Lowell was at a loss for words. He was the root of all their problems. He felt really guilty for what he had caused. If he hadn't knocked Janice down with a car and killed the child in her womb, Gary would not have to be threatened by Janice just for the sake of saving him.
As of then, Janice wanted Gary to be her boyfriend, and he agreed. How would the matter end up to be? He got a headache just by thinking about it.
Gary's shouting instantly snapped him back to his senses.
Even though he was worried, he still needed to face the matters rationally.
"I am sorry, Gary." Lowell could only apologize again. Apart from apologizing, he did not know what to do.
The words "I am sorry" were really cheap, and it could not change anything at all.
"That's enough, stop this already!" Gary's tone was not that nice, but Lowell knew that Gary was not really blaming him.
The two of them had been living together for several years, so Lowell knew Gary's temper well.
"Lowell, let me tell you this." Gary was worried that Lowell would not take his warning seriously, so he warned again, "You'd better stay here and behave yourself. Do not simply make decisions on your own, do you hear me?"
"I understand, I will listen to you!" Lowell replied at once.
"Just stay here, behave, and spend more time with your sister if you could."
"Okay, I will accompany your mom," Lowell said.
"Also, don't think about all the nonsense anymore. I have said enough. This is just a problem between me and that woman. I have to solve it myself."
"Okay." Lowell replied.
"Then, that's all." With that, Gary hung up the phone.
Celeste looked at him and spoke softly, "You are not blaming Uncle Lowell."
"Why should I blame him? I was the blinded one. I was brainless. What's the point of blaming Lowell?" Gary was rational, he knew what he had done wrong.
Celeste nodded. The matter indeed was not
Lowell's fault. Who would have known that so many troubles would come from it?
"Is your stomach feeling any better?" Celeste asked again with concern.
"It wasn't painful anymore before I picked up the call just now. However, after listening to the phone call, both my stomach and my head hurts." Gary frowned. "My entire body hurts now. I can't stand it anymore!"
"Should we go back now?" Celeste asked worriedly. She stood up and was ready to leave.
"Forget it, if we go back now, Lowell would probably only feel guiltier when he sees you." Gary sighed. He stared at Celeste with worry in his eyes.
Celeste was stunned too. After that, she shook her head. "For his well being, I think it would be better to not let him know that I know about all these. I will pretend that nothing has ever happened too."
Gary looked at Celeste once more, he sighed. Celeste was truly a kind girl. Even at a time like that, she still thought about other people's feelings.
"Even if he believes that you don't know about it, he will not feel any better. Lowell's emotional burden is still very heavy," Gary said, "This has something to do with the environment he grew up in. In fact, you two have quite a lot in common. You two have been drifting from place to place when you were young, and even had to leave your home country. It's just that Lowell was luckier than you. At the very least, he has met his real family.
As for you, not only have you not met your real family, even Cindy was not sincere towards you."
Celeste's eyes dimmed a little, she looked down, shook her head and said, "Everyone has their own fate. I was lucky to have met you guys too."
Gary's eyes flashed, his gaze met Celeste's. "Celeste, you have changed."
She was stunned.
"You have become a lot more open-hearted," Gary continued to say softly.
Celeste was stunned for a moment, then she shook her head. "Perhaps it's because I have experienced too much, and things are no longer how harsh they used to be for me anymore."
"That's great," Gary said sincerely, "At least, it wouldn't be too complicated. If a person worries too much, it would only make them feel more toilsome."
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