Heinz crossed his legs and sat comfortably on the sofa.
Looking at his attitude, Alice's eyes were full of anger. But when she saw Grace entering the kitchen, it was obvious to her that Grace did not care at all. Then, she suddenly came to a realization.
She had involved herself in someone else's business again.
At that moment, Alice was slightly stunned. She looked at Heinz who was ignoring her, and then at Jensen who had a helpless look on his face. Although he did not speak, she could tell that he was no help to her cause.
She took a deep breath, turned around and went into the kitchen.
Upon entering the kitchen, she glanced at her Grace who was washing the vegetables. Alice kept quiet.
Grace turned around and saw her. She noticed that Alice was silent, so she knew that she was in a bad mood.
Grace could only whisper, "Alice, don't argue with him."
"I know." Alice's tone was quite indifferent when she spoke, "I don't care about this. It's obvious from your behavior that I really shouldn't have behaved like that."
Grace was startled. She only felt that her sister might be a little disappointed. She looked at Alice again and said, "You don't have to think too much. I know you're worried about me."
"Grace, I had an evening class tonight. But since you asked me to pick Little Gary up, I came back early. Now that I think about it, I feel like it’s better for me to go to class," Alice said and looked at Grace. She put on a small smile and continued, "In fact, it's my fault. Don't be angry."
"Do you really have a class?" Grace was a little surprised.
Alice nodded and said, "Yes."
"Why didn't you go to class in the evening before?" Grace asked.
Alice did not respond to that. She merely looked at her sister and said, "Grace, Little Gary has found his biological father. Although he is not very ideal, he wants to have Gary back into his life, so I am relieved. From now on, I will attend my evening classes."
Grace was very surprised and she asked, "Did you skip the previous classes because you had to bring Little Gary home?"
Alice smiled and replied, "It was only a few classes. There is indeed a class today. I'll cancel my leave and go off now."
"Alice!" Grace called after her as she felt bad. In the past, had Alice forgone her classes just to bring Little Gary home?
Alice turned around, looked at her sister and smiled, "Grace, I'm happy that you understand my thoughts. I'm just wishing the best for you."
"I understand," Grace nodded. "Of course, I know you're well-intentioned."
Alice smiled at her again and turned to leave.
She came out of the kitchen, took the bag and went out.
Jensen was very surprised. Seeing her coming out, he quickly caught up with her. He asked, "Alice, where are you going?"
Heinz was also stunned, "What are you going to do?"
Grace came out of the kitchen as well and saw Alice leaving without looking back.
Jensen quickly caught up with Alice and the door closed. The house instantly fell into an unprecedented silence.
Heinz was still dumbfounded and he raised his head to look at Grace.
He asked Grace in surprise, "Is it because of me?"
Grace shook her head and turned back into the kitchen again without a word.
Just then, Heinz also stood up and followed her into the kitchen. He stood at the door and looked at Grace, saying, "Grace, urn, I'm sorry."
Initially, he had not wanted to apologize, but it was he who had pushed her sister away.
"It doesn't have anything to do with you," Grace shook her head. "You don't have to apologize."
"But it seems that it's about me," Heinz said as he was very self-aware. "If I have just let her make fun of me, she wouldn't have left. However, I simply couldn't hold it back."
"Heinz," Grace suddenly stopped what she was doing and looked at Heinz with tears in her eyes. She said, "My sister is doing this for me. She is the person who cares about me the most in the world. Although Little Gary loves me, he is still a child who needs his father's love. His lack of a father's love is constantly on his mind. Alice is different; all she cares about is my happiness."
Heinz was stunned to hear this. He then said, "Grace, I care about you too. I care more about you than your sister does."
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