She gestured with her hands, “Same size as a chicken’s egg, some are smaller.”
Loredana followed them slowly while carrying a plastic bag with some persimmons inside. She saw their silhouettes and smiled like a Cheshire cat instinctively. It was almost noon, the blanket of fog has finally been dispersed, she felt the warm rays of sunshine.
Victoria and her children were laughing and smiling when holding hands walking into the courtyard.
Kevin had already come back before Loredana went into the mountains, in the compound were building blocks made from solid wood, and on it were placed a variety of wood carvings.
Samuel’s eyes brightened, he let go of Victoria’s hand, walked over, and reached out to pick up a pigeon wood carving. Mainly, the legs, the wings and the eyes could all move. The feathers on the body of the pigeon were carved with precision, hence it looked so vivid.
“Wow, it’s my first time looking at a wood carving.” Probably little boys were naturally interested in toys.
Simona on the other hand, was a lot calmer. Apart from good food and fluffy puppets, there were seldom any toys that could attract her attention.
Kevin had never gotten married, since Victoria had married into the Mendelsohn family, he had been staying here. Normally he would carve wood carvings to pass his time, the wood carvings on the two rows of building blocks were all carved by him. From learning it, to now being good at it, he had spent a lot of time. Regardless of those flying in the skies, swimming in the water, or running on ground, he could carve them out vividly, as if once a soul is given to them, they would come to life.
Samuel’s eyes were dazzled, he felt that every little animal was so adorable, so vivid, wanting to pick each of them up to fiddle with and examine them closely.
Seeing that Samuel was happy, Kevin also laughed out loud.
“How is that fun.” Simona pouted, as if these had all been prepared for her brother, and she had been left with nothing.
The little girl pouted, very unhappy.
Loredana ruffled her little girl’s hair, and raised her head to look at Victoria, “This kid, likes to compare herself with her brother.”
Victoria laughed, feeling that this was a natural tendency for children, innocent and bubbly, without any worries.
“Aww, is Simona jealous of her brother?” Kevin teased her, his face filled with laughter, the creases around his eyes deepened, but he was still friendly.
Simona pouted her pink lips, “You prepared so many fun things for Samuel, but not me.”
“What do you like?” Kevin asked.
Simona cocked her head and thought for a moment, “I like to eat pudding, red bean cake, honeydew flavored chocolate…”
Simona rattled out a list of food.
Loredana, “…”
“This kid…” Loredana knew that her daughter was a little glutton, but she had never thought that when being asked what toys she liked, she would also answer with food.
“The food you are talking about, I don’t have them here, but…” He walked over to the large plane tree in the lawn. In this weather, the leaves were a pale yellow, lush and thick.
Two ropes that were as thick as a braid hung down from the branches, something unknown was hanging on it, covered with a red cloth.
“I also prepared toys for Simona, but I don’t know whether you will like it.”
The little girl was very excited, running over quickly, “What’s it, what’s it, I want to see.”
“You open it yourself.” Kevin was feeling a little worried inside, afraid that this kid will not like the ‘present’ he had prepared specially for her.
Simona clutched the red cloth and tugged at it, when the red cloth fell on the ground, under it hung a huge white swan, its two wings were tied by rope, and on its body was dug out a groove, and behind it was a seat with a back.
“I want to sit on it.” The little girl clutched it, “I have never sat on a big swan swing before.”
Kevin held her up, and let her sit on the seat made with special materials. The big swan was carved with a giant tree root, and then brushed with white paint.
Even though it wasn’t something special, but he had spent a lot of effort on it.
“The big white swan will be flying.” The swing moved, as if the white swan was flying.
Simona yelled in excitement, she hugged the neck of the swan, sitting on her body, flying into the skies.
Loredana and Victoria sat on the rattan chair in the lawn, on the table was a water bottle, all these were prepared by Kevin.
Seeing that the two kids were happy, Victoria also felt happy. This place was not as noisy and busy like the city, it was plain and quiet, it was definitely what everyone aspires to live like.
She looked over to Loredana, “Look at how happy they are, there’s no elegant appearance, no high-tech manufacturing, it’s so simple, but they can have so much fun.”
Loredana looked at her two children and sighed, “Exactly.”
Looking at her two happy children, the corner of her lips couldn’t help but raise.
“The Mendelsohn family has been having a single son for the last three generations, their mansion and their empire is huge, but their members are not. Look, even though it’s a big family, but there are not many people in the family. I know, giving birth to them must have been tough, but if possible, I hope I can ask you for one more, I can help you…”
Halfway through her sentence, she choked, Cormac would perhaps not allow her to take care of them.
Unconsciously, her expression dimmed.
Loredana understood her meaning, and knew why she stopped in her words. In it were hidden with so much bitterness, only those who had experienced it would understand.
In the past she had said that she couldn’t give birth, it was to purposedly lie to Cormac. However, the car accident, added with giving birth to the two of them, had indeed really been detrimental on her health. The doctor had said that it was best if she stopped giving birth, and even if she was pregnant, it would be hard to keep the baby. Her body was weak.
Even though her relationship with Cormac was getting better now, she hadn’t thought of giving birth to another child. But she didn’t want to reject Victoria, “I will think about it.”
Victoria sat in the lawn that she had lived in in the past, looking at her grandchildren, and her understanding daughter-in-law. She felt that she was indeed lucky, and very blessed.
“I have something to ask of you.” Victoria looked at Loredana seriously.
“Please tell me.”
Victoria took Loredana’ hand and put it in her palms, “I would like to ask you to take care of him, if he did anything wrong, please forgive him once, and don’t leave him.”
Loredana couldn’t bear to reject a mother. She was also a mum herself, she knew how important a child is to a mother.
But she didn’t dare to make empty promises, and she didn’t want to disappoint Victoria, “If he doesn’t bring up leaving first, I will not leave him.”
For the two children, she would not leave him easily as well.
All parents in the world are the same.
At night, Victoria prepared a hearty meal, it was all the specialty dishes here, and some was prepared based on the preferences of the children.
“Go back once you finished the meal.” Even though Victoria couldn’t bear to see them leave, but she also didn’t dare to keep them for too long, she was afraid that Cormac would be suspicious.
Loredana had initially intended to let the two children spend more time with Victoria. She had missed Cormac growing up, she wanted the two children to get closer to her, so as to compensate for the past. But what she said made sense. Cormac wasn’t someone that was easy to trick, if he found out about this, it would be very troublesome.
“If there’s a chance in the future, I will bring them to see you.” Loredana said.
Victoria filled some dishes for the children, “I’m afraid the next time we meet it wouldn’t be here anymore.” She looked towards Loredana, “I will go back tomorrow, how about you guys?”
“I might be staying for a few more days.” She was already very interested in yarn, now that she knew it was the Mendelsohn family’s business, the more she wanted to learn it well.
Now Kevin hadn’t passed on the core business to her, she was afraid she couldn’t leave first.
There were a lot of them, so it would take long.
It would definitely take a few days.
After dinner, the sky had already darkened, the driver sent Loredana and the children back.
Victoria instructed the driver, “Drive slowly.”
“Don’t worry madam.”
The driver was an old member of the Mendelsohn family, his skills were good.
Samuel and Simona squeezed by the car window, waving their hands at Victoria, “Goodbye nanny.”
Victoria also waved her hand, “Goodbye.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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