In the evening, Stella came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. When she was about to close the window, she saw someone sitting in
the garden downstairs.
Clarence walked over and circled her waist from behind. "What are you looking at?"
Stella raised her chin to signal and said, "Look, is that my father?"
Clarence followed her gaze and said, "It's him."
"Didn't he meet Sherry's parents? Why is he sitting there alone?"
"Why not ask her?"
Stella nodded. Just as she was about to go downstairs, Clarence stopped her. "I meant you give a call Sherry. Don't you care about what's
going on tonight?"
Stella was speechless.
She didn't know whether she became stupid because of being pregnant. She always felt that she had been in a trance recently and often lost her
mind.
She found her phone by the bed and called Sherry, asking her if everything went well tonight.
Sherry told her about it and sighed with emotion. "Anyway, after seeing your father, I feel that my mother no longer has such a big prejudice
against Daniel."
Stella held the phone, kept silent for a while, and then asked, "Did my father say anything?"
"Your father told my parents not to worry and gave them contact information, but..."Halfway through, Sherry felt very sorry. "I haven't had
time to tell my mother about your family yet. She asked a few more questions. Please apologize to your father for me."
Stella knew what happened. She said, "Okay, I'll tell him."
Putting away her phone, she saw that William was still sitting there, so she decided to go downstairs.
Clarence dressed her a down jacket which wrapped her all over.
Stella protested in a low voice, "This is your clothes, isn't it? I am not that cold."
Clarence put a hat on her. "It's cold outside. If you don't want to wear so many clothes, I'll let William in."
She tiptoed and quickly kissed Clarence's lips. "I'll talk to my father for a while. You go to sleep first. Don't have to wait for me."
Clarence held her in his arms and kissed her several times before let her go.
After Stella left, Clarence took out his mobile phone and called Nathan. The warm smile on his face was replaced by a cold expression.
He said, "How is it going?"
"I've contacted Chief Hammond.
He has sent people to take turns on duty and prevent any cases of committing suicide for fear of punishment."
Standing in front of the window with one hand in his pants pocket, Clarence fell into thought.
In the garden downstairs, Stella was slowly moving towards William in the long and thick down jacket.
She looked like a little penguin.
Silly but adorable.
Clarence fell his gaze on her and smiled.
Nathan continued, "Mr. Conrad, I've checked the Conrad family. Harris hasn't stepped out of the Conrads' Mansion after he went back. And
Justin Conrad hasn't done anything unusual."
Clarence said, "Where is Jon?"
"He disappeared after failed in attacking Winnie Truman because of being blocked by Vincent."
After a while, Clarence said, "Retreat all the people monitoring the Conrads' Mansion."
Nathan was shocked. "Mr. Conrad..."
Now that the battle between the two sides had reached its climax, they would not be able to defend themselves once they withdrew.
Clarence said, "They have been monitoring Justin for so long. Did they receive any news in advance when Chassell was released and the time
something happened to the studio?"
Being questioned in reason, Nathan had to shut his mouth.
"Justin knows that we are watching him, so his information channels are far beyond what we know. What's the point of leaving our people
there?"
"I'll do it now."
Clarence answered and hung up the phone. His eyes fell on Stella and smiled again.
...
In the garden, William didn't saw Stella until she approached. He stopped thinking and asked, "Haven't you slept yet?"
Stella sat next to him and said, "I am not sleepy yet. What about you? Aren't you going to rest?"
William said, "It's almost time. I'll be leaving soon."
Stella turned her head and said, "Dad, Sherry told me what happened during the meal. She is very sorry."
Hearing that, William paused for a moment. After realizing what she was referring to, he chuckled. "It doesn't matter.
Just the truth."
Stella put her hands in pockets and followed Williams' gaze.
It was the rattan swing.
She said slowly, "In fact, Chan and I have been living a good life these years. Although life is always noisy, at least, during our childhood
time, we have been trying our best to fight for a better life. And because of our efforts, we have also got what we should have in return."
William was silent for a while before saying, "You should have lived a better life."
Stella smiled and said, "Life can't be satisfied in everything. I used to want to go to a place where no one knows me and start a new life. When
I planned it, I always felt that this was a very easy and desirable thing. But it seemed to be very difficult to carry it out. It was always involved
in trivial things around me."
She continued, "When I first knew that I was not Jeffrey Radomil's own daughter, Chan asked me to find my own parents, but I didn't want to.
But they didn't know why.
"I'm afraid to begin a new life, and I'm afraid that my sudden appearance will make my unknown biological parents resist and hate me. I'm
also afraid that they have a new family and think I'm a burden. I don't want to be thrown down again."
Stella turned her head to look at William. The smile on her face widened. "But it's fine now. I know that I was not thrown down, but because
we were separated. You didn't feel disgusted or resisted by my appearance, nor do you think I'm a burden at all. That's enough for me."
William looked at her, smiled, and raised his hand to pat her head.
"In my memory, you are always the little girl who will cry when having nightmares in the middle of the night. How time flies, and you have
grown up."
Stella hugged his arm and rested her head on his shoulder. "Although we have been separated for twenty years, we still have a few decades to
go in the future. So Dad, let's start over."
"You, me, and Chan." Stella said, "Forget those unhappy things and let everything return to its original state. Before you and Chan go to
London, let's go to see Mom and tell her that our family has reunited, so she doesn't have to worry anymore."
William's gaze fell on the flowers in the garden. He said slowly, "Alright." reading more
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