344 | Will Find A Way
344 | Will Find A Way
Jennie continued to talk about the past and looked very sorrowful. She said, "Every time | saw Wayne the first few years after he was born, | remembered that horrible past. | felt terrible about James, so | kept traveling overseas and rarely returned home. As a result, Wayne and | had never been close for all those years.”
Jennie was away from home since she did not want to interfere with James' love life. When he met the proper person, she planned to divorce him. But James had done nothing for over a decade and didn't appear interested in dating other ladies.
Anna couldn't help but comment, "Don't you see it that James loved you deeply? Don't you know how much he loved you?"
Jennie gave a self-mocking laugh and said, "Of course, | can see that, I'm not stupid. Whenever he was around me, | could feel that he loved me very much. No matter how busy he was, he would pick me up at the airport and cook my favorite food every time I returned home. Even though Wayne and | were not familiar, James would teach him to call me ‘mom’."
Anna asked in disbelief, "Why?"
“at first, the whole situation made me feel really humiliated. | thought James was the most wonderful man on the planet. He was an attractive and talented man born into a wealthy family. Meanwhile, I was just a Woman who got pregnant because | was a total i***t, and | was not good enough for him.”
Jennie dried her tears and appeared to be terribly sorry. 344 | Will Find A Way:
Anna was overcome with sadness after hearing the whole story. She didn’t dare to ask any more questions, so she sat quietly. At that time, Jennie had reached the last page of the photo album, which included a photograph of her and James together. They were standing on the top of a hill, holding hands. Both were cheerfully smiling, and James was looking at her tenderly.
Anna was taken aback when she noticed the time in the lower right comer of the shot. She remembered that James had died in an accident not long after.
Jennie touched the photographs and sobbed, "We shot this photo in a beautiful valley at the time. We were planning to take Wayne and Peter there once Ryan was born and take a family picture together.”
However, they didn't make it.
Anna remained silent for a moment before recalling what Jennie had said before. "Do you suspect that William killed James?" she asked.
Jennie clinched her hands and widened her eyes. Tears ran down her cheeks like a river. She said, "Yes. Later on, William got divorced and came back here to see me. | didn't want to see him, so | rushed to a nearby mountain to hide from him. He then followed me there. If James hadn't arrived in time, I would have died with him. Later, William ran away. James drove down the mountain to catch up with him. On the way, the brakes of his car had a glitch, and he collided with a guardrail and tumbled off. After the investigation, the police said the accident was intentional, and | know that William must have had something to do with it."
"Did you talk to the police about this?"
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