It was almost lunchtime when Mr. Thomas suddenly requested to have a specific kind of chicken soup, which Sarah was to buy for him. Walking out of his room, she didn't know where she found that kind of soup in Los Angeles since she was not familiar with the place yet. Not knowing who to turn, she called Daniel to ask him for directions.
Daniel told her that he would be off work at noon and that he'd take her to the place during his lunch break. After just a few minutes, he came to accompany her to the restaurant.
Sarah didn't want to bother him and ask just to give her the directions, but Daniel insisted on taking her to the place himself, stating that it was too far to walk there.
After taking off his white coat, Daniel was ready to go with her
“Um… ” Sarah wanted to explain that she couldn't give it to him but was unable to find the words when she saw how much he liked it and decided not to say anything. Charles hadn't seen the tie yet after all, and Daniel didn't know where the tie came from, so there would be no problem, given that she was the only one who knew the real story behind it. Nothing would happen if she herself didn’t say anything.Daniel looked at Sarah’s gift with great happiness. After looking at it carefully for a while, he said, “The tie is wonderful. Zegna is a big international brand; this tie must be at least around one thousand dollars. How can you say that it is not good? I’ll give you something in return later!”“Ah… There's no need to give me anything in return, really.” She quickly refused.
Christina shouted. “Is that how you take care of a sick parent? He treats you so well, and this is how you treat him in return? You know he has heart disease and cannot be stimulated. How could you leave him alone for so long?”Sarah still stared at Christina in disbelief and tried to explain herself. “I just went to buy some food for him… He wanted to eat soup for lunch, so I went to buy it for him… ”But Christina wasn't satisfied with that answer and responded in a sharp tone, “Did you just buy some food for him? Or did you go out misbehaving?”Charles tried to intervene and said to Christina. “Mom, calm down and talk to her more privately. Why would you slap her?”Unwilling to listen to Charles, Christina
Sarah realized that Charles didn’t trust her. She didn’t know why it hurt so much, she felt like her world was collapsing in front of her. Charles continued to believe and defend others over her. Sarah realized that Charles would never completely trust her like he trusted Emma, he would always be suspicious of her.But why was he blindly trusting the others over her? That was the difference between Emma and her. Emma had his trust, whereas Sarah didn't.Christina interfered. “There’s no need to ask. What if she fell in love with somebody else, and you are the only one who doesn't know about it?”Sarah didn’t respond to Christina but just stared at Charles. After a few seconds, she asked. “Do you believe that? Charles, I just want to know what you think.” She stared at
Christina pretended to be agitated by her words and said. “Alas, I can’t stand her! Charles, how can you stand? She is your wife, why is she behaving so superior to us?”Charles also thought that Sarah was overreacting and said, “Sarah!” as if he was ordering her to calm down and stretched his hand out to her to pull her back.Sarah shook off his hands and freed herself from his attempt to restrain her. “I don’t need you to tell me what to do. What rights do you have to tell me what to do? Even though you are my husband, I am still a free person! You have no right to restrain me!”Sarah was so irritated but didn’t want to show her weakness in front of everyone, especially after Charles was taking his mother's side.Ch
Lost in her thoughts, she heard someone coming behind her, walking towards her step by step.Sarah hears the footsteps coming towards her. She was sure it was a man from the calm and steady rhythm. Was that Charles? Did Charles go and look for her?She couldn't help turning around, but the face she saw in the rain was not that of Charles as she so desperately wanted, but instead, it belonged to Daniel. He walked towards her in a hurry with an umbrella. Relieved to have found her finally, he exclaimed. “Sarah, I finally found you!” Then he strode up and put the umbrella on top of her head to protect her from the drizzling rain.Sarah looked at him, wondering why her heart was
Daniel saw that she was still hesitating and remained silent. He placed his hand on her shoulder and held her tightly as if he wanted to give her power, then he finally said. “Whatever you choose, I will always support you from behind. If you are tired or wronged, don't forget me. I am here for you.”When he said it, his voice became a little softer and hesitant, as if he was afraid to frighten her. After a short pause, Daniel added with caution, “I welcome you here anytime. I can be your final haven!”His words sounded like a promise. In fact, it was a promise from a man to a woman. Sarah was shocked and looked blankly and with a trace of bewilderment up to Daniel as if she couldn't understand him.Daniel looked straight at her to g
Sarah didn't want to argue with him anymore, especially after he mentioned his mother and took her words over her again without answering her questions. She was tired of listening to Charles' excuses and didn’t expect him to be so persistent to question her. She really hated talking with him like this, especially in public, so she shook off his restraining hand and said firmly. “Charles, I’ve already answered you, so please just stop, ok?”However, Charles didn’t let go of her. “Sarah, are you really that cold-blooded? I’ve done so many things for you, haven’t I? Don’t you realize that?”Sarah didn’t want to hear him and didn’t want to continue arguing, so she shook his hands off more forcefully and strode away.All she had wanted was to visit M
Sarah didn't respond but was curling up in pain, holding tightly onto her lower abdomen. Charles stepped over to her and asked, this time with a concerned voice. “Sarah, what’s wrong? Can you stand up?”But Sarah still didn't respond, just kept agonizing on the floor. Starting to become worried, he squatted down to help her, “Sarah, what’s wrong with you? What happened?”Sarah groaned again, her hands on her stomach, biting her lips. “My belly…is hurting!”Daniel had managed to open the door, both angry and anxious at the same time. He rushed in to help Sarah and was shocked to see her curling up in pain. Trying to help her get up, he asked, “Sarah, what’s wrong?”Sarah was in too much pain to answe
Charles seemed satisfied with her answer. He hugged her and kissed her forehead as he said, “Maybe tomorrow… You’ll see something different!”Something different? What was different about Christina? Sarah didn’t understand what he meant but was reluctant to think about it any further. Their road ahead was still uncertain in terms of what Christina was concerned about. For now, she was tired and didn’t want to think about anything frightening.The next morning Charles got up early but didn't disturb Sarah. Their maid prepared breakfast for them, and when everything was ready, Charles went to wake Sarah up. When Sarah woke up, she found that it was only seven o’clock in the morning. It was still so early, so she asked, “Why did you get up so early?&r
It had been six months since Sarah gave Charles one last chance at the airport. They now were living happy and in love, far away from Christina and Emma. Their life had finally turned peaceful again, even though Charles was very busy maintaining two companies.Christina was serving a 3-year prison sentence, and Emma had gone to travel.Every night when Charles came home late, he looked exhausted to the point that he could hardly open his eyes. Sarah felt bad for him, but there was nothing she could do to alleviate his workload.As the only son, Charles was responsible for continuing the family business. The was now the head of both Thomas companies, and Sarah understood what he was going through.Previously she had been furious when he mentioned that his aunt would
It was 1:20 p.m. Sarah's flight had started boarding.Sarah got up, took her luggage, and was about to queue for the final security check before boarding, when suddenly someone stepped in front of her and grabbed her bags, preventing her from leaving.Sarah looked up and saw Charles’s aunt in front of her. Surprised, she asked coldly, “Aunt… You…What are you doing?”Her aunt simply responded. “Let’s talk!”Sarah looked at her for a moment and understood her intentions, then lowered her head and said. “No, I know what you want, but I’ve decided to leave for good. Charles and I brok
The police advised Charles to leave. Charles glanced at his mother but couldn't tolerate seeing her out of control and turned to leave. Christina's screams were heard from the outside as she resisted the police who were handcuffing her until she finally collapsed in sadness and anger.Charles turned to the wall, lowered his head, and punched the wall fiercely with his fist, decadent and frustrated. No matter what, that woman was his mother. Despite everything she had done to him, he still felt sad to see her in this condition.Daniel walked toward him and patted him on the shoulder. “I know it's hard. If it helps, cry it out. She is your mom after all, and nobody will blame you for feeling this way.”Charles turned around and looked at Daniel with red and wet eyes. It was evident that he was crying insid
Charles didn’t answer any of their questions. Instead, he took a microphone and looked straight at the camera with a worried and sad expression. After a long silence, he finally said.“You will get the answers to your questions later. For now, I need to say something. Sarah, where are you now? I’m sorry, but I’ve been waiting for you to come back. Are you watching this? I’ve been waiting for you. Can you hear me?” His eyes were filled with love and desperation. He looked gaunt and as if he was suffering from something. He looked like he was searching and waiting for her. His words sounded so sincere as if he was willing to do anything for her to come back.When seeing it, Sarah became even sadder and started to cry. She quickly wiped her tears and turned to leave in silence, without looking back.
Sarah answered in a hurry, “I'm not escaping, I just want to see the news. Something is going on, and I need to see it! Please let me see the news.” Sarah threw all her belongings and started to run.The two guys were about to chase her but had to be careful not to attract unwanted attention from the secret police patrolling the airport. However, as soon as those policemen saw them, they communicated through their walkie-talkie and came towards them as if they knew who they were, and we're going to arrest them.Surprised, one of the criminals asked. “What’s going on? The cops are coming towards us!”The other criminal looked toward the cops and said. “Stay calm, maybe they are not after us. We have to remain calm!”More and more
He owed her the promise of a happy life. Knowing that he couldn’t keep his promise to her anymore, given that they had no future together, she wanted to go to Texas and see the tulips by herself, and then from there to the Maldives, just like they had planned before everything had fallen apart. She was going to achieve her dreams, and on the way, forgets about Charles. She wasn't willing to live in regrets for the rest of her life.Once the gang leader noticed that Sarah had figured out a plan, he immediately became kind to her, “Okay, you can go anywhere you want. We’ll handle all the formalities right now. You’d better leave right away and never come back. Charles can never see you again!”Sarah was still numb but answered dazedly, “If I leave, I won’t
"Every time he suspects you of something, you will get hurt deeper and deeper. Is it worth it? We were hired to do a job, and we are going to finish it. I tried to reason with you and to leave Charles willingly. If you think about it, I’m quite helpful to you, right? I'm actually helping you to unveil the real Charles in front of you, you should be grateful to have this chance to escape. Isn't it better for you to just leave now while you still can?”Sarah spits on his face in response. That criminal burst in anger and slapped her face, scorning, “I'm done with you, I have other things to tend to. I'll give you two days to think about what you want to do next. If you still refuse to reason at the end of two days, I will kill you without hesitating. I'm wasting my time trying to talk sense into a silly woman like you!”
Charles looked worried. Sarah clearly heard him sigh genuinely before he said, “I don’t understand why Sarah did this to me. I really don’t know. Am I not good enough for her?”Emma comforted him. “Don’t be a sad brother. That woman is not worthy of you. She doesn't value you or all you have done for her. You went after her, giving in to her demands over and over again, but she continued to lose her temper with you. You see, you should be glad she left you this time!”Charles sat down on the grass near the highway, with hands in his hair in desperation. In a sad tone, he continued. “What did I do wrong for her to hurt our child and leave me? She told me the abortion was a planned attack on her, but it never crossed my mind that she did it a