True Love Waits

Chapter 368 I Don't Have A Mother

When Debbie finally calmed down, Carlos set Piggy down gently. He looked at the little one and said tenderly, "Go to your mom, now."

Piggy didn't let go of him immediately. "Uncle Carlos, will you come to our house?"

Sensing the girl's unusually deep attachment to him, Carlos was confused. He didn't answer Piggy's question. Instead, he looked at Debbie incredulously, who had just thrown a tantrum, and wondered, 'Is she using the girl to get back together with me?'

"What are you looking at?" she snapped at Carlos, rolling her eyes at him. "Piggy, come here," she said to her daughter, disappointed at Carlos' reaction.

She recalled how he used to say he wanted a boy. 'I knew he wouldn't like Piggy.'

Carlos misunderstood her too. He thought Debbie was embarrassed because she had given birth to a married man's illegitimate child. But he eventually said indifferently, "This isn't about you and me. I like Evelyn." Then he turned to Piggy. "Evelyn, this is my card. Call me when you want to see me. Then I'll send someone by to pick you up, okay?"

Piggy's tearful face broke into a smile when she heard this. She took the card and gave Carlos a peck on the cheek. "Thanks, Uncle Carlos. I'll call."

"Glad to hear it. All right, I have work to do. Bye."

"Bye-bye." Piggy waved her hand and went to her mom.

Debbie could tell that Piggy liked Carlos a lot, even more than Ivan, Hayden, and her other godfathers.

However, Carlos was just as cold as always, and didn't show much warmth to the child, at least as far as Debbie was concerned. After Carlos left, Debbie scooped Piggy up into her arms and asked, "How do you know... um...Uncle Carlos?"

Holding Carlos' card in her hand, Piggy blinked and answered, "Daddy Ivan, at the dinner."

dinner. So she liked Carlos from the

could taste it. She was not sure what to tell her daughter. Should she tell Piggy that Carlos was her father? Was it right

walked out of the restaurant. Hayden had planned to go to the mall and do some shopping for Piggy, but the little girl was already asleep. So Debbie decided to take her back to Curtis' place. Debbie's concert date was just around the corner. She had been

them warmly, "Hi,

talking in the living room. She asked Ruth Li, "Do we have a guest?" "Yes, Miss

not to belabor the point any longer. She put Piggy down, changed into her slippers, and walked into the living room,

couch drinking water. Seeing Debbie walk in, she nervously put the glass down on

were gonna go shopping, but Piggy..." Was asleep, she wanted to say. But her words

It was...

smile, "I bought some watermelon. It's from Xinjiang. It's said to be as nutritious as milk. Let's

here?' she thought with a pale

awkwardly quiet, and tense as all get out. Curtis walked over

still silent, staring at the face she had seen so many times on TV, yet it was totally unfamiliar to her. Then all of a sudden, she gathered up Piggy and started to walk to

on the couch called in a throaty

gaze. The next second, as if she heard nothing, she

went to her anxiously, trying to persuade her to stay. "Debbie, your mom took some time off to visit. I know this is

what?" Debbie scoffed. "I

Her heart ached every time she called her daughter's name. "I was forced to leave you and your dad. Now that the guy who tore our family apart is dying, I want to make up for

yelled, startling Piggy

she had scared Piggy, Debbie pressed her cheek against Piggy's, and rubbed her back to comfort her, "I'm

to Ruth Li and took Piggy from Debbie. "She's your mom.

in the eye. "I never had a mother, and I don't need one now," she said stubbornly. "You abandoned me when I

Debbie stroked Piggy's