Winnie was curious, but she did not ask Rufus, or it would be rude.
Then she continued.
“My aunt and Venessa are nice. My parents are composed, but Venessa and I are lively, we are more alike aunt.”
“I thank my aunt for taking care of my kids, or I could not make it.”
Winnie recalled that her aunt helped her when she was suffering.
“Yes, your aunt is good.”
Rufus knew that better than anyone. If Isobel was not good, he would not love her.
“Venessa is good too, she is sensible.”
Rufus liked Venessa.
“Yes, she is, she was mature because of the family accident. In the past, my parents spoiled her, I was afraid that she could not stand the family accident, but she was tough.”
Winnie sad emotionally, when she recalled the past.
“Yes, I like her, she is tough and will be a talent.”
“But she doesn’t look like you. Does she look like your Dad or Mom?”
Rufus said.
“She doesn’t like anyone in my family. We made a joke when we were kids that she was adopted.”
Winnie said with a smile, she missed that, it was beautiful.
“Every said she looked like Stella, they should be sisters.”
Winnie made a joke, but Rufus felt bitter.
They were sisters?
He frowned and had questions to ask, but it would be weird.
“They do look alike, probably she was adopted.”
He said jokingly too.
“You have that thought too, but I have my reason. I am eight years older than her, and one day I was home from school, she showed up suddenly. I asked my parents about it, and they told me that she is my sister who was born secretly by my Mom. I stayed with my Mom everyday, but I did not find her pregnant, so I joked with her that she was adopted.”
Winnie still said with a smile.
“She was angry in the begging, but she has got used to it, sometime she said she was not.”
“Since my parents died, I did not make that joke again, for fear that she would miss Mom and Dad…”
Winnie had doubts about what her parents said, but she felt Venessa was her only sister.
She continued to say, but it caused Rufus’ attention.
A child at her eight knew many things, she must know that her Mom was not pregnant, so it was suspectable that there was a sister suddenly.
“Winwin, when is Venessa’s birthday?”
Rufus pretended to be calm.
“19th March, she is turning 21. That day she showed up was her birthday.”
Winnie answered. She had doubts about her mother’s words, but she felt she had wrong memory since she was too small.
Rufus found that nine months ahead Venessa’s birthday was June.
He was shocked about that.
As the dinner was ready, Brian came back with Wendy.
Seeing Wendy, Winnie was disappointed, jealous and sad.
Brian should know that she was to leave today and he said he would send them to the airport, but why did he bring Wendy back?
Forgot it, they did not have too much time to have dinner together, if she could, she would she could leave with an excuse.
But now she could only head to the airport.
Megan and Luke were disappointed too.
But they had to be polite since their mother was around, and they could only say hello to Wendy.
After greeting with Wendy, Winnie went to the kitchen, followed by two children.
Brian thought he still had time to send Winnie, but he did not expect Winnie would be there.
Wendy had spent the afternoon with him and insisted to come with him, so he brought her here. When he saw Winnie, he felt his heart pulled together.
She was to leave in a minute, but he brought Wendy here, she must be sad and have no mood for the dinner.
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