"That's right! Every life is precious and is worthy of love and care! Quickly, come and apologize to this little girl right now!"
Brooke immediately turned to Eira. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been fierce to you. I know that you are very poor and very pitiful. However, no matter how poor you are, you can’t call my father your dad. My dad is only mine alone. Nobody else can call him dad. I f you are pitiful, then you can call my dad uncle. As long as you don't call my dad as dad in the future, then I will forgive you. Please forgive me too, alright?"
Eira was speechless. At that moment, the eight-year-old child's heart was as painful as being sliced by a knife. Tears came pouring down her cheeks. She was crying so badly that she could not clearly tell the other people's expressions. She was crying so badly that she did not know what to do. The eight-year-old child was still unable to deal with the situation in a calm and composed manner. She was very helpless. She was so helpless that she did not know what to do at all. At that moment, how good it would be if she had her mother and her brother around? However, her mother and her brother did not know that she had come to ask her father for money. Her brother, in particular, had no clue at all.
"Eira, your dad is not too willing to give you money, so don't go asking him for money again in the future. I a m soon turning eighteen. In another two months, I will be graduating from high school. Once I have graduated, I will go find a job and earn money to support you and mom. Just hold out for another two months. I have to get my high school diploma, alright? " Her brother said to her.
Eira seemed like she promised her brother, but she did not want her brother to stop studying because he had very good grades. That was why she came to ask her father for money behind her brother and her mother's back. However, she did not expect that when she had taken the initiative to ask her father for money for the first time in her life, the situation would turn out to be so out of control.
The eight-year-old child only knew to cry, but her tears did not get any sympathy from her father. He just held his annoyed forehead, then turned his head and looked at Brooke. "Brooke, she must have been frightened by you. I guess she has already forgiven you. Otherwise, why wouldn't she say anything?"
Brooke looked at Eira with discontentment.
"Brooke, look at how pitiful this child is. She is more pitiful than you. Let's take her to buy new clothes and a pair of new shoes, alright?" Delmont said again.
"Not alright! She's not even willing to forgive me!" Brooke said.
Delmont coaxed her daughter gently again. "Brooke, you have always been very kind hearted, right?
Usually, when you see stray cats and dogs, don't you often take care of them?" "The stray cats and dogs are much more well-mannered than her!" said Brooke with discontentment.
"Hey! You are generous. Don't bother fighting with this girl. Just treat it as handouts. We'll be giving her new clothes and shoes as handouts, alright?" Joy also coaxed her daughter. Only then did Brooke reluctantly agree.
The family of three then brought Eira to the mall in an extremely condescending manner. When they were about to get in the car, Joy made a fuss and took a few pieces of paper to lay on the car seat before letting Eira sit on it. She even murmured, "Don't dirty it. Don't dirty it. These car seats are of genuine leather."
After saying that, she did not forget to call out to Brooke. "Brooke, sit in front. Don't sit at the back. I'm afraid you also will be dirty. Lay in my arms. Don't let the traffic police see you."
"Mm-hmm," Brooke answered.
The family of three sat in the driver seat and the front passenger seat while Aino sat alone at the back. That loneliness was not something an eight-year-old child like her could process. However, even if she could not process it, she still had to do it. 2
When they arrived at the mall, the family of three took Eira straight to the children's department. Once the salesperson saw Brooke and her family, she immediately called out in a friendly manner. "Hey,
Chairman Stevens, Director Fox, you've come. Are you here to pick out a few things for your daughter? Didn't you just buy a whole car full the day before? The little princess in your family is truly very happy."
"No, today, we've purposely come to give handouts to this rude beggar," Brooke said.
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