Soon, the car arrived at the gates of the nursing home. Flynt pushed the door open and got out, and Raeleigh got out as well.
"Flowers." Flynt stepped out of the car and shouted at her. Raeleigh took the flowers and went in with Flynt. They soon arrived at the nursing home.
When Raeleigh saw the woman in the sickbed, she knew that the flowers weren't for her.
Raeleigh looked at the middle-aged woman. Her face looked pale and gaunt. It was obvious that she didn't have long in this world.
Flynt took the flowers in Raeleigh's hand and said to her, "Hattie, I've bought these flowers for you. Have I done well?"
"Ah..." Hattie couldn't speak anymore. She was so moved that tears flowed down her cheeks. She used her trembling hands to hold the flowers in her arms. Finally, she closed her eyes. She clutched the flowers in her hands, but people naturally could not bring themselves to face death. After she passed, the flowers fell to the ground.
The doctor came over and told Flynt, "She's gone."
Flynt avoided everyone's gaze. A single tear rolled down his face, and he then wiped his face. After that, he steeled himself and appeared unfazed.
Raeleigh didn't recognize her but later learnt that the person who died was his maid.
Raeleigh wanted to go home, but he had been so busy while they were at the nursing home, and she had no way to go back. So, she waited until he had arranged things for the deceased.
Flynt found a place to drink alone. It was cold outside, so she was a little worried for him. She thought she must be sick. Otherwise, why would she take pity over people like Flynt?
But when she saw Flynt drinking in the cold winter, she was still a little worried. She found a cotton-padded jacket and gave it to him.
Flynt took one last sip of wine and looked at Raeleigh. "I'm not cold. At least, my body isn't, but my heart is freezing."
She looked at him without saying a word. Perhaps, it was meaningless to say anything right then.
People like Flynt constantly wallowed in misery.
It wasn't that he didn't understand things, he just pretended to be confused.
When the stars appeared at night, Flynt looked up at the starry sky and said to himself, "Hattie was the one who took care of me when I was a child.
Other people often think of me as cruel. I am very smart and I was born healthy."
"But who knows of my past?"
"Hattie took care of me. When my mother would scold me, she would cry. At the time, she was still young. It seemed that every time I was beaten, her body would hurt as well. She wouldn't sleep just to keep me company at night.”
Save for my second sister, only Hattie really loved me."
Flynt turned around and looked at Raeleigh. "Hattie said that she envied others she knew who got proposed. Since she was ugly, no one liked her. When she was young, she fancied a driver who worked for our family. But the driver said that he felt sick whenever he saw her. Later, Hattie hid in the room and cried."
"Hattie came here because she was ill, and the Moore family treated her well. They gave her a large sum of money and asked them to continue treating her. But her illness couldn't be cured. She called me and said that she wanted flowers, so I knew what had happened. Otherwise, they might have told me that she ran away from home because I was kidnapped."
Raeleigh frowned. "You were kidnapped?"
Flynt looked at her. "You didn't know?"
Raeleigh shook her head. "I didn't."
"Forget it."
"Who kidnapped you?" The only one Raeleigh could think of was Santiago. Otherwise, who else would be so bold?
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