Once Scarlet got into the car, Emily reached out, gently cupping her face in her hands. Her skin was lined with soft wrinkles of age and love \u201cYou\u2019ve lost weight again. Have you not been eating properly?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet answered obediently, \u201cI have been eating I actually gained two pounds recently. You\u2019re the one who\u2019s lost so much weight What happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily\u2019s health had never been good. She\u2019d had stomach cancer and gone through several surgeries. Once a plump, well\u2013fed old lady, she\u2019d wasted away by half. Three years ago, she\u2019d even come close to death itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet didn\u2019t know if it was some kind of magic Emily had consulted or just luck, but somehow, after she married William, Emily had pulled through that ordeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the past few years, she\u2019d been living on Mount Plato, spending her days in devout meditation while nursing her health. She rarely allowed her children or grandchildren to visit, saying it disturbed her peace. She only came back during the New Year, and even then, just for a few days No one knew why she\u2019d returned early this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Compared to the last time Scarlet saw her, she was visibly thinner again. For an elderly person, losing weight so drastically always meant Illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking at her nearly paper\u2013thin frame, Scarlet frowned with worry. \u201cAre you feeling unwell again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nothing,\u201d Emily said cheerfully. \u201cSame old problems. I had another small surgery not long ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said it lightly, but Scarlet, with her medical background, knew very well that with Emily\u2019s condition, any surgery was a gamble with death \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us you were having surgery?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I told you, you\u2019d just worry yourselves sick,\u201d Emily said. \u201cI\u2019m always having little aches and pains. Are you all supposed to stop living your lives because of me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At her age, she\u2019d long since come to terms with life and death. \u201cIt\u2019s better to tell you after it\u2019s done. If it goes well, you can be happy I pulled through. And if it doesn\u2019t\u2026 Well, maybe my time has come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d rather worry than regret it later. Regret like that lasts a lifetime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet knew too well what it felt like to lose family. That kind of pain never went away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily was momentarily stunned. Knowing Scarlet had lost her parents young and was especially emotionally attached, she squeezed her hand. \u201cThat\u2019s my fault. Next time, I\u2019ll make sure you come and stay with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she told the driver, \u201cLet\u2019s go back home for dinner. If we don\u2019t head back soon, the others will start calling nonstop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou haven\u2019t been home yet?\u201d Scarlet asked in surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver answered, \u201cThe moment Mrs. Cooper Senior got off the plane, she said she wanted to come pick you up. She\u2019s been waiting outside the hospital for two hours.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could\u2019ve gone home first. I could\u2019ve visited you after work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily huffed in mock indignation. \u201cWhy would I go back to stare at those old faces? I\u2019ve seen enough of them to last a lifetime. You\u2019re different. Looking at your stunning face makes me happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet felt her eyes sting. She didn\u2019t even know what to say. She was in the middle of her divorce, no longer technically part of the Cooper family. The only one she truly cared about now was Emily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Better to wait until after dinner to tell her. Emily had just come back, and there was no need to ruin a reunion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When they arrived at the Cooper residence, everyone was already waiting for them. Scarlet helped Emily inside, and everyone in the living room rose in unison to greet them. William and Julian were both there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
COND Marzor\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amally Fonunda garrig Duit can help mother and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Play now\u00a0<\/p>\n
broken host\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bxvi Arthur, the head of Copper Group, whose fortune in Heritage Bank was enough to make the city tremble, didn\u2019t dare\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justine, who had been fretting all afternoon, let out a sigh \u201cEmily, didn\u2019t your flight land hours ago? Why are you only home\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finity beamed as she held Scarlet\u2019s hand \u201cEwent to pick up Scarlet from work\u00a0<\/p>\n
William\u2019s gase drifted casually over Scarlet\u2019s face. \u201cMust be nice. Even Grandma has to pick you up personally.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arthan said, \u201cWilliam could\u2019ve gone to get her. Why did you go yourself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can pick her up anytime I like. Since when is that any of your business?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At heart, she was still a big kid, and all Arthur could do was watch helplessly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William added casually, \u201cSo it\u2019s only her you care about now? Better keep that under wraps, or people will get the wrong idea about the Coopers \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment he finished, three people glared at him all at once.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justine snapped, \u201cWhat nonsense are you spouting now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gossyp Harbor\u00a0<\/p>\n
finally found a game\u00a0<\/p>\n
that can help mother and daughter renovate\u00a0<\/p>\n
a broken hou\u00a0<\/p>\n
Play now\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
172\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once Scarlet got into the car, Emily reached out, gently cupping her face in her hands. Her skin was lined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13600,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562\/revisions\/13600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}