Chapter 80 This Is All Karma
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“Can’t you learn? Is it so difficult to learn to cook for the woman you love? Or is this the extent of your sincerity in pursuing me?”
She was deliberately making things hard for Elias in an attempt to let him have a taste of his own medicine.
Knowing that Amanda was filled with resentment, the man remained silent.
When she got up and left, he stood up as well, offering. Then let me send you home.”
“There’s no need. I want to take a cab back. You promised to fix your temper, remember?”
In reality, she was worried that they would run into Aiden if Elias sent her home.
The man fell silent once again. He did promise to fix his bad temper.
Suppressing his dissatisfaction, he followed Amanda out of the World Trade Center and watched her flag down a cab and leave.
He then drove his car out of the parking lot and followed the cab, wanting nothing more than to ensure her safe arrival home.
In truth, he understood why Amanda treated him this way.
He deserved such treatment for all the wrongs he had done.
After following Amanda all the way back to Galaxy Bay, Elias parked his car in a dark corner and stayed there for a long time.
As he recalled the various wrongdoings he had committed against Amanda four years ago, he couldn’t help realizing that each one of them was quite excessive.
His phone vibrated all of a sudden.
Frowning, he only glanced at it as he didn’t feel like answering the call. However, he quickly picked up the phone when he saw that it was from the nursing home.
“Did something happen?”
The voice of the attending doctor came from the other end of the line. “Mr. Elias, your mother’s condition seems to be deteriorating. She keeps asking to see you. Do you have time to come over?”
Elias’ expression changed abruptly. “What happened to her?”
His parents had always been a mystery, having disappeared for many years. No one in his circle knew the whereabouts of his parents; it was as if they had disappeared from the face of the earth.
Howard might have claimed to the public that his son and daughter-in-law had settled abroad, but that
was not true.
“I’m afraid I can’t say for sure, but your mother’s condition has been getting worse. I’m sure you are aware
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of that. It might be a good idea to come and see her if you have the time.”
“I’m on my way.”
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After hanging up the phone, Elias immediately turned his car around and headed toward the nursing
home.
Come to think of it, it seems like I haven’t visited my mother in half a year.
It wasn’t that Elias didn’t want to go, but every time he went, his presence would always trigger his mother and cause her mental state to deteriorate even further.
Elias arrived at the South Hill Care after nearly an hour’s drive.
Either due to the late hour or its inherently lifeless atmosphere, the place was eerily quiet.
After parking the car, he made his way to the upscale ward where his mother resided.
As he entered the room, he saw his mother’s frail figure in a patient’s gown as she sat in a rocking chair. muttering incessantly, “Waldo, all of this is retribution… Why do you still not believe in karma?”
Waldo Winters was the name of Elias’ father.
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