Chapter 109 Begin to Care

What Anna had done was beyond dispute, so there was nothing Dora could say. She wailed, "Why do you all bully me? It is so unfair. Why won't anyone take my side?"

Cassie could not listen to Dora and her complaints, so she told Joseph, "I will take Kate home. You deal with things here. Remember, do not go easy on them anymore!"

Kate walked out of the room with Cassie. She hadn't said a word; she did not know how to deal with Dora and Anna.

She could relate to her mother even more. When Flora found out the Leo was having an affair, she didn't argue; she ignored it. Everyone could see that Flora had a successful career, but only those closest to her knew of her failing marriage. However, when she became depressed, the public's opinion of her changed, and she eventually became so sad that she gave up the will to live. Kate wondered if she would have the same fate as her mother.

"Kate, you've heard the recording. Will you be able to forgive Joseph and remarry him?" Cassie smiled at Kate, "Joseph does not like telling anyone his ideas and feelings. I can see that he does clearly love you, though!"

Kate smiled back and declined politely, "I thank you for everything you have done. You may not be my mother-in-law anymore, but I still think of you as my mother. I will see you when I can."

Cassie felt disappointed when she heard Kate's response. She softly said, "Kate, I promised your mother I would take good care of you. I know I cannot force you, but I sincerely hope you can work things out with Joseph."

"You know why he married me before. There is no mutual love between us; I just want to give up on trying!" She told Cassie, as she had in the past.

"My son is a very good man. He just could not see Anna's true personality. I am just thankful that he has this time and will not be with her again," Cassie sighed.

"Mom… Cassie, I need to go home," Kate corrected herself, which embarrassed Cassie.

As Kate was getting into a taxi, Cassie yelled to her and then handed her a box.

"What's this?" Kate questioned.

"My silly son asked Noelle to give it to you as if it was from her. He didn't want to tell you. I really don't understand why I guess he doesn't want you to know his intentions?" Cassie explained and quickly walked away so that Kate couldn't reject the box.

Kate looked down at the box and got in the taxi.

When she arrived home, she told Daisy about the recording and about Anna.

"She has amnesia?" Daisy was shocked. After a while, she said, "Why is she does she always go missing or get amnesia? She is a big liar. Can we believe anything?"

Kate shrugged her shoulders.

"Cassie said that Joseph asked Noelle to give it to me…" Kate said, hesitant to open it.

"Lord Joseph?" Daisy exclaimed, "You should open it. Perhaps it is a token of his love!"

Kate rolled her eyes, "If it is, he would have sent it to Anna, not to me…"

"Why don't you understand?"

"Understand what?"

"Lord Joseph realized Anna deceived him, so he set a trap for her. He needed to find out the truth, and now he knows what kind of person Anna really is!"

"What are you trying to say? Just tell me!"

"Lord Joseph is worried about you."

To make her argument convincing enough, Daisy sighed, "When you were sick, it was Lord Joseph who took you to the hospital…"

"What?" Kate could not believe it, "Not you?"

"No, it wasn't me. You had a high fever and were talking nonsense. I wanted to take you to the hospital, but I was too weak to do it on my own, so I called Joseph," Daisy confessed. She wanted to tell Kate, but Joseph begged her not to.

Kate's eyelid twitched, and she suddenly felt lost. She was ready to cut Joseph out of her life, but now she wasn't sure.

But so, what? I can't forget about all the suffering he caused me! If I continue to be around him, I will only suffer more. Forget about it! Kate reminded herself.

"Kate, although Lord Joseph did not have feelings for you before, his attitude has greatly changed since he found out the truth. Can you please try to forgive him? He deserves another chance."

"Daisy, I know you wish me happiness, but everything he has done cannot be fixed with a few words. And I think he is nice to me only out of guilt. He felt sorry for me once he realized the truth," Kate was not only telling Daisy but also telling herself so that she would not make a wrong decision.

"But Lord Joseph sent messages to me many times to…"

"I have to go to the flower shop and then to my grandma's grave. Please call me if anything happens," Kate interrupted Daisy. She understood what Daisy was doing, but she didn't want to hear it.

"Okay, just please don't be gone too long. I worry about you!" Daisy smiled.

After she was done at the flower shop, Lisa called Kate. They had not seen each other for a few days, so Kate agreed to meet for dinner before going to the cemetery.

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When Kate and Cassie left the hospital room, Dora jumped up. She glared at Joseph, then held Anna in her arms. Dora wept, "Don't worry, Anna. I am here and will protect you. For two years we thought you were dead, you suffered so much. I won't let it happen again!"