Hearing that Olivia's return was to see her child, the elderly lady suddenly became speechless.
After all, she had planned to pair her son with Olivia earlier. Who knew Olivia already had a child. The whole scene became quite awkward.
"However, you are so young. One wouldn't be able to tell that you gave birth to a child."
The elderly lady laughed awkwardly and changed the topic. Olivia smiled and nodded politely.
After getting off the bus, Olivia took the subway home.
Later, she checked in to a hotel room nearby her home. After unpacking her luggage, she was thinking of how she would go to take a look at her child.
After all, he was still so small. It wasn't practical for her to go into the house to see him, but how would she get him to come out? The problem had slipped her mind previously as she rushed on her decision to return to the country.
"If I go home to see the child, will Sam think that I've returned to him instead?"
She hadn't figured out how she felt yet. Although she missed Sam terribly all the time, but more than that, she remembered the time when he abandoned her.
The pain was still fresh in her mind, so she wasn't able to get over it yet.
She had returned that time just to see her child once before she left again.
No matter what, she needed to think of a way.
Perhaps she could directly call her mother. After all, that seemed to be the way that made most sense, but would her mother tell Sam?
After thinking about it for a while, Olivia still couldn't come up with a good plan. She stayed in the hotel alone for two days and ordered food when she was hungry. She didn't go anywhere and her days were passing in a daze.
Finally, she called Brenda under the influence of a little alcohol.
As the call connected, Olivia couldn't help but laughed at herself. She didn't expect that she would need to drink to give herself courage to call her mother. She wasn't able to do it when she was sober.
Thinking about it made her sad.
She used to live a carefree life, but look at her then. What had she done to herself during those times?
Hello?"
Brenda's slightly trembling voice pulled Olivia back to reality.
Olivia's throat went dry as she came back to her senses, and her lips twitched. Ony after a few moments, she found her voice.
"Mom..."
Hearing Olivia's voice on the other line, Brenda almost fell apart and burst into tears. That was because ever since Ollie decided to leave, she had not contacted Brenda again.
Brenda wanted to contact her, but every time she called Olivia, the call would not get through. Brenda did not expect that Ollie would take the initiative to call her that day, so she was particularly excited.
"Ollie, Ollie."
They could hear each other's rapid breathing, and then their eyes turned red. Their voices were a little choked.
"Are you finally calling me? I thought that you wouldn't want to talk to me for the rest of your life."
Olivia's eyes were filled with tears. She had been trying hard not to cry, so she was opening her eyes wide. Pursing her lips, and then she said softly, "No, how is it possible for me to not talk to you for the rest of my life? It's just that, I was afraid to contact you previously. I was afraid that you'll persuade me to come home."
"Silly child," Brenda whispered, lecturing her softly, "Why would I blame you for the choice you made? I'm just afraid that you'll be unhappy. It's been half a year. Have you thought things through?"
Olivia fell silent at the mention of the question.
Hearing that there was no response from Olivia from the other end of the phone, Brenda knew that she shouldn't have asked the question. She laughed awkwardly and changed the subject, "I must've missed you too much to ask such a silly question. You are free to make any decisions, my Ollie. Where are you now? Are you abroad?"
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