Chapter 103
“Quick, go and have a look.”
They approached to see him; next to his feet, unexpectedly, were two bottles of beer. A drawing board was on his knees and he was holding a pen with his head down. He noticed some movement behind him, but didn’t stop his movement.
“Victor, why are you here? We’ve been looking for you for a long time. Carol said. “It’s so cold in here, how long have you been
here?”
Victor didn’t answer.
Stella knelt down beside him and used her hand to touch his arm.
“Victor, your mother is very worried about you. Call her and then come back with us, okay?”
Victor, as before, still kept his eyes on the paper, he didn’t raise his head, he didn’t know if he heard them or not, and Carol and Stella looked at each other in dismay.
“I know you’re sad about your grandmother, we feel the same way. But you can’t stay here forever…”
Victor finally raised his head, his dark eyes were completely red, presumably he hadn’t slept at all last night.
You go back first, let me stay here a bit longer.
Stella noticed that his hair was all wet, presumably because of the dew, and she knew that he had been there for a long time, possibly since early one morning, he hadn’t even moved from here.
The temperature at the top of the mountain was colder, how could he stay there for so long?
“Carol, take Stella home. “Victor’s voice was so hoarse, they could almost tell it wasn’t his normal voice.
“You’re coming home with us. “Stella shook her head.
“You can go!” Victor’s voice suddenly got louder, but Stella was indifferent.
“If you always stay here, then let us accompany you?”
“Stella…”
It’s very cold here, there’s a wind blowing continuously.
When the wind blew in her face, it felt really painful. Now Carol felt that her hands and feet were really cold, she worried that if Stella stayed here for too long, she would catch the flu, and it wouldn’t be good for the child inside her womb.
Stella looked at her, didn’t say anything, but she didn’t move. She also worries about her child inside her womb, but she kn Victor wouldn’t let her stay here for long.
Victor pursed his lips and turned his head to look at her. Finally, he took off his coat and covered Stella’s shoulder.
“Stella, I always think I’m a failure…”
“Why can you say something like that? You’re not, you’re already very good…” Stella’s voice was soft but firm. “Victor, you’re very good.”
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Victor shook his head and looked away.
“When I was young, my grandmother was always alone. No matter what she did, she always relied on herself. I always told her that I would visit and accompany her Aften, but after I started school, I rarely went. Then I went abroad with my family and visited less than before. In a year, I didn’t go twice. It’s not easy to go back, but because of my work, I couldn’t visit her often either. I wanted to pick her up and let her stay by my side so that I could look after her but she wasn’t willing. So far, she’s gone, but I still haven’t kept my promises, and besides…”
This time, Victor turned his head to look at Stella.
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..
“To the girl I’ve always loved, I also prop
to always take care of her, but…”
His lip was twisted as if he was laughing at himself. He couldn’t finish his
ords. But Stella knew what he meant.
She didn’t really know what to say, she just knew she wanted to start crying.
“Victor…”
Victor just smiled at her and got up from the floor, he pulled her up, then looked
at
Carol.
“Come on.”
The drawing paper in his hand was unfinished, but it was clearly the silhouette of his grandmother.
Because no matter how he looked at it, he wasn’t satisfied with it, so from beginning to end he couldn’t complete it. Despite this, they finally managed to find Victor and
Ot him to agree to come back with them.
But they didn’t go straight down, Victor returned to the temple again. He entered the hall, took off his shoes, knelt on the thick, firm cushion, closed his eyes and intertwined his hands.
It was quiet inside.
At this point Stella remembered a moment in the past when her one–year–old grandmother had apparently also knelt in the same position. The grandmother had no wish or request, perhaps every time she knelt down she would think of Victor.
When they left the temple it was already three or four o’clock, the sky outside was very dark and the wind was blowing hard.
“Let’s hurry down to the foot of the mountain. Otherwise, I’m afraid that if we’re late, we won’t be able to get down today. We need to stay here for the night. “Victor said.
All day Nathan was not in a good mood. After the afternoon meeting he went back to the house, but he knew that Stella hadn’t come home.
He remembered that she had left in the morning.
It was already six o’clock and, to his surprise, she hadn’t returned.
During dinner, he looked repeatedly at his grandmother, but said nothing.
“If you have any questions, ask away! “Anna ignored him too, she just said.
“Why has Stella still come home?” Nathan put down his cutlery.
“She’s your wife, couldn’t you just call her?” Anna glared at him.
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This sentence blocked Nathan from saying anything else, he was silent for a moment, then picked up his cutlery again. Suddenly he heard Liam, who was standing next to him, say.
“Dad, don’t you know? Great–grandma said that mom went to look for Uncle Victor!”
Nathan’s eyes were cold, and hearing Victor’s name at that moment made his whole body tremble. After all, last night he had been fighting with Stella about Victor.
Liam shook his head to show that he didn’t know.
Nathan looked at his grandmother again, she was eating.
“Couldn’t you call her and ask?”
She said it again…
Of course Nathan knew he could call her to ask her clearly, but the problem was… him and Stella…
“You still need to ask, of course, because she misses him and wants to find him…”
On the other end there was a cold voice, full of provocation.
Anna’s face darkened immediately, she put down her cutlery and looked at her daughter–in–law.
“What kind of confusing statements are you saying in front of the child? Don’t you know you need to control your mouth? Do you need my help to control it?”
Carla immédiately lowered her head and didn’t dare say anything, and Nathan wasn’t at all surprised by the scene in front of him, he’d seen it all his life anyway.
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