“How dare you take Sammy to see that indecent surrogate mother! You’ll be dismissed and disowned for this!” John Rowland said in a rage.
“Father! Sammy is supposed to stay with his mother! He needs her love!” William tried to explain.
“Then leave the Rowland Group! You are no longer CEO of the company!” John hung up the phone.
Sherry realized there must be something serious. Though she didn’t grasp a whole picture of this, what William said about her son not leaving her was fully impressive.
Perhaps, he was not that malevolent!
How could a man caring about mother’s love for a child be malicious? As she thought, she felt her opinion towards William was not unswerving.
William turned back, greeted by her standing beside the dining table and his son next to the kitchen door in alarm. The boy asked, “Dad, is that grandpa? Is he angry?”
Grandpa had been a profile of anger to the boy.
William shook his head without words. Then he replied, “No, he isn’t. He wants you to have fun!”
Sherry was a little surprised, as that was obviously not what the old man had said.
But she was responded by a mere glance from William, who looked thoughtful, his eyes deep.
“Really! Then I can spend the whole day with mom, right?” Samuel asked.
“Of course!” William nodded. “Go and eat now!”
“So nice! Time for breakfast!” Samuel had never been so free as he was now, didn’t have to go to kindergarten, grandpa not irritated at all. Everything looked so good to him!
“Sammy, try this!” Sherry put the fried eggs into her son’s plate. “And drink some milk. It makes you strong!”
She went on to make more fried eggs. She noticed that there were quite a few fresh ingredients in the refrigerator, probably owing to his order early in the morning. Then she made some oatmeal.
While the breakfast was well-prepared, she began to worry about Daniel, not knowing how he was in the school. Though now she was reunited with Samuel, she was yet to feel at ease.
William sat down. Not given the chopsticks, he reached out to grab hers and started to eat.
“What, you!” Sherry glared at him, while he raised his eyebrows, saying, “You didn’t give me these!”
“Dad, I’ll fetch you a pair! Give them back to mom. She is going to cry!” Sammy jumped off the chair and rushed to the kitchen.
Head down, Sherry blamed William silently. But what did his father say on the phone? His response evoked complicated emotions in her.
After the meal, William left!
When Sherry called Leon for leave, she was told that William had arranged her resignation.
Damn it! How bossy he was to make her quit the job without letting her know!
How detestable!
“Sherry, what happened? Will had called to say you would quit. Are you alright?” Leon was concerned about her, trying to figure out the situation.
“I’m good, Leon. Just a small problem. Could I take a day off? I won’t quit my job. It really matters to me!” Sherry was embarrassed. Though Leon was Celia’s brother, she felt ashamed of her frequent leave.
“Alright, that’s no problem. But what about Will?”
“Don’t care about him. Leon, I won’t quit!” Sherry was determined and proceeded, “I’ll go back to work tomorrow!”
“Alright!” After hanging up the phone, Leon felt more confused at the relationship between Sherry and William. It seemed they were close.
“Sammy, let’s go back to mom’s house, shall we?” Sherry asked.
She decided to take her son back to her own apartment!
“Mom, but don’t we wait for dad? He said we stay here and wait for him! He also said he would take Dan back home! Is Dan my elder brother or little brother? Dad said both Dan and I are your children!” Samuel looked at her with his big round eyes in surprise.
“Really? When did he say that?” Sherry had never expected him to say so. What did William really want? “I don’t know whether you are older than Dan or not.”
They should be about the same age.
Samuel looked at her full of doubts, then lowered his head and frowned. “How come you don’t know?”
Responding to his wondering eyes, Sherry, thinking that Dan was less childish, said, “Sammy, Dan is older than you. He’s your elder brother. He will protect you from now on! Do you like brother Dan?”
She was being cautious, worrying about whether the two kids would be jealous of each other.
“Yes! I like him!” Samuel nodded, delighted to have a brother.
“Did dad really say he would take Dan back home? Did he know that your brother went to another school?” Sherry asked.
“Dad didn’t say that!” Samuel frowned. “Then let’s pick him up, and then we call dad, shall we?”
“Yes! Clever boy!” Sherry hung out with the boy until in the afternoon, when she fetched Daniel and took her two boys back to her apartment.
“Mom, how come Sammy becomes your child?” Daniel doubted.
While Sherry found it hard to tell the whole story, Sammy said, “Dan, do you think we’re twins?”
Daniel shook his head, staring at Sherry, quite puzzled, thinking that if Samuel was her child, she and Mr. Rowland should have long known each other.
“Dan, you and Sammy are all my children. From now on, we are a family. I hope you two get along well. Then there’s nothing else I want!”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...