True Love Waits

"You didn't know? She killed a patient. She prescribed counterfeit medication where real drugs were necessary. And the patient died. Think I haven't asked someone to help her? Now she's in deep enough doo-doo where I can't help her. What do you know? You're just a kid!"

Sheffield breathed heavily as he digested his father's words. 'Mom's patient died because of her? And she prescribed counterfeit medication?' Not until then did he know why his mother was locked up. "That's impossible! My mother would never do anything like that!"

His father sighed heavily and said, "It's true. Even I couldn't save her."

But they were a couple, and his father did what he could to help Ingrid. She had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison. But she got out after serving two years for good behavior.

Prison wasn't kind to her. She never was able to get a good night's sleep, and her dietary habits suffered. She was under a lot of stress, which affected her health.

Not long after she was released, Ingrid died.

That year, Sheffield was eleven. Despite the young age, he had tasted the bitterness of the world. In order to make a name for himself, by this time, he had fought in the streets for 3 years. He did well in school, though, and was about to skip the third year of junior high.

He had to bury his mother all by himself.

Seven days after his mother died, three million dollars was wired into his account.

Since he was a minor, Sheffield's father checked the account and found out. He asked where the money came from.

"I earned it," Sheffield said nonchalantly.

An eleven-year-old child netted three million, just like that; it shocked everyone in the Tang family.

Sheffield was smart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have skipped grades continuously and was ready to jump from grade 8 to grade 10 at the age of 11.

But no one believed he could make three million.

So Sheffield's father did what he felt he had to, and grabbed a whip. Then he asked, "How did you make that much? Are you involved with some bad people?"

and auctioned it off,"

"What did you design?"

"A weapon!"

one believed that. His father used the whip on him. The old

Sheffield to America,

him again over a scandal and sent him to M Country. He stayed there for a few years, and later went abroad for further study. During

were far from uneventful. When Mooney, Sheffield's grandfather, passed away, he handed his medical notes to Sheffield. In order to escape being hunted down, Sheffield burned the notebook after memorizing the

told her things about his mother, and

at that time, but his sadness was obvious

listening to what he said, Evelyn could sort of understand why Sheffield was trying to

nothing. Evelyn tried to ask, "So, you

her Cat's Eye ring and casually replied,

took a deep breath. It had been more than ten years. It would not be easy to reverse the verdict. "How can I help?" she asked. She truly

said, the sadness drained out of him. He pulled the woman into his arms and she settled into his lap. Evelyn struggled to rise, but Sheffield wrapped his arms tight around her waist. "You

him. "Can't you tell me this without keeping me trapped like

this is for our ears only. What if

hand. She had just realized that this was a glass room. She scanned her surroundings. Luckily, she

people seeing

I have

think Joshua will say if I take a picture

eyes and snapped, "Why don't you send it to my dad and

by my appearance. He never liked me. I'd better stay away from him." Evelyn wanted to laugh. "You're

lips. "Do you think your

couldn't stand him anymore. "Are

right, let's eat," Sheffield said immediately, not wanting to anger her. "But I need to do something before dinner, otherwise my

the girl in his arms, it was a rare chance. He wouldn't waste