Tina's cold hand was held tightly by Tracey's. She barely maintained her composure. "So what?"
"If that curse is true, will your fate be the same as theirs?" Tracey tried hard to hold back her tears.
Before coming here, she had thought that this curse might just be a rumor. But Tina's face told her she was wrong.
At the very least, that curse thing was real.
"No! Who told you this? It's the 21st century. Why are you so superstitious? Didn't you go to college?" Tina soon recovered her cold face.
"With the medical advances, why did your mother outlive your grandmother?" Tracey continued to ask.
"This is just a coincidence. Medical advances don't mean people have to live longer. If that's all you want to say, off you go." Tina told her to leave.
Tracey rushed to her, her arms tightly holding her. "Mom, I know it's you. It's okay if you don't want to admit it. I won't force you.
"But you should at least tell me whether the curse is true or not. I want to do something for you. I'm not superstitious, but I want you to live.
"We can be strangers for good, as long as you live a happy life."
Tina trembled in her arms. What mother didn't get a twinge when she heard that?
But what could she do? If she could, she would definitely tell Tracey everything!
The point was, she couldn't get Tracey involved with this family. It was just too dangerous.
They both wanted each other to be happy. That was why they were so sad.
"Mom, you know what? All these years I thought you were dead. You being alive is the best thing that ever happened to me.
"At first, I hated you. I thought you abandoned me because you didn't want me to get in the way of your new life.
"At that time, I thought you left because Dad and Carmen. Later, I knew it was not like this. You love me more than anyone else.
"You didn't leave me because you hated me, you left me because you wanted to protect me.
"Maybe you're in a world of hurt right now, so you refuse to admit that you're my mother.
"But Mom, you're the closest thing I have to family in the world. You gave me life and raised me.
"As your daughter, shouldn't I do something for you? I want to help you take some of the pain, can I, Mom?"
Tina's eyes were already red. She wanted to tell Tracey everything, but she stopped herself. She didn't want all those years of work to go to waste.
With Tracey's personality, she would definitely stay by her side and even offer to become the next master. That way, she would lose her happiness.
"No, I can't be so selfish. I can't let my baby daughter take the pain for me." Tina said in her heart.
She wiped her tears silently. "Tracey, I am not your mother. Your mother died a long time ago. I'm the master of the R family, not Venus."
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