Karl grew irritated when Wayne said what he was thinking. He said, “What’s wrong? You don’t think it’s not going to work? I’m sure
Peace will be fine.”
Wayne said firmly, “Oh, no, you’re such a naive fool. I think that since you will be married later, your parents will thoroughly check her background. If they know that she had such a serious condition and you are concealing it from them, they would never give you their blessing.”
Wayne had met Karl’s parents when he was a child. They were nice parents who allowed Karl to do whatever he wanted as an adult.
They didn’t like being duped, though. So, if they later find out that Karl kept such an important secret from them, they would despise Peace.
“You know, if that happens, your parents will hate Peace.”
Karl frowned and said, “Actually, I can just talk to my parents. You know, I’m not worried whether they’ll accept the truth or not. Peace can’t think straight now. So, if she finds out that I took the liberty of telling people we’re dating after she’s sober, she’ll be pissed. In fact, she and I are actually on a break right now.”
Seeing that Karl could do this for her, Wayne figured he didn’t have to say anything more to persuade him. He gave Karl a friendly pat on the shoulder and said, “Well, that’s all I want to say to you. By the way, Anna wants to talk to you after a while.”
“Sure,” Karl said with a nod.
After a while, Anna came out of the bedroom.
Wayne realized what he needed to do right now. As a result, he stood up and prepared to leave. “I’m heading to the garage now to fetch my car,” he added.
As he finished and walked away, he gave Anna a glance.
“Have a seat, please,” Karl said.
Anna replied calmly, “Oh, no, I’m not sitting down. You didn’t take much of his words to heart, did you?”
Karl explained, “No, I know what Wayne was trying to say. He meant well, and he cared so much about me. But, actually, he wasn’t thinking about Peace at all.”
Anna fixed her stare on him, her glance as sharp as a knife. She said, “Well, I am. I’m not going to say anything pleasant, though.”
“That’s all right. You may say it now because I am prepared. In fact, I was prepared for anything from the moment I learned that she was sick.”
“Good. But have you ever considered whether you’ll get tired of all these one days? Will you give up taking care of her because you
Can’t stand it any longer?” Anna asked seriously.
“One moment, please,” Karl replied, clenching his fist.
He then walked over to the bookcase in the corner of the room. He yanked open the bookcase’s bottom shelf door and slid a silver portable sale out.
“Here‘s documentation of all my real estate, Anna. I own 36 properties in all, the most valuable of which is in London. I own six houses in Birmingham, three of which are stores, which I have all rented out. The rest of the residences are scattered across the country in various tourist destinations. And then, here are all my cars and documentation of ownership of my stock.”
“What are you showing me all this for?” When Anna saw him showing her so many documents, she was puzzled. Even though he kept talking for a long time, he only introduced hall of the prools in the sale. Then, Anna interrupted him.
Karl stopped, looked up at her, and said seriously, “Anna, I know what you mean. You believe that I’ll run out of patience and won’t be able to care for Peace any longer one day. Actually, I’ve thought about that too. But I’ll take care of her for the rest of my life unless /
die. So, I’d want to show you some of my assets. I’ve also requested my lawyer to draft an agreement for me. If that day comes, I will give all my possessions to her.”
“Have you considered what would happen if she couldn’t gain access to those assets?” Anna found it hard to say those words but she said them anyway.
“Well, I’ve also thought about that. I’ve asked a trust, a welfare organization and a psychiatric hospital to keep an eye on each other so they can take care of Peace.”
After hearing Karl’s words, Anna was convinced that he had really thought about caring for Peace for the rest of his life. Furthermore, he did not appear to take it on the spur of the moment, as he was a little too cautious in this regard. He even considered if the trust and the welfare organization were working together to defraud him of his money.
He said that he wanted Peace to live until she was eighty years old. At that point, the hospital would give her a physical checkup.
Only after ensuring she was in the same physical condition as her peers would the welfare organization have the rest of the money.
So, Anna had nothing to say about it.
They heard someone crying in the bedroom as they were leaving Karl’s house. Karl was used to it and explained to them, “Well, I’m not going to walk you out. She’s probably crying because the movie has made her sad. So, I’m going to comfort her.”
“Okay, bye,” Anna said. She realized that Karl was the only one who could take care of Peace best. However, she also began to worry that Karl’s life would be turned upside down because of this.
Wayne asked about something else when they got in the car instead of talking about Karl and Peace.
“Are you going to see Tammy at Grandpa’s?” After learning that Peace was sick, Wayne let Tammy stay with his grandfather.
Anna was not in the mood to see her daughter, so she signed and said, “Oh, not now. If she sees me, I’m sure she’ll ask where Peace
You know, I haven’t figured out how to answer her yet.”
“Well, then you’d better visit her sometime later. Tammy is doing well at Grandpa’s, according to Henry. They’ll pick her up and drop her off at school when the new semester begins.. So, you don’t have to worry too much, Anna. They can take good care of her.”
“Why? After I get my company up and running, I’ll have time to pick her up from school.” Anna said. She didn’t like what Wayne had just said since it made her appear as if she intended to do nothing but lay on her laurels and do nothing.
Wayne cave Anna a look as if he was thinking about how he should put it. Then, he said, “Well, Gabe can keep an eye on the construction team for you. But, you need to think about your designers. You know that Andrew can’t be the only person on your design team, right? I’ve already taken it upon myself to have Gabe recruit for Lemon, Anna.”
“Please don’t bire a chiel designer,” Anna said softly as she regained her composure.
“Well, sure.”
The busiling, steels of Birmingham were lighted by neon lights in the lovely moonlight.
Annabepan to ponder what people would be willing to do for love. Because Peace possessed a high sense of self-esteem, her greatest worry was being abandoned by others. As a result, she kept her illness hidden from Karl. But, in the end, she collapsed and it was
Karl who kept laking care of her.
Anna leaned back in her seat and stared at Wayne in the driver’s seal for a long time in a daze.
Then she said, “Wayne, I have a confession to mak
Wayne was driving. He glanced at Anna after hearing her words and asked, “What? Do you want to tell me about your medical history? So, do you suffer from schizophrenia as well?”
Anna was speechless when she heard Wayne’s question. So, she said seriously while pretending to be joking, “What if I do suffer from schizophrenia, what will you do then? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe Peace and I met at a mental institution!”
Wayne looked at her, as if confirming something, and replied, “Are you serious? Oh, do you want to hear the truth?”
“Yes, of course! Except for the truth, everything in this world is nonsense.”
Wayne paused for a time, then he slowed the car slightly. He was serious when he said, “If you have schizophrenia as well, I’ll accept it easier than Karl. My grandfather is about eighty years old and he’s gonna die soon, and I have no father or mother…”
Anna cut him off and shouted, “Hey! Stop it! I was just joking, alright?”
“We’re all gonna die,” Wayne said calmly.
“Well, forget it! I shouldn’t have asked you that.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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