“Haven’t Mr. Rowland done this before? Didn’t you forbid mummy and William to see each other? Isn’t the situation now comply to your wishes?” Dan wasn’t going to back off. “William, please go out. Mummy, don’t you want to see him?”
Sherry was stunned for a moment before nodding subconsciously.
“Look, my mummy doesn’t want to see William, so, please go out, both of you!”
“Your mummy never said that she doesn’t want to see me!” John said vehemently.
“In the end, I don’t like you guys! Mummy has suffered because of you, I don’t like that! Samuel, get them out of here!”
“But…” Samuel didn’t dare to do that.
“Then you should go out too! Don’t come to see mummy ever again!” Dan wasn’t going to hear what they wanted to say. At the moment, he was consumed by rage. He was beyond angry!
“Dan, stop acting like that. Mr. Rowland is your elder!” Sherry tugged her son’s shirt.
Only then did Dan stopped his blabbering. He stopped shunning John, but instead he had got William out of the place.
Nobody would foresee that Dan’s appearance here would instead worsen the chances of John being able to see Sherry. He slumped onto a bench and was stuck in a stupor.
Since when was his life such a huge mess as it was right now?
Dan was by Sherry’s side for three whole days, and the two children didn’t even go to school.
Sherry had applied for a leave of absence without specifying any reason. She just mentioned that there was something that needed her attention.
On the other hand, Cohen hadn’t seen Sherry for three days, and he was very worried about her. He couldn’t know that such a thing had happened.
In a medical ward, Mrs. Howe had delivered some nutritious items to Sherry. Sherry was drinking soup while John had returned home.
Dan and Samuel had fallen asleep on a small bed that John had ordered his driver to buy.
After all, they were still children, and they wouldn’t be able to hold on very long. Sherry was able to recover quite fast. The doctor only needed to observe her for a little more, and as long as she no longer bled, she could be discharged from the hospital very soon.
Despite that, Mrs. Howe held on to the opinion that a woman needed to take extra care especially in confinement after giving birth because a woman’s body was very precious. If something went wrong, one would fall sick very quickly.
After Sherry had finished her soup, she told Mrs. Howe, “Mrs. Howe, you should go back now. I have recovered a lot, and I can walk now!”
After three days, Mrs. Howe had become very familiar with Sherry, and upon recalling William’s appearance in the corridor in the past three days without leaving that place, she couldn’t help urging Sherry, “Sherry, the young master is just outside the ward. You should let him come to see you!”
Sherry felt her frame tense. Why was he still here? Didn’t she ask him to go back already some time ago?
It had been three days, and he was still here!
Mrs. Howe saw that Sherry was stuck in a dilemma, so she continued to persuade her, “The young master didn’t have a good rest in the past three days. When you fell asleep, he would come in to watch you; When you woke up, he would immediately exited the ward! The young master never experienced this type of hardship previously since he was pampered from when he was still a child. Maybe he wouldn’t be able to take everything into consideration since he was like the typical careless and oblivious man. Although he wouldn’t be able to take care of every little detail, he still cares a lot about you! Sherry, please get back together on good terms with the young master. If you continue to ignore him, I am afraid that he might fall sick!”
“Ask him to come in!” Sherry finally made up her mind.
“Are you for real?” Mrs. Howe was delighted to hear that, “I will ask him to come in now!”
William was seated on a long bench outside the ward, and his eyes were bloodshot at the moment. Despite that, he willed himself to stay awake since Sherry hadn’t forgiven him yet. He wouldn’t think of anything else except that!
“Young master, go in now!” Mrs. Howe grabbed his shirt excitedly. “Sherry is asking you to go in!”
“Re—Really?” William was stunned slightly, and he snapped his head upwards abruptly, “Mrs. Howe, are you lying to me?”
“Why should I lie to you? Go in now, I will ask the driver to fetch the children back home to sleep. Cherish this chance well!” Mrs. Howe was summoning the driver as she replied him.
As the door opened, Sherry didn’t see William. Instead, the driver came into the room and following from behind was Mrs. Howe smiling face, “The children are exhausted after watching over you for the whole night. I will let the driver send them back home to rest!”
“But…” Sherry couldn’t finish her sentence when the driver carried those two children deep in slumber away!
William came in at this moment, and Mrs. Howe quietly shut the door of the ward.
Sherry shot a glance at William and discovered that his mustache was longer than before and he was still wearing the same clothes from three days ago. He had been standing by outside the ward the past few days, and she knew that he would come into take a look at her when she was sleeping. However, sometimes Dan would stop him from getting past him, and all he could do was sighing profusely and helplessly.
Ever since he came in, he only stared at her without saying a word. He was afraid that he would be told to get lost once again after saying something inappropriately.
Sherry looked at William expressionlessly, and when he studied his forlorn and dilapidated look and bloodshot eyes, her neutral face flashed a hint of worry for him, but it was only for a moment. She then regained her neutral look as she began, “Why didn’t you go back home?”
He froze for a second, and then a look for jubilance appeared on his face. Was she finally willing to talk to him?
“Sherry, you finally are willing to talk to me?” He hurried to her side and sat down on the chair by the bed. He was watching her face with a certain tenderness. It had been three days, but he would happily accept that if this was what he could expect as the outcome.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...