Chapter 1177 Give Me a Chance to Repay You
Ellen replied, “Oh, no problems at all! I can even climb eight flights of stairs carrying 20 pounds of goods.”
Hector laughed. “Let’s not push ourselves at this age. Just work within your means.”
Ellen nodded enthusiastically, smiling as she said, “I’m so glad to see you! Why are you here too?”
“This is my clinic, after all,” he replied happily, after which Eugene made the introductions. “Mom, Mr. Gedding is Olivia’s teacher. Olivia had received help from Mr. Gedding and Mr. Parsons over the years.”
Ellen’s eyes were filled with even more gratitude. “Then you’re my family’s savior.”
The praises were a little too much for Hector, so he hastily said, “Oh, no, ‘saving’ is too strong a word. They didn’t cost me too much effort. Olivia calls me her teacher, but I treat her like my own daughter. There’s no need for such formality between a father and his daughter.”
Ellen smiled in embarrassment. “I’m just too emotional. I never thought that I could meet you again in this lifetime. I asked Eugene to look for you since then, but he never found you. After so many twists and turns, I didn’t expect us to meet again under such circumstances.”
Hector smiled. “It’s all because of fate. To be honest, if it weren’t for Eugene here, I can hardly recognize you. You changed a lot.”
Instinctively, Ellen touched her face. “I got much older, right?”
Hector replied earnestly, “No, you got much prettier. In the past, you seemed to be in low spirits, and there wasn’t much of a light in your eyes. Now, you look like a completely new person.”
Eugene and Olivia exchanged glances and smiled. Why did they think that the two looked quite good with each other?
Ellen was a little shy from the praise. “This is all thanks to you. In the past, I spent my days in dread, and I couldn’t find any hope in my life. I couldn’t do anything, and even suicide sounds like a luxury to me. My son worked so hard to save me, so I can’t let him experience the pain of losing a loved one again. I can only force myself to keep living, so how can there be light in my eyes during days like that? Later on, after you cured me, I realized that my numb legs are finally feeling things again. It was only then that I believed what you said—that I can stand on my own!”
To comfort her, Hector said, “Don’t think too much about it. There are better things to come.”
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