S31 95. Shame

“Were you the ones singing at that time?” Mrs. Connor asked in inaudible voice.

The twins fell silent. With frozen smiles, they blinked to guess it.

“What did she just say?” Louis glanced at his younger sister.

Emily shrugged her shoulders vaguely, afraid to offend the woman. “I don’t know.”

Smiling, Ava got up from her chair. “You won’t be able to hear my mother from there. Come here.” She reached out her hand.

The twins’ faces lit up again. Happily, they let Ava sit them on her lap.

“Were you the ones singing at that time?”

The twins’ mouths rounded.

“Oh, that’s it,” Louis muttered before nodding. “Yes, we were the ones singing that time. Did you like our singing?”

Mrs. Connor whispered, “Very sweet.”

Emily laughed while covering her mouth. “You don’t need to lie to please Louis, Mrs. Connor. It’s okay. We realized that our voices were a bit off at the time, especially Louis.”

Louis elbowed his sister’s arm. His lips were pursed, his brows

furrowed. “I told you it’s vibrato.”

“Okay, okay. But I hope you don’t use it again. Sing according to what we have practiced.”

A second later, Emily shifted her gaze. Her expression turned sweet.” We have prepared a new song for you, Mrs. Connor.”

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“What song is it?”

“It’s still a secret! We’ll sing it after dinner. Are you willing to wait, Mrs. Connor?” Emily tilted her head.

The woman nodded again. “I will wait.”

“Thank you. We’re sure you won’t be disappointed. We’ve practiced hard.”

Suddenly, Louis leaned forward. His hand tried to reach the woman’s finger. “How are you, Madam? Have you completely recovered?”

showing rapid progress, but she still has to go through the recovery process. There are

it hurt?” Emily frowned.

mother has to overcome the stiffness in

she can. She’s your mother. So, she must have

enthusiasm too.”

Louis spread his arms to express Ava’s enthusiasm, someone whispered from

Everyone looked over.

feet. Her hands waved sweetly. “Come on,

Kara, Frank followed in. “Good evening, Mrs.

you?”

nodded slightly. “Good.”

got used to

who

of the conversation, Jeremy suddenly knocked on the

that, Mrs. Connor immediately

Ava, was shocked, not expecting her to be

that.

“Is it Eva?”

clearly. However, he

her name was Eva.”

sigh escaped Mrs. Connor’s mouth. Without caring about the IV that was

quickly put the twins down and held her. “Wait, Mom. You can’t go anywhere. Sit

Connor clenched one hand in front of her chest. Her

before that,” Jeremy interjected, “I need Ava’s help to confirm her identity. No

nodded. “Yes, I understand.”

Connor couldn’t stop smiling. “Eva is my favorite daughter. You will definitely be happy to meet

when they heard it. Even the twins

as much as you love Eva?”

shook her head weakly. “She is different. She is

leaves me. She am very

more reliable. I

family looked at each other in confusion. Wasn’t Ava the one who had been taking care of her? Why did Mrs. Connor praise a name they had only just heard

Ava finally returned.

Eva put several shopping bags on the sofa then rushed over to her mother. The twins quickly stepped aside,

you finally woke up.” She pressed her cheek to her mother’s face. Mrs. Connor laughed out loud as she rubbed her back.

come. I miss you so

each other almost every day. Didn’t Ava tell you?

youngest

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