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?"

auctioned it off," he

"What did you design?"

"A weapon!"

on him. The old man cursed him, saying he earned dirty

didn't send Sheffield to America, but

whipped him again over a scandal and sent him to M Country. He stayed there for a

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 contents of the book, and then broke all

about this. He only told her things about his mother, and

felt at that time, but his sadness was obvious to

Sheffield was trying to get close to

long while, Sheffield said nothing. Evelyn tried to ask, "So,

her Cat's Eye ring

not be easy

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 don' need to help me.

you tell me this

is for our ears only. What

was a glass room. She scanned her surroundings. Luckily, she didn't see anyone

you so afraid of people seeing us?" asked Sheffield with

course, I have

will say if I take a picture of us and send it

send it to my dad and

so handsome that my future father-in-law feels threatened by my appearance. He never liked me. I'd better stay away from him." Evelyn wanted

lips. "Do

him anymore. "Are you going to eat

wanting to anger her. "But I need to

it was a rare chance. He wouldn't waste