Hester was lying on the bed, holding Thomas in her arms, staring blankly at the ceiling. Thinking about
it carefully, she liked children only because of the two children she had lost.
Speaking of taking care of a child, she seemed to have no experience. Just like now, the two of them
could only look at the ceiling, not knowing what to say.
"Thomas, why do you like me so much?"
After thinking for a while, Hester spoke first. 'He is an innocent child. Why does he look so heavy every
day?' she thought to herself.
Why did he treat her differently?
With eyeballs dripping in his eyes, Thomas' tiny brain was quickly running and carefully thinking of a
countermeasure. There must be a reason why his mother didn't allow him to be with her. He had to
think it over!
"Maybe you look like my mother!"
Hester was stunned and speechless. She didn't think she was as beautiful as Melody. How could she
look like her?
It seemed that Thomas was a poor child. He had lost his mother's love since he was a child, and he
was even a little confused!
"No wonder! It turns out that you think I look like your mother, so you have been relying on me all the
time?"
"Clap!" A loud noise interrupted the conversation between the two. Hester frowned and hurriedly stood
up from the bed. When she opened the door, she saw Austin standing there in a daze, with a broken
bowl under his feet.
"Brother Austin, what's wrong with you?"
Hester had never seen Austin like this. She was frightened. She held his arm and shook it slightly. Her
voice trembled involuntarily.
Getting rid of the sadness, Austin narrowed his eyes and hid the sadness. He shook his head slightly.
He was afraid that Thomas would tell the truth and break the beautiful dream he had personally made
in advance.
"It's okay. My hand is just slippery! Dinner is ready. Get up and eat!"
Then he turned around and left. Austin hated himself very much now. It was he who made a mistake,
but he still dragged them to accompany him in pain.
But once things started, he could only focus on going forward. No matter what difficulties he would face
ahead, he had to go on.
Looking at Austin's receding figure, Hester frowned. Her hands were empty, but she seemed to lose the
ability to speak. She stared at him blankly, choked.
"Auntie April, what's wrong with Uncle Austin?"
Holding Hester's hand timidly, Thomas was confused, but also afraid. He didn't know what the world of
adults was like, but he could feel the joy, anger and sorrow from them.
He was young, and even though his IQ was good, he could never make up for the lack of experience.
Therefore, he couldn't understand them completely, which also made him more hesitant and at a loss.
"What?"
Hester came to her senses. Just now, she had an illusion that Austin was getting farther and farther
away from her. No matter how hard she tried, there was no way to retrieve it.
Her eyes twinkled with love, and she restrained her mind. She squatted down and patted Thomas'
head, smiling.
"Brother Austin just slipped his hand. Thomas, don't be afraid! Aren't you hungry? Let's go downstairs
for dinner now!"
As soon as the three sat at the table, the doorbell rang. Hester looked at Austin, who was obviously
absent-minded, and sighed.
"Thomas, you eat first. I'll open the door!"
Thomas nodded obediently. As an obedient child, he had to listen to his mother. With a spoon in his
hand, he ate porridge elegantly, but his eyes involuntarily floated to Austin beside.
Opening the door, Hester looked at the person at the door. The smile at the corners of her mouth
gradually disappeared with a faint alienation. She nodded slightly, showing no lack of etiquette.
"Mr. Terence!"
Terence nodded calmly and tightened his hand quietly. She took a deep breath and told herself to calm
down and not to be impulsive.
"It's getting late. I'm here to pick up Thomas!"
"Thomas just woke up. He is hungry now! How about waiting for him to finish eating?"
Frowning in embarrassment, Hester looked back at Thomas, who was obediently eating porridge, and
felt sorry for him. How could she bear to see him sad?
"Mr. Terence, if you don't mind, you can have some here."
Somehow, Austin had recovered as usual. With a warm smile on his face, he approached Hester. His
eyes were so scorching that no one could see the meaning behind them.
"Ah! Yes! It's better to come early than coincidentally. Since Mr. Terence is here, don't mind. Come in
and have dinner with us!"
Hester looked at Austin with confusion. 'Brother Austin doesn't like Terence very much. Why is he so
friendly today?'
Although confused, for the sake of Thomas, she decided to let him have dinner with them.
Terence's eyes twinkled and fell on Hester, but her eyes were fixed on Austin, which made him very
dejected.
"Since the two of you invited me sincerely, I'd better accept your invitation."
The awkward and weird scene of that night reappeared. A group of four sat at the table. Although the
scene was weird, it was full of a strange sense of warmth.
Hester lowered her head and grabbed the rice in her bowl, sighing with emotion. It seemed that she
hadn't had a good meal since she came back.
There were always too many familiar people. She didn't want to make friends with them, but she had to
sit down under all kinds of circumstances.
There was a piece of fish in the bowl. Following the direction of the owner of the chopsticks, she saw a
warm smile on Austin's face.
"It's light stewed and easy to digest. Have some!"
Austin said in a soft and comfortable voice. Three years ago, when she woke up, she didn't eat or
drink, which hurt her stomach. As a result, many of her favorite food could only be given up.
In the past three years, he had been taking good care of her according to the traditional Chinese
medicine, so that she wouldn't have a stomachache when she occasionally forgot to eat or sleep.
Terence frowned and fixed his eyes on Hester. It was difficult to tell what it meant.
"Is there anything wrong with Miss Hester's stomach?"
"Oh! When I was busy with cases before, I often forgot to eat and got stomach illness. But fortunately,
Brother Austin has taken good care of me in the past two years, and I have almost recovered."
Hester took the lead in speaking. She said it lightly, as if she was talking about something else.
"It's just because she ruined her body for unnecessary people."
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