Everett stopped.
Leona turned around and looked at the person standing with his back to her. She clenched her hands and rushed over towards Everett. She said, "Everett, I have something to tell you."
Leona said so as if she summoned up great courage.
Everett looked at Leona. Her eyes were filled with determination.
She seemed to make an important decision.
Everett looked away and walked up the stairs.
Leona couldn't care less and followed him upstairs.
Emma and Cristina, who were playing checkers in the living room, looked over and saw them gradually disappear from their sight.
Emma asked, "What happened to her?"
Cristina forced a smile and said, "A son is acting like a son. A daughter-in-law is not acting like a daughter-in-law. What do you think?"
Emma saw her expression and said, "I heard some rumor. Is it true?"
Cristina looked up at Emma and said, "Although the gossips are always fake, it's not necessarily groundless."
Emma frowned. "In that case, it's really troublesome."
Cristina looked upstairs. No one was there. It was empty.
However, being empty didn't mean that the people had never been there.
"But there's no other way. It's now up to the young people."
Her father cared about them at the beginning, but now, he washed his hands of them.
He couldn't control them anymore. He cared about them too much.
There was nothing he could do.
Emma sighed. "I hope they're all fine."
Everett went back to the guest bedroom instead of his own bedroom.
Melody was now living in his old bedroom.
Leona followed him in.
"Everett, I want to say..."
Leona said as soon as the door closed, but she didn't know how to continue.
Everett sat on the sofa with his hands crossed on his lap.
He looked at Leona as if she was an investor. He was as calm and ruthless as a businessman.
Seeing Everett like this, Leona was lost for words.
The bedroom was quiet for a moment.
However, the silence did not last long. Everett spoke.
"Let me guess what you want to say."
His voice was low and deep. It upset the one who heard him.
Leona gripped her hands and became nervous.
Everett said, "You want me to give up and don't go to Olivia."
"Melody is the right one for me."
"You are doing this for my own good."
"And for the sake of our family."
His sentences were all brief, but it seemed to be the first time Everett had said so many words to Leona.
Leona opened her mouth. She wanted to say something, but she was unable to utter a single sound.
Everett got up and walked to Leona. He stopped in front of her.
Only then did Leona realize that Everett was tall. He was like a huge shadow that completely shrouded her.
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