The Barrister's Love in Town

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“Can’t you learn? Is it so difficult to learn to cook for the woman you love? Or is this the extent of your sincerity in pursuing me?”

She was deliberately making things hard for Elias in an attempt to let him have a taste of his own medicine.

Knowing that Amanda was filled with resentment, the man remained silent.

When she got up and left, he stood up as well, offering. Then let me send you home.”

“There’s no need. I want to take a cab back. You promised to fix your temper, remember?”

In reality, she was worried that they would run into Aiden if Elias sent her home.

The man fell silent once again. He did promise to fix his bad temper.

Suppressing his dissatisfaction, he followed Amanda out of the World Trade Center and watched her flag down a cab and leave.

He then drove his car out of the parking lot and followed the cab, wanting nothing more than to ensure her safe arrival home.

In truth, he understood why Amanda treated him this way.

He deserved such treatment for all the wrongs he had done.

After following Amanda all the way back to Galaxy Bay, Elias parked his car in a dark corner and stayed there for a long time.

As he recalled the various wrongdoings he had committed against Amanda four years ago, he couldn’t help realizing that each one of them was quite excessive.

His phone vibrated all of a sudden.

Frowning, he only glanced at it as he didn’t feel like answering the call. However, he quickly picked up the phone when he saw that it was from the nursing home.

“Did something happen?”

The voice of the attending doctor came from the other end of the line. “Mr. Elias, your mother’s condition seems to be deteriorating. She keeps asking to see you. Do you have time to come over?”

Elias’ expression changed abruptly. “What happened to her?”

No one in his circle knew the whereabouts of his parents; it was as if they had disappeared from the face of

his son and daughter-in-law had settled abroad, but

was not true.

say for sure, but your mother’s condition has been getting

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be a good idea to come

on my way.”

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turned his car around and headed toward

home.

like I haven’t visited my mother in

every time he went, his presence

at the South Hill Care after

its inherently lifeless atmosphere, the place was eerily

to the upscale ward where his

patient’s gown as she sat in a rocking chair. muttering incessantly, “Waldo, all of this is retribution… Why do you still not believe in karma?”

was the name of Elias’ father.

walked up to his mother and kneeled slowly, observing her exhausted

handsome man before her and hesitated to believe what she was seeing. After all, she hadn’t seen her son in a long time.

resonant voice, Elias replied softly, “Mom,

finally come! I was so scared!”

that. She seemed to have been genuinely frightened, seeing as how tears poured out of

“What are you afraid of? Are you unhappy staying here? I can find another

vigorously and broke away from his embrace. “No, it’s not that. I’m afraid. retribution will fall upon you

face darkened the moment he heard the word ‘retribution

as making someone else’s son be tortured to death in his place?

strange events had plagued the Winters

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got into car accidents, ultimately tragically dying in the last one. Since then, Jennifer had suffered a mental breakdown and had to be

that Waldo had passed

Elias never

Amanda took the initiative to celebrate Elias’ birthday, only to have him leave her pale with fear when he exploded