While I was working in the afternoon, my phone suddenly rang. I glanced at the caller ID. It was Sylvester.
"What's the matter?" I answered the phone coldly.
"Father wants to meet you, Wanda. Why don’t you just meet him once?"
I felt no tenderness at all. There was no need to waste time on unnecessary things. "No need. There’s no use for us to meet. You don't need to play emissary anymore."
Sylvester sighed. "Regardless of what you say, he’s your father,” he said earnestly.
I did not want to listen to his useless rhetoric. Now that I had made a decision, I would not regret it so easily. "If there’s nothing else, I’m going to hang up now"
"Wanda, are you so cruel?" came the question from the phone.
I sneered. Cruel? Whatever. "I still have work, so I'll hang up first." I then ended the call without giving him the chance to reply.
After that, I immediately went back to work.
It was nighttime.
I noticed Theo was being absentminded during dinner. He was mostly just eating plain rice.
He left the table after just taking a few bites.
I deliberately went looking for Theo after I was done cleaning up. "Theo, what's wrong with you? You seem to have something on your mind."
He glanced at me, putting on a faint smile. "It’s nothing."
I knew he was being stubborn, so I leaned close to him and hugged his arm. "What happened? Tell me, maybe I can help you?"
Theo paused. A trace of emotion flashed through his eyes. It happened so quickly that I did not catch it.
"It's nothing, don't worry."
I was a little unhappy. He would not even let me know what happened to him. I was even more worried when I thought that something serious had happened.
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