Vivian could not think of anything to say, and felt heartbroken. Their family had brought Monique up as a boy, and alas, Monique was now into girls. Vivian said that she would help Monique earlier, but it was merely to get the truth out of her.
Now that the truth was in front of Vivian, what should she do?
For the sake of Monique's happiness, she was willing to risk everything.
However, the Zellweger family was very conservative and it would be hard for them to accept this fact about Monique.
Vivian felt puzzled. She didn't know what to do. But on top of all that, what she felt most was heartache for Monique. It may be a difficult path ahead in life...
"Vivian, it's not what you think. Stop worrying for nothing. I'm leaving now," Monique said as she was worried that Cecil would say spout nonsense. She hastily pulled Cecil away. A few steps away, Cecil chuckled and said, "Monique, how was it? My performance good, right?"
Monique was furious. She yelled, "Cecil Hiller, you almost ruined my life! How dare you say your performance was alright?!"
Cecil scratched her head and said, "Ruin your life? I was trying to help you."
Monique retorted furiously, "Help me? How are you helping me?"
Cecil hooked her arm with one of Monique's and swayed it gently. "Monique, your sister dressed you up and arranged a date for you, you refused to meet him so you lied and said that you're a lesbian right? I knew what you were thinking, so I purposely let your sister think that we had a weird relationship despite my image. If this I’m not helping you, then I don't know who is."
Monique wanted to beat Cecil up. "Who told you my sister arranged a date for me?"
"Isn't that so?" Cecil smiled embarrassedly. She thought about it and added, "Monique, if Vivian didn’t arrange a date for you, then why did she dress you up the moment you were back and gifted you all those things?"
Monique said, "Because Vivian loves me a lot, more than anyone. She just wanted to give me all the best things in the world. Why would she force me on a blind date?"
Monique understood her sister' s true intentions but the life that her sister wanted for her may not be what Monique wanted for herself.
Cecil finally realized that she may have caused more trouble for Monique. She scratched her head awkwardly and said, "Monique, I accidentally overheard the conversation between you and Vivian earlier and I thought she was forcing you to go on a blind date. I knew you would never say yes, so I thought of that idea to help you. I'm sorry!"
Monique tapped her finger on Cecil' s forehead and said, "Cecil Hiller, it's a waste you didn't become a scriptwriter with that imaginative brain you have."
Cecil said with a silly smile, "Really? I'll go become a scriptwriter once I'm done with the army."
Monique said, "Cecil, you're just annoying me on purpose, aren't you?!"
Cecil hugged her and said, "Monique, I know I'm at fault this time. Since I've done something wrong, I'll accept a penalty. I'll wash your clothes for a week as a punishment."
"Okay, deal."
"Deal..."
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