After Margaret finished, Murray and I found out that she thought so.
In fact, I dared not take Margaret with me. She was a patient. I couldn’t let her stay at home alone. She must be accompanied.
But I was going to work. Sean’s legs were hurt now. Lester was a kid.
No one could accompany Margaret.
Unless...
I looked at Murray.
He understood before I spoke. He sighed and said, “go! Let’s go together! I’ll pack now!”
When he finished, Margaret smiled.
She really looked good with a smile.
Murray looked at Margaret and smiled. He put his hands around his elbow, “I just want you to be happy. I’m not afraid to go anywhere.”
I watched Murray wave and return to the room. I thought Murray really loved Margaret.
If they loved each other, maybe things would not be like this.
Soon Murray packed up. He asked the servant to send him his suitcase.
I bought two more tickets. I took Margaret and Murray back to York.
I let them live in Sherry’s house.
In order not to scare Margaret, I put away Sherry’s picture.
Then I prepared two rooms for them.
That weekend, I took Lester to see Margaret.
This time, Margaret was acting very well. She was happy to see Lester and hugged him.
This scene was the family reunion that I had been expecting for a long time.
Margaret had been infatuated with shopping since she went shopping with me last time.
Lester wanted to go shopping for toys at the weekend, so Murray and I took Margaret with us.
On Monday, when I was still at work, I got a call from Murray. He said that Margaret wanted to go shopping and asked if I could get off work early.
Although I knew that I should tell Margaret that I may not have time to accompany her at ordinary times, I couldn’t refuse this time.
I arranged my work ahead of time. In the afternoon, I arrived at Sherry’s house and took Margaret out.
This was the first time I had taken her out alone.
Margaret was in the passenger seat. She looked around. I was afraid that she would open the door, so I told her immediately, “don’t touch the handle. It’s dangerous to open the door.”
Margaret wanted to open the door. As soon as I finished, she took her hands back and put them on her knees. She was like a child in class.
I glanced at her and was relieved.
Because it was not the first time I had brought her out, this time I was not as nervous as I was last time.
I took Margaret straight to York’s most upscale department store.
After parking in the underground garage, I took her upstairs by the elevator.
We started shopping on the first floor.
This time, Margaret was so happy that she looked around.
I was generous to her. I bought whatever she liked.
The mall was very big. After we bought some clothes, it was time to have dinner at night.
I took Margaret to the elevator and was ready to go home.
On the way, she took my hand and said, “I feel like I have had a dream. When I wake up, the world changes. Fortunately, I have you, or I don’t know what I will become.”
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