The woman was still crying without reply, making Katherine look like a villain.
She thought for a while and replied, “That’s it. I have to go.”
The woman made a short sound. Without hearing her reply, Katherine already hanged up the phone.
She squeezed the phone in her hand, compressed her lips and was in a trance.
She was not upset, but only thought her life was in a mess and she couldn’t find any clue.
Katherine was not in the mood to cook. She boiled a bag of instant noodles and ate randomly. Then she went upstairs.
She received Kyle’s call when it was dark outside.
Kyle was downstairs and said he came to visit. He was a bit surprised when seeing she already turned off the light in the first floor.
Katherine went to open the door for him sluggishly and sat on the sofa.
Kyle brought lots of food with him. It seemed he didn’t have dinner yet.
He didn’t bother Katherine, but took things out in the kitchen and went to the table.
He smiled happily and said, “Come on. I have also bought beers. Let’s indulge tonight.”
The house was full of the smell of barbeque.
Katherine didn’t have an appetite. However, she couldn’t resist the attractive smell.
She also went to the table and found Kyle already set the table.
He even opened the beers for them.
Katherine sat down and asked, “What’s wrong? Why are you in a mood to drop by?”
Kyle sighed, “I just miss the days when Hector and us have meals together. After he went to the competition, we haven’t had meals together. That’s why I am here.”
Katherine smiled, “Yes, I also miss the old days.”
Although she couldn’t remember the details of what happened during those days, she seemed to be in a good mood every day and there was nothing to bother her.
Now she had found her life goal, but troubles kept coming for her.
Kyle handled the beet to Katherine and said, “I hope Hector can get a good mark and we can gather together again.”
Katherine sighed because if Hector really started his musical career, it would be rare for them to be together.
They all had their own things to do. Life was tough and there was little time for them to spoil.
Katherine didn’t say anything but drunk up the beer.
Kyle didn’t know Katherine was in a bad mood and only regarded her as having fun.
They continued eating. Gradually, both of them were a bit drunk.
Katherine leaned against the chair. She stared at the ceiling and said in a low voice, “I was alone when my grandfather got ill. I didn’t know anything about life at that time. I hate my parents so much for not coming back. How could they be so cruel by leaving me alone for so many years?”
Kyle was also drunk and couldn’t get her point clearly.
Katherine didn’t expect Kyle to understand her tragic life in the past but just wanted to pour out all her sadness, “Then my grandfather passed away. My hometown really had lots of old customs to let the elder son break a basin. I told them I could do this, but those elder people rejected because they said my father was still alive. They couldn’t let me break the basin. If the basin was not broken, they believed that people couldn’t go to heaven.”
Tears ran down from her eyes and she continued, “I told them that my father died in my heart when they decided abandon grandpa and me many years ago. I am the only family of grandpa.
She swept her tears and asked, “He never came back to visit us after so many years past. Don’t you think it equals to that he had been dying away from our life?”
She almost asked if her father had remarried and had another child and were living a good life.
Hadn’t they thought about how tough life was for her and her grandfather?
Katherine waited for a while. Then she swept her face and sat up, finding Kyle was not in the kitchen.
Kyle went to the living room and fell asleep on a yoga mattress.
Katherine stared at him for a while standing at the door of dining room and then brought over a blanket to cover him.
She then went to the kitchen and cleaned the table.
She was drunk at first. However, after saying to herself for a long time, she was completely sober.
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