Marina passed the menu to the waiter and said, “A cup of coffee and a glass of fruit juice. Thanks.”
“All right.” The waiter took over the menu and asked, “What kind of coffee would you like, Ma’am?”
“Anyone would be fine,” said Marina.
“Okay, Ma’am.” He left.
Loredana and Marina looked at each other in silence for a while. Loredana didn’t know how to start the conversation. Should she ask Marina how she had been recently? Obviously, she wasn’t doing great.
However, Loredana couldn’t find any suitable words for this moment.
Finally, Marina started a subject. “The bigger the baby grows to, you’ll feel more exhausted. Do you feel tired now?”
Loredana said in a low voice, “I’m all right, just more sleepy than before. I heard others were quite sleepy at the beginning, but I became sleepy very late.”
Marina smiled. After all, she had given birth before, so they had some common topics. “When I was carrying Noah, I also became sleepy very late. You didn’t get fat at all. I gained a lot of weight at that time. Before giving birth, I reached seventy kilograms already.”
Loredana smiled. “Probably it’s because of my constitution. I could hardly gain weight.”
When Marina still wanted to say something, the waiter came over. He served Marina with the coffee and Loredana with the juice. “Please let me know if you need anything else.”
Loredana hummed faintly. After he left, she picked up the juice and took a few sips.
Marina picked up her coffee but didn’t drink. She was considering how to tell Loredana about Jeffery.
However, no matter what she would say, the atmosphere would become quite embarrassing.
In the end, she gave up.
“Are you still in touch with Noah?” Marina put down the coffee and asked.
Loredana answered honestly, “No.”
After she had left town, she didn’t contact anyone, because she didn’t want to know what happened after that. Now she had come back, but she never discussed such things with Cormac. She tried to avoid anyone and anything from the Harris family.
“He joined the military.” Marina lowered her head, turning the coffee mug. “Have you heard things about your mother’s older brother?”
When she asked, she didn’t look at Loredana.
Upon hearing it, Loredana clenched her hands under the table but didn’t answer.
Marina knew that she had known it. With a smile, she said in an ironic tone, “It was on news. Everyone should have known it.”
After a pause, she continued, “I used to hate you at that time. No matter what, you should persuade Cormac. For your sake, he wouldn’t have done so much.”
Loredana didn’t agree with her at all. However, she didn’t speak it out. No matter Marina hate or complain about her, Loredana didn’t care at all.
She didn’t want to be trapped by things that had happened in the past. All she wanted was to lead a good life now.
She would never have conflicts with Cormac because of such things.
“But soon, I understood. It was truly your uncle’s fault. No matter if he had known it or not, he shouldn’t have done it. He had killed Victoria Forbis. After all, it was because he cared too much about Jolene.” Marina looked up at Loredana. “Your uncle went to turn himself in. Please don’t feel any pressure when facing Cormac. You don’t owe him anything. Your uncle has done so because he cared about your relationship with Cormac. In fact, he longs to see you.”
In the end, Marina started sobbing. They had a happy family before, but right now she was the only one at home. Due to Jeffery’s matter, there were a lot of rumors, so she seldom came out.
This was her first time coming out shopping after Jeffery was put in jail. Her cousin’s child was getting married, so she was shopping for a wedding gift.
Loredana’s heart fluctuated. No matter how much she wanted to avoid, even if she had deliberately ignored something, it still existed.
Her relationship with the Harris family was just an example.
She didn’t want to admit it, but it existed.
Marina wiped her eyes. “I’ve been too talkative. By the way, Noah is doing great in the military.”
That was the only thing that could delight her.
“I didn’t mean to ask you to do anything by talking to you. I’m just wondering if you could meet your uncle when he comes out,” Marina said in a begging tone. It was Jeffery’s wish.
As his wife, that was all she could do for her husband.
Loredana looked at Marina, and her mind was in a mess now. She had a lot of complicated feelings in her heart that she couldn’t calm down at all.
She couldn’t turn Marina down, but she didn’t want to have any connection with the Harris family.
After all, Jeffery had directly caused Victoria’s death.
“Is this request quite hard for you?” Marina couldn’t understand it. What was wrong with her meeting Jeffery?
Suddenly, she found that Loredana was cold-hearted.
“Do you only care about your husband instead of other family members?” Marina wanted to suppress her emotion, but she couldn’t help questioning Loredana.
Loredana stared at her for a few seconds. She wasn’t afraid that Marina would misunderstand, but she wanted Marina to know why she wanted to cut ties with the Harris family.
She explained, “When the car accident happened, she wouldn’t have died, but she protected me. I was safe and sound because she exchanged it with her own life. How am I supposed to face your husband?”
Her children had lost their grandmother and Cormac had lost his mother because of Jeffery. In all Cormac’s life, he wouldn’t be able to call Victoria “Mom”.
It was the regret in his whole lifetime.
It couldn’t be made up to by anything.
Marina was startled. She had never expected it would be like that.
“Well…”
“Please stop it. I don’t want to mention the past. I just want to lead a peaceful life with him.” After finishing her words, Loredana stood up. “I’ve gotta go now.” Marina also followed her to stand up. “Wait a minute…”
Loredana paused and looked back.
Marina was silent for a moment and continued, “Is there any possibility for you to change your mind? You used to get along well with Noah. Don’t you treasure your friendship at all? Do you want to cut the ties with us completely?”
Loredana didn’t know, and she couldn’t answer her questions now.
“I must go now.” She turned around again.
She wanted to leave those matters to the time. If time could cure everything, she wished that all her unhappiness would be faded as time went by.
Marina felt quite depressed. Both her husband and son cared about Loredana, but she was too ruthless. Although Jeffery did make a mistake, he turned himself in. Why couldn’t her heart be softened? “Whenever Noah called me, he always asked about you. I didn’t know how you were doing, but I lied to him that you were doing good and asked him not to worry. He kept asking about you because he cared about you as a family. Whenever I visited Jeffery, he also asked me if you had come back to town and been reconciled with Cormac. They both cared about you, but you don’t care about them at all. I truly feel disappointed.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.