"May I speak to Daisy? My surname is Taylor."
Nanny May held the phone in her hand and said to Daisy, who had just returned from the hospital, "Madam, someone wants to speak to you."
Daisy asked casually, "Who is it?"
"She said her surname was Taylor," Nanny May answered.
Daisy put down the things in her hands and took the phone from Nanny Joy. "Hello."
"Ma'am, it's me." Georgina managed to make her voice sound upbeat.
"Well, is there anything I can do for you?" Daisy was quite surprised.
Although Georgina had once been married into the Gates Family, she was not a bad person. Besides, she was on good terms with Georgina's mother.
"It's about my mother. She's been in a bad mood recently. I wonder if you could make time to talk with her." Georgina clutched the phone.
Daisy thought for a moment and refused. "I can't go out for the time being."
Arya was about to give birth, so she needed to stay by her side.
Georgina continued in a humble and earnest voice, "Ma'am, you should know about what happened to the Gates Family. My family is implicated. My mother just had a huge fight with my father. She's in a foul mood. I talked to her but she wouldn't listen. You're my last resort. I know I may disturb you, but I really have no other choices. The families that used to be close to us wouldn't answer my calls for fear that they may get involved."
She was sobbing at last.
Her tears were real.
She wasn't pretending because most of what she said was true.
That was the situation of her family now. She'd had so many friends but all of them had disappeared when her family was in trouble and kept dodging her calls.
Daisy hesitated. She was an irrelevant person. How was she going to soothe her mother?
"Ma'am, it won't take you too much time."
"Fine." Daisy could bring herself to refuse her.
"Then please meet my mother tomorrow morning at the place you used to meet."
Daisy agreed and hung up the phone. She sat on the sofa and saw Bridget checking the things she'd bought.
"Mom, is this for me?"
Daisy sneered. "If you get married, I'll consider buying one for you."
Bridget regretted asking that in frustration. Whatever she said ended up about marriage.
"It looks good. Does it cost a lot?" Bridget changed the subject immediately.
Daisy snatched it and closed the box. "My secret money is not enough to buy it."
"What?" Bridget widened her eyes and gaped at the box in Daisy's hand. "Didn't my brother give you a lot of money? Is it that expensive?"
Was she kidding?
Daisy ignored her and put it away.
Bridget came to sit beside Daisy and took her arm. Then she said with an understanding look, "It's for my sister-in-law, right? Why didn't you give it to her at the hospital today?"
Daisy pushed Bridget's face away. "You're wrong. This is for Ryan and the baby on the way."
Bridget curled her lips. "You like your grandchildren more."
Daisy glared at her. "A gift for her children is a gift for her."
Bridget deemed that right, but thinking that Daisy had spent so much money, she smiled. "Are you overjoyed that you have two grandsons now?"
"Why two grandsons?" Daisy thought of something and grabbed Bridget. "The doctor said it was a boy?"
Bridget gave a start.
"No. I was just saying..."
"So you were talking nonsense."
"I think you want one more grandson."
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