“Mr. Fontaine promised me three wishes, and as long as I request for them, you have to answer no matter the time and place.” Ginny smirked. She already had an idea in her head. When Mona heard Ginny, she finally understood what the three wishes meant. She scoffed inwardly, calling Ginny a cunning yet clever person. Debts of gratitude were the hardest to repay. She had not wanted Thaddeus to repay her financially or materialistically because she knew that once Thaddeus completed the payment, it would be over for the two of them. However, with three wishes, she could stay in Thaddeus’ life for the rest of her life if used properly.Ginny then made her first request. “From today onward, I want to move in with you. Moreover, you have to take care of me, live with me, feed me, and provide for me. Unless I move out on my own, no one can ask me to leave.” “You want to move in with us?” Ginny’s request surprised Thaddeus. It seemed he had overestimated her humility and dignity.
The man turned around with a frown. “Why are you laughing?” Jennifer was delighted. “What goes around, comes around. What I have suffered, now Mona has to suffer them all.” “You’re wrong, Mother. I’m not like my father.” Jennifer scoffed and smiled bitterly. “Men are all the same. When the temptation is in front of your eyes, can you really resist?” Thaddeus kept quiet, but his deep eyes had a strong hint of determination and firmness. “Of course.” “We’ll see about that. I don’t think Ginny has put all her cards on the table yet.” Then, Thaddeus’ assistant came in with a document and whispered something in his ears. Thaddeus took the document from him and said in a small voice, “Let’s talk outside.” Once the two of them were outside the ward, Thaddeus opened up the document in the corridor while the assistant explained to him about the content. “Sir, I’ve checked on Baxter Ortega and his wife, Kendra. They did have a hospitalization record in the hospital’s gynecolo
The husband and wife must love each other very much. It was probably due to the husband’s unconditional love that the wife would try to escape from the hospital after an operation to have ice cream. “Geez. The operation was a success, and I’m fine. Why can’t I get an ice cream to celebrate?” The woman jokingly punched the man and grumbled, “The doctor said I could have ice cream. Do you know how bitter my mouth is after having to eat all those medicines for days? Now you’re trying to stop me from getting ice cream! How cruel!” The man took a piece of candy from his pocket and said, “Here. I know you don’t like the bitter taste in your mouth, so I got this for you.” The man sighed. Since he always lost an argument with his wife, he had learned to adapt to her ways. “Nope. You can have it. I don’t want it.” The woman glanced at the candy on the man’s palm and refused to take it. The elevator then arrived on the first floor and opened up. The man invited Mona to have desse
Ginny removed her innocent disguise and surprised Mona with her strong ambitions. “Mona, I need some help!” Someone called Mona from behind. Mona turned to see Joan, who had disappeared for days, coming down from her lavishing car. There was even a handsome young man in her passenger seat. Joan pointed at her trunk full of presents and smiled brightly at her. “I went to Malaysia for a couple of days and bought tons of presents from their duty-free shops. Come and help me with the presents.” When Joan opened the rear door, the trunk, bags, and boxes started falling out. Mona was stunned. Joan had bought a whole car full of presents and souvenirs. It was as if she bought out the entire tax-free shop. It was unbelievable! Joan found the young man a nuisance, so she dragged him out of the car and told him to leave. The young man looked sad. He tossed a flying kiss to Joan and winked at her. “See you next time, darling.” Mona had goosebumps all over her body when she s
After they went into the house, Mona told Joan everything in a steady stream of words. Joan was furious when she learned the truth. She jumped to her feet to exclaim, “What three wishes is she going on about? That woman is evil! She’s moving into the house with you now, so does it mean she’s sleeping on the same bed with your husband next?” Joan poked Mona’s forehead and added, “Don’t be so dumb. You cannot let others take advantage of you like that.” Mona felt helpless as well. “Joan, Thaddeus’ career is involved, and Ginny Kimball isn’t as simple as she looks. If we don’t fulfill her request, she will escalate the matter and ruin Thaddeus’ reputation. Then, his competitors will get a chance to overtake him.” Joan went silent after she heard Mona’s explanation. After considering the ups and downs of the situation, she felt sorry for Mona and whatever she had to go through. Mona was an understanding girl and the Fontaines were fortunate to have her as a daughter-in-law. “Yo
Ginny narrowed her eyes and observed Joan’s reaction. Her lips curled into a wicked grin. Joan’s eyes were flickering and she only calmed down when she looked at Mona. “The child that she mentioned…it might be my child.” Mona was shocked. “Your child?” Joan pleaded, “Mona, can you ask Sebastian to get the key to that building? Come with me. I want to go have a look.” Mona nodded. “Okay. I’ll go ask for the key.” She knew about the building in the backyard, but it was closed most of the time and the servants did not need to clean up the place. Now that Ginny said it was haunted, Mona suddenly felt the chills. When Mona asked Sebastian for the key, the man’s expression seemed strange. He stammered as he tried to dissuade Mona from going there. Mona wanted to know more, but the building seemed to be a taboo among the servants, so everyone she asked either told her to be careful or not go there at all. The more they dissuaded her, the more curious she got. She had to find o
The tablet had a name engraved on it: Sunny. There was a date beside the name but that was it. Mona counted and realized that the date was around six years ago. Ginny said the house was haunted and that someone had done a ceremony to trap the soul there. Seeing the memorial tablet, the news seemed to be verified. Was the child somehow related to Joan? Was the child Joan’s? Mona saw Joan stare at the memorial tablet blankly. Joan was in shock and disbelief. Then, she grabbed the box that held the ashes of the deceased and held it in her arms as if she was carrying a baby. She held it tightly and started to sing a lullaby to it. “Joan, is Sunny your child?” “Shhh!” Joan looked like she was in a trance. She put her finger at her lips and silenced Mona. “It’s been a long time since I saw Sunny. She’s sleeping. Don’t wake her. Sunny is a scaredy cat.” Mona was speechless. Suddenly, the sky turned dark. She looked outside the window and realized dark clouds shrouded the
Less than five minutes later, Joan came out with an old, broken doll in her hands. “Joan, where did you go?” Mona came down from Thaddeus’ arms and went over to the woman. Joan's face was streaked with dried tear marks as if she had just cried. “I feel like my child is still inside, like she’s still alive. I went upstairs and found her favorite doll.” Joan was deeply shaken, and her concentration drifted. Then, she suddenly realized the problem. “Why are my child’s things in there? Why are they here at your house?” “This isn’t your child, Joan,” Thaddeus said coldly. “I heard from my mother that the things in this house belonged to a child of one of the servants. The servant helped our family a lot and even saved my father’s life once, so my father allowed the servant and his family to live here.” Joan shook her head. “No. No! That memorial tablet has my child’s name on it! And this doll…I bought this for Sunny when she was young. How…” She refused to believe it or accept i