Rufus continued to vent.
"All the years we've been married, I've never blamed you for whatever you've been doing out there, and I've even had to hide it for you. You shouldn't even have left the conundrum to me for the sake of this."
"I can keep it a secret, and I can carry the fault for you. But what about the kids? How should I explain to Brian and Stella?"
Painful questions came one after another, yet not a single voice responded.
Rufus asked for a long time, painful and helpless.
His gaze shifted to the tombstone next to him with sudden extra hatred.
"You're not a man, you're not in charge."
This tombstone may be the only place Rufus can vent, if the person on the tombstone was a bit in charge, things might not develop into this way now.
Having said that, Rufus was better seemingly.
For so many years, because of this matter, both kids hated him. But in a way it was aggravating and four people should be blamed.
It was inherently unfair to let two people take the blame for the fault of four. And as soon as they died, they put the blame for who were on the living.
Rufus left the tomb and walked out of the cemetery with Paul.
"Paul, you're the only one who knows all about it. These two are lying here, relaxed and at ease. Isobel and I have to suffer all."
"I'm a man, I can endure it. But Isobel is a woman, it isn't cruel for her."
Rufus was still recounting the incident and was heartbroken for Isobel because of it.
"Rufus, since it's not easy for you, it must be even more difficult for Isobel. Her brother and her sister-in-law, even Winwin and Vanessa have a hard time. This family had suffered misfortune because of it."
Paul deeply appreciated how difficult it was for the Chambers family; they had done nothing wrong, but had taken on what they shouldn't.
"She felt home and had given birth to a kid before she returned. Her brother and sister-in-law treated her child as their own daughter, and since then, Isobel had been for medical support."
"It's been more than ten years since she left, and if it weren't for her brother and sister-in-law’s death, I guess she would have lived like this for the rest of her life."
Paul said with emotion, however, it had not been as simple as Rufus being sorry for Isobel alone.
"This matter affects four generations of your family, you're sorry for Isobel, but I think Brian is sorry for Winwin too."
"Winwin and her aunt were tough, or they would have been crushed by fate long ago."
Paul said this to get Rufus to end this quickly.
There was no point in his coming to the cemetery. It only gave his heart a chance to breathe and he just had some rest.
After all, she had died and nothing could be done to help. The problems should be solved by the living.
"I didn't expect to harm so many people. I guess I'll go to hell when I die."
Rufus snorted disdainfully, it was better to die and go to hell, for he didn't want to see those two irresponsible people, didn't want to see his wife who made the kids suffer.
"Do you regret liking Isobel?"
Paul asked Rufus with a sideways glance.
"No, falling in love with Isobel is the least regrettable thing I've ever done in my life. What I regret is lying to Isobel, what I regret is not ending my wrong marriage sooner, and what I regret even more is just following my father's arrangement."
Rufus' answer was confident, because he never regretted having truly loved. Even if more problems were left behind now, he never regretted loving Isobel.
Isobel had been in his heart since the day they met. He would love her for the rest of his life.
"Since you don't regret it, it's better to find a way to solve it. The sooner you solve it, the sooner you can be with Isobel. You can't still be alone for the rest of your life."
Hearing that, Paul knew Rufus would persevere. Regardless of the outcome, it was still important to encourage him to keep hanging in there.
It was Friday, and Winnie was still thinking which day to go back.
If she wanted to avoid Brian, she couldn't go back on Friday night, but she had just checked that Saturday's flight was booked out. If she wanted to go back and avoided Brian, she could only book a flight for Sunday.
If she went back on Sunday, it was thanksgiving on Monday, and she had to rush back to C City in the evening, which seemed to be rushed.
Just when Winnie was hesitant to know which day to book the flight, Morgan's call came in.
"Director Chambers, I'm outside your school. I have something for you, can you come out?"
"Now?"
Winnie had just finished school and hadn’t walked to her dorm room yet, and she didn’t expect Morgan to come at this hour.
"Yes, right now."
Morgan had been waiting for Winnie to get out of class before making this call.
Morgan had inquired at the janitor's office about the time Winnie’s class was over.
"Okay then, I'll be out in a minute."
Winnie hung up the phone, and asked her classmate to take the materials back to her dorm room, and then went to the school entrance.
"Why we can’t talk over the phone?"
Winnie's voice fell, and her feet stopped. Standing right in front of Morgan, she wanted to know what he was here for.
"It's something important."
Morgan smiled awkwardly, because it would be tragic for him if this mission was not completed.
"Go ahead then."
Winnie smiled gently.
The plane landed at 8pm and it was already 8:10pm when they walked out of the exit.
Winnie had just walked out when two figures pounced on her.
"Mom."
"Mom."
The two kids jumped into Winnie's arms at the same time, which only made Winnie feel that her return was worth it, and it warmed her heart.
"Oh my babies, I miss you so much."
Winnie embraced her two kids. The thing that made her feel the most worthwhile for so many years was to have two well-behaved kids.
"We miss you too, and we're good."
Megan replied sweetly to her mother.
She and her brother had been spending the week waiting for her mother to return.
"Good, I'm glad you guys are good."
Winnie was not worried about anything else but the safety and health of the kids. There was nothing else she could ask for if there were no hidden dangers in these two.
Winnie looked up, and Brian was standing directly in front of her line of sight.
"Welcome back."
Brian wore a delighted smile, and then a bouquet of fiery red roses was handed to Winnie.
"I ......"
Winnie didn't like Brian giving her flowers, and they were roses, so she didn't know if she should accept them.
"Take it, I won't say a word extra as long as you take it."
Brian had no excuse, and could only promise to keep his mouth shut.
With the kids were watching, Winnie had no choice but to take the flowers.
The family then happily went out for dinner.
"Mom, Grandpa asked you and Aunt Vanessa to go to the suburbs, so we can all spend the Thanksgiving Day together."
Megan ate as she conveyed her grandfather's words.
"We will consider it. Thank Grandpa for me."
Winnie didn't directly agree, for she was to seek Vanessa's opinion, but she was afraid that she would bring inconvenience to others if she went to the suburbs.
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