After Ralph agreed to take her in, he told Lucile to come at six in the morning until four in the afternoon everyday. If she was late for even one minute, there was no need for her to come anymore.
She agreed to everything.
Zoel sent her back.
When she reached the gates of Abby's community, he comforted her. "Don't worry. My grandfather is not that strict. He won't really stop you from entering if you are late."
"It's alright. I won't be late."
She was determined.
She would not admit defeat. She loved to draw, and she had known about the Three K Art Academy ever since she was a child. She even went to their gallery exhibitions.
Now that she had a chance to study with the dean of the Three K Art Academy, she couldn't give up.
"Alright, I believe you."
"Thank you for the ride."
As she said that, she was about to get out of the car...
"Lucille." Suddenly, Zoel called out to her.
From the start, she could tell that he had something in his mind, but he never managed to say it. She guessed that it was about Megan.
"Mr. Parker, is there anything else? Just let me know, or I'll be busy if I start learning from Master Zane..."
Listening to her words, he huffed, "Can you stop calling me Mr. Parker?"
"What?"
She did not expect him to talk about this.
"Then... What should I call you?"
"Just call me Zoel."
He always thought that they were too distant from each other when she called him 'Mr. Parker'.
"Zoel..." She found it somewhat difficult to call his name, but she thought that since he had given her so much help, she would really be pretentious if she didn't agree to this small request of his.
"Good, and also..."
"What else?"
"The thing about Megan and I..."
Hearing Zoel talked about him and Megan, Lucille sat back in the car and closed the door.
"Alright, say it. I'm listening."
She only thought of herself as a listening partner for Zoel. She did not think much of anything else.
"Megan and I met when we were in university. Just like you and Franklin, we got married after graduating..."
"Okay."
"After that, Megan was pregnant. When she gave birth to the child, she had dystocia. Due to a lack of oxygen, the child did not live."
Zoel said it slowly, as if he was recalling those painful memories.
Lucille was also stunned. "What happened after that? After experiencing such a disaster, shouldn't you two cherish each other more? Why did you leave each other?"
She asked the doubts in her heart.
However, when she finished asking, she realized that she had overstepped.
"Yes, you are right. Before the child was born, we had great expectations for our future. But the child did not come to the world smoothly, and our world seemed to have ended. I told her that it didn't matterand that we didn't need a child in the future, but for some unknown reason, she insisted on having a divorce with me..."
Lucille kept quiet.
"After that, we got divorced. She went abroad for further studies, and she did not come back until a few days ago." After saying that, Zoel looked at her, "This is the story between us. There is nothing special about it."
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