slightly shocked.
"Really?"
"Why should I lie to you? You can check online."
Hearing this, Samuel became depressed immediately.
"This, this, this ... shit, this baby thing, damn it!"
Nicole laughed at his silly words.
"No big deal, isn't it.?"
"Hell!"
"Then what's your advice?"
Nicole looked at Samuel perplexedly.
Samuel sighed and said, "Hell! I will go to hell for you and our child."
Nicole laughed again.
She felt that this life was what she wanted. If life went on like this, she would ask for no more.
"Come on, hurry up. Uncle Mark is probably on his way."
Nicole pulled Samuel to his feet.
Samuel didn't want to get up and his butt was heavy, so, when Nicole pulled him up, he couldn't help
hitting the photo frame on the bedside table.
Bang! the photo frame fell to the ground and shattered into pieces instantly.
"Hey! Don't move!"
Nicole was afraid that Samuel would get hurt, so she stopped him immediately and went to the
bathroom to get a broom.
Samuel said anxiously, "Slow down."
"Got it. Don't move."
When Nicole went for the broom, Samuel squatted down and picked up the picture in the photo frame.
This was a photo of Nicole taken before her marriage. She had been beautiful and free-spirited.
Although Nicole was also pretty now, Samuel still missed how she looked before.
Samuel picked up the photo, and found there was more to it.
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