Chapter 175
As soon as these words came out, the lively atmosphere in the room just now suddenly dissipated, and the air seemed to freeze, quiet and still.
The smiles on the faces of the people at the table disappeared, but their mouths were still slightly crooked, which looked a bit unnatural.
This kind of company that needs to keep secrets, can’t just go home casually.
Glenna’s eyes welled up “whoosh” all of a sudden, she tried to hold back but couldn’t.
“You’re a girl, going to a place where you don’t know anyone, how can I relax…”
Emery nudged Glenna lightly with her elbow under the table, smiling on her face, and said, “This is great! Lizzie is capable, that’s why the country trusts her to handle such an important task. We should all be happy for her!”
Glenna quickly wiped the corner of her eye, sniffed, and nodded along, “Yes, yes, should be happy, should be happy. Lizzie, this child, has always liked tinkering with those things since she was young. Now she can do the job she likes on her own, I am truly happy for her.”
Lizzie listened to Emery and Glenna’s words, each sentence falli into her heart, warm and cozy, but her nose couldn’t help but feel a bit sour. She looked at the family with a worried yet supportive look on their faces, and her eyes also started to well up.
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Vanessa was so worried that she fainted, stayed in the hospital for a few days, her body was fine, and then she was discharged.
Johanna was figuring out when Vanessa could be discharged from the hospital so she could go back to the city.
After settling Vanessa in, Johanna went straight to the post office and called Theron.
“Theron, mom has been discharged from the hospital and her health is almost back to normal. I should go back now.”
Theron on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before saying, “You’re pregnant now, it’s not good for your body to travel back and forth. I’ve been really busy lately and can’t take care of you. Just stay here for now, consider it as nurturing the baby, the countryside air is good too.”
When Johanna heard this, the anger that had been building up for days “burst” out.
She’s all over the place now, didn’t feel like this before!
Theron really had no idea how good Vanessa was at handling her mother–in–law! She acted like a bossy mother–in–law every day, never treating her like a pregnant woman, and making her work from morning till night!
Johanna was annoyed, “I was living here and feeling a bit uncomfortable. The doctor said I needed regular check–ups, but the medical conditions here are not good, and I can’t even get reimbursed.”
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Because of everything that happened before, she said these reas were perfectly reasonable, but Theron felt like she was just making
excuses.
Faced with Theron’s silence, Johanna felt a bit anxious, “Theron, my
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stomach is not feeling well, I want to go back.”
She was really uncomfortable, couldn’t eat or sleep well here. Vanessa didn’t want to burn firewood, the house was as cold as an ice cellar.
However, Theron didn’t show concern and nervousness immediately like before.
My first reaction was doubt, “If you’re not feeling well, you shouldn’t push yourself.”
Johanna realized at that moment that Theron no longer trusted her easily
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.
In the end, Theron was the first to speak, sounding a bit resigned and compromising, “I got it, I’ll buy you a ticket, just come back.”
Johanna, after all, is not Lizzie. They were never really married, so he can’t expect you to stay and take care of his mother.
Johanna held the microphone and said anxiously, “Theron, it’s not that I don’t want to, I just really can’t get used to it.”
“I know,” Theron replied politely and distantly.
Johanna wanted to say something else, but faced with his cold attitude, her words got stuck in her throat.
After a while, Theron said again, “Johanna, as long as I’m alive, I’ll take good care of your and Efren’s children, I’ll be responsible for you guys till the end, you can count on that.”
Johanna’s heart sank when she wanted to say something else, but Theron had already hung up the phone.
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The next day, Johanna got a call from Theron asking her to go straight to the train station. He had already arranged everything and even got her a sleeper car.
But she couldn’t be happy at all. She knew exactly how much money Theron had, and she knew it would cost a lot to buy a sleeper ticket, not to mention the favors she would have to ask for.
