Chapter 214 I’m Sorry!
Andrew appeared helpless as he looked at his mother. “Mom, please stop messing around, or you’ll faint again.” His mother, Salma, used to be a normal wealthy lady, but now she was acting like a shrew.
His words infuriated her. “Nonsense, you’re the one messing around.”
Being accused of messing around by her son made her feel particularly uncomfortable, and she couldn’t help but wonder if Simone was treated the same way. Even though Simone hadn’t caused any trouble, her family labeled her as a troublemaker.
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Feeling frustrated, Salma exerted all her strength and smashed the phone on the ground. “I
you not to chat or think about going to see Jodie. Y-You worthless thing! Stay by my bedside for the next few days, and don’t go anywhere.”
Her son was thinking about sneaking off to take care of Jodie while she was sick; he was truly heartless. Right now, she deeply regretted her decision to adopt Jodie, who had turned her sons into beings without conscience and brains.
Andrew saw the shattered screen of the phone on the ground. He picked it up and checked it; it had blacked out, and he was even more frustrated. Who did he provoke? His mom was truly sick, and her condition was serious.
When he was about to speak, Aaron immediately stopped him. “Andrew, you need to calm down now. If you say anything and make Mom even worse, what will we do?”
Luca added with a serious face, “Andrew, stop messing around. You do nothing all day but provoke Mom.”
Andrew pointed at himself, unable to believe it, and asked, “Am I messing around?”
Luca replied, “Of course, aren’t you the one messing around? Or is it us? Can you just calm down? You’re happy to disturb the peace of our home, aren’t you?”
Andrew was speechless listening to these words. Why did they sound so familiar? Then, it dawned on him. “Are you using the same words to lecture me as you used to criticize. Simone? Are you crazy?” As he said this, even he was stunned.
Luca was also taken aback. Did he say those things to Simone before? It seemed like he did. But upon careful recollection, Simone hadn’t actually done anything that would make someone furious. She hadn’t even made their mom faint and end up in the hospital, nor had she done anything inappropriate. Why did they always say Simone was “making a fuss” back
then?
Luca suddenly asked, “Andrew, when we scolded you for making a fuss and told you to calm
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down, were you really unhappy?”
Andrew gave him a disdainful look. “Of course, if I said the same to you, would you like it?”
Aaron added, “But you’ve also criticized Simone like this before when she didn’t do anything, and she certainly didn’t make Mom so angry as you did.”
Andrew choked, “Are you saying that you’ve never criticized her like this before?”
Aaron’s face showed a hint of guilt. “Yeah, we’ve all treated her like this. No wonder she doesn’t want to forgive us.”
They never thought about this before, but now that they thought about it, they all felt a little embarrassed and couldn’t help but wonder if Simone was unhappy and uncomfortable when they criticized her like this in the past.
Moreover, it seemed like she really didn’t do anything wrong, but they accused her, which was even more unfair. This statement made Luca, Andrew, and even Salma fall silent. After all, they had all done this before.
Aaron sighed and said, “What they say is true. You don’t feel the pain until it happens to you.” Looking at Salma and Andrew’s reactions now, he could tell they couldn’t accept being criticized as “making a fuss.”
They had hurt Simone in the past. Otherwise, she used to be so kind-hearted and cared about them from all angles.
Luca sighed as well. “Many times, you only realize the value of something after losing it.”
Salma had stopped her tears, but they started flowing again. Now, she could truly understand how it felt to be spoken to like this by loved ones, and it was uncomfortable, suffocating, and infuriating. Moreover, her sons were even more excessive in the past. No wonder Simone. didn’t want to come to the hospital and preferred to go out and have fun with others.
She asked, “What should we do for Simone so she would let go of the past?” She wanted to make amends with her daughter and have her continue to care for and accompany her. This time, she would reciprocate her feelings with the same or with even more care and companionship as long as her daughter could come back.
Aaron and the others looked at each other. “We don’t know.” If they knew, they would have already brought her back.
Sigh! For a moment, the four of them, mother and sons, suddenly had nothing to say and didn’t want to speak anymore.
Andrew’s understanding was not as deep as the other three. Besides feeling that they shouldn’t have criticized Simone like that in the past, he was worried about lodie, who was
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left alone. Still, he didn’t dare to slip away. Otherwise, he didn’t know what his mom would do. Not only would he continue to suffer, but his mom would be even more angry with Jodie.
Meanwhile, Aaron thought for a moment and took out his phone to send a private message to Simone. Sitting next to him, Luca happened to see it. After thinking for a moment, he, too, privately messaged Simone, sending a message.
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