Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 480

"So how are papa and mom?" asked Molly while adding another question after the other, "Why did you go abroad? Where have you been for the past several years? What brings you to T City? Have you come here alone?"

As a series of questions hurled out of her mouth like a curious hurricane, Daniel's face turned pale by the minute not knowing what to respond. Looking at Molly's firm sight, he did not want to answer but he knew it was next to impossible to duck her pressing questions. In front of Molly's curious eyes, he mustered the strength and said, "Molly, mom... I'm so sorry but mom died..."

Although she had been informed of her mother's death by Edgar when she had been hospitalized more than four years ago, the information had not been confirmed till now. As soon as Daniel confirmed their mother's death himself, Molly's eyes turned red with sadness, she burst into tears instantly not being able to contain her overwhelming emotions. She blurted out, "Please tell me you are lying! This cannot be true...why?"

"I'm sorry Molly. I wish I was lying too but I am not." With traces of rudeness in his tone, Daniel went on, "Mom died before we went abroad. Papa too is not fine now..."

"What do you mean?" asked Molly, with quivering lips.

"Mom died before we left. Right after mom's untimely demise, Mr. Brian Long came, saying that he needed papa to take me away. At first I did not understand why papa took me abroad. It was much later that papa told me what Mr. Brian Long said to them in private." Daniel continued, "He said he was afraid that you would feel sad and hurt. But it sounded nicer than it was. In reality, mom died because of him, which he didn't want you to know so he urged us to leave."

Molly's eyes remained wide open as tears began to form. She looked at Daniel expectantly, waiting for him to go on speaking.

"Mom's death was a shock to all of us. I mean she died so suddenly... On that specific day I had gone out, her routine examination was just conducted and they found nothing wrong, but still she died later..."

With a sense of hatred in his tone, Daniel told Molly everything that had transpired in the past four years since their unfortunate separation, and Molly could not remember how she listened to him. After their chatted, she moved to the terrace and stood there with a blank and hollow expression, while the setting sun shined on her body, creating a layer of dismal light.

So her fears had come true, her mother really was dead. Even though it could not be proved that her mother's death was remotely related to Brian, even though her mother would not have lived for a long time, her mother had died just so suddenly. So could it really have nothing to do with Brian? Because the evidence spoke against him.

Had he sent her father and Daniel abroad in a bid to threaten her or to prevent her from feeling sad? What was it?

With a pitiful smile emerging across her face, she thought, 'Even if mom's death had nothing to do with him, even if he sent papa and Daniel away for my sake, what about Daniel's contamination?