While Andrea was speaking, Carla, who sat in front of her, suddenly picked up a lemon slice. She tasted it as if it were her favorite food.
"Callie, is it still too sour?"
Although they had already been stewed, there was still a lot of sourness to it.
Not eating everything at once, Carla just sucked a mouthful of lemon juice. Smiling, she said, "Not bad. It's actually quite delicious and crisp. Mom, can you make this again for me tomorrow?"
Laughing, Andrea replied, "Of course! As long as my dear Callie wants to eat, I will cook for her until she gets tired of eating it."
"Really? You would do that for me? But what if I never get tired of eating your meals? Will my mom stay in BH City with me for the rest of our lives?" Carla said with a playful giggle.
"Well, for as long as you don't feel that I am annoying, I don't see why not!" Andrea said as she glanced at her with a smile.
In the afternoon, Sally got home from her day in school. Wanting to cheer her granddaughter up, Andrea played with her for a while.
Although her father had just taken off again, Sally felt a little bit better that her grandma was there to be with her.
Meanwhile, the sun shone bright and the day had passed when
Andrea came back to ask Carla to go to the hospital right after driving Sally to school.
"Mom, please, I don't want to go there now. Can I just go there after a few more days?"
Carla begged her mother for she did not want to go. Right at that time, all she wanted was a quiet couple of minutes to clear her head because she did not want to think about those kinds of things.
"Callie, you are still very young. You have time. If there is any glimmer of hope, we can't just give up,"
Andrea said, heaving a heavy sigh as she could clearly see the reluctance on Carla's face.
"Mom, I just don't want to think about those things these days. Don't make me do it, please?" Carla suddenly hugged her and pleaded.
She didn't want to give herself too much pressure. After all, she just wanted to live a free life.
All she cared about was living in the moment, and not care about the future.
"Well, in that case, if you really don't want to go, then we won't." Andrea patted Carla's shoulder and said, "I just think that since you can't really be separated from Terence, you will continue to live with the An family. I mean, you are still young. Just don't give up, dear..."
What they needed was hope for the best and prepare for the worst. After all, she was still too young to draw any conclusion yet.
And since Carla had been very vocal about not going to th
changed her tone and said mildly.
However, she was not as tough as he was.
"Of course you can. And when you get back to JA City, you can live wherever you like. I promise I won't interfere with your life," Terence said as he put on a little pout. In his mind, as long as she was in JA City, everything would be fine.
"But that's the point! I don't want to go back to JA city!" Carla suddenly blurted out.
"And why not?"
Terence asked as he put his arm around her waist while they lay down on the bed. Pleading, he continued, "Carla, please come home with me. I've already made some arrangements for Sally's school, and she can go straight there after she goes back home."
"Terence, listen to me. How about we make a deal?"
Carla asked as she glanced at the man buried under her arms while she brushed her fingers into his hair.
"What do you propose?"
Burying his face in her chest, he felt her breath and smelled the familiar fragrance of her body's essence.
"I will remarry you under the condition that as we are still divorced, you can't restrict my freedom in any manner." Carla whispered, "I'll go back to my old self once I'm done here. I just want some time alone, Terence. Would that be okay for you?"
Raising his head, Terence squinted his eyes once again.
"What happens if I don't agree to your proposal?"
Shocked to hear what Terence had just said, Carla was taken aback. With all her nerves flared up, she went fuming mad as she pushed him away from her.
"What do you mean by that? Do you really not want to re-marry anymore? Is that what this is all about?"
She was stunned at what Terence had meant by his question. What did he mean? Did he... did he not want to marry her again?