Old Master Shaw's eldest grandson, Keegan Shaw, completely ignored his younger brother who was greeting him. He did not even see the excitement and joy on his brother's face. Keegan simply came to Old Master Shaw with big strides. He did not even glance at Sabrina and Gloria, and he just said to Old Master Shaw, who was on the bed, "Grandpa, it's fortunate that I have gotten here in time, so you are not tricked. How could you make such a decision so rashly? You have already forgotten that you have been tricked twice! Grandpa, you're too soft-hearted!"
Old Master Shaw was speechless. His jaw was agape and he was very weak.
It was at that moment that Keegan saw Gloria and Sabrina. "Ladies, please step out for a moment. This is my family's matter. Outsiders are not allowed to be involved."
In fact, Keegan had met Gloria and Sabrina once. It was five years ago. Keegan had returned from abroad, so Old Master Shaw was very happy. He even especially asked Marcus to beg Gloria and Sabrina's family to have a meal with the Shaw family at a large restaurant. At that moment, Sabrina and Gloria were not very keen on attending. However, they did it for the sake of Marcus.
Marcus loved his aunt very much. His augment also treated him like her son. His aunt was not close to Old Master Shaw. She was not close to anybody in the Shaw family but Marcus. Sabrina was the same as well. Therefore, they agreed to share a meal with the Shaw family.
During that gathering, Sabrina and Gloria did not say much the whole time. The three Shaw brothers also did not say much.
Marcus was the one who had spoken the most. At one moment, he asked Sabrina and Gloria, "Aunt Gloria, Sabrina, what would you like to have? I'll pass the dish to you? Oh, yes, Sabrina, when you're not so busy with work in the future, you can bring Aunt Gloria to Keegan’s place to play. He has a private island abroad. That island is covered in sunshine. You should go there when you're free."
When Keegan heard that, he remained expressionless as if he had not heard it. Gloria and Sabrina, on the other hand, also smiled and said nothing. That gathering was truly very awkward. Therefore, in the following days, when Marcus invited Sabrina and Gloria to have some activity with the Shaw family, Sabrina already took her mother back to their hometown in the mountains.
At that time, Sabrina gave Marcus an excuse by saying, "Marcus, it so happened that my father had passed away exactly twenty years ago. We had not been back to our hometown in the past few years. My mother kept dreaming of my father these days. We have to go back to our hometown and repair the mansion and repair my father's grave."
In actuality, Sabrina's hometown had long been demolished. Sabrina's father’s ashes had also already been moved to South City. It truly did not matter if the mother and daughter duo were to return to their hometown or not. They just needed an excuse. After they came back to South City half a month later, Marcus' three brothers had already gone back abroad. Everything was peaceful again.
That was the only time Gloria, Sabrina, and the other three sons of the Shaw family had met. They had never met each other since then. Perhaps Keegan and his other two brothers had never acknowledged that Gloria was their aunt in their hearts. Otherwise, Keegan never would have addressed them as ladies and not addressed Gloria as Aunt Gloria.
When Gloria and Sabrina heard him addressing them that way, they were not too surprised. Gloria, in particular, smiled and said very politely, "Alright. My daughter and I should not be involved in the Shaw family’s affairs, to begin with."
After saying that, she dragged Sabrina and headed out.
"What? What are you talking about? The Shaw family? Are you not a Shaw? You have no conscience!" Keegan suddenly got
angry with Gloria.
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