Mrs. Lewis continued: “Liberty, don’t listen to Duncan’s hurtful words; he is now… He doesn’t want to see anyone who comes to see him because he is like a hedgehog covered in thorns, and they all claim that others come to see him out of sympathy.”
“Mrs. Lewis, I won’t blame Mr. Lewis.”
Liberty gently withdrew her hand.
She’s not used to being held hands so intimately by Mrs. Lewis.
“Liberty, I came to you today to ask for something.” Mrs. Lewis got to the point, she looked at Liberty with pleading eyes, and said, “Liberty, we are all very sad for Duncan now but we can’t persuade him.
He likes you very much, and he doesn’t want to see you recently. He has low self-esteem, thinks he is disabled, and doesn’t want to drag you down, so he refuses to see you.”
Liberty listened to Mrs. Lewis silently but said nothing.
Mrs. Lewis was also silent for a while, and then said: “Liberty, I want you to take care of Duncan, help him regain his confidence, and continue to do rehabilitation after he is discharged from the hospital.”
She felt that the only way was to ask Liberty to take care of Duncan that he can regain confidence and have a chance to recover.
Otherwise, if he continued to be depressed like this, it was really possible that he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Mrs. Lewis: “I know you are also very busy, your business is good, and you can make a lot of money a day. Don’t worry, I will never let you suffer. I will give you a salary of $10,000 a day. You only need to go to work during the day, and you don’t need to guard him at night. What do you think?”
This was a very high salary and Liberty’s all-you-can-eat business was very good, but it hadn’t reached the point of earning $10,000 a day. Mrs. Lewis thought that she paid $10,000 a day to ask Liberty to take care of her son and encouraged him to regain his confidence.
“Whether you have any thoughts about Duncan, we will not interfere with you. That is between you and Duncan. What I just said is the truth. As long as my child lives happily, it doesn’t matter who he likes. Whoever he wants to marry, I only want my child to live happily.
Liberty, I know that such a request of mine is difficult for you, but I really have no choice but to come to disturb you.”
Mrs. Lewis grabbed Liberty’s hand again, and begged: “Liberty, please, help us, only you can take care of Duncan, so that Duncan can stand up again. Please Now, if you think the salary I give is too little, you can tell me the amount, no matter how much you want, I will satisfy you.”
Liberty waited for Mrs. Lewis to finish speaking, and she said: “Mrs. Lewis, I’m afraid I can’t help you. Mr. Lewis has helped me a lot. I feel sorry for him as he is now, and I hope he recovers soon. If I can help him, I’m very happy. I am willing to help him, but it has nothing to do with feelings, and Mrs. Lewis, you don’t have to give me such a high salary.”
Mrs. Lewis said: “Duncan is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, especially for you, as long as you are willing to go to the hospital to take care of him, no matter how hard he will soften, this is not a problem.
I sacrificed so much time to take care of Duncan, Now, I will definitely compensate you, I am very clear about your behavior, just treat it as if you are working and do things with money.”
When taking care of Duncan, if Liberty developed feelings for him, Mrs. Lewis would not care about it; if there was still no love between them, Mrs. Lewis would Respect Liberty’s decision.
Mrs. Lewis could only sigh that the two are destined for each other.
If Duncan didn’t want to marry because of this, she would admit it too.
It was the son who lived, and he could live whatever he wanted.
Mrs. Lewis had to say that Duncan had a car accident this time, she really looked away.
It’s just that the price she needed to pay is a bit high.
My son has lost his temper, throwing things. we are his biological parents, and I caused his car accident, so we can bear him. Who else would be angry with him? I think we spend a lot of money to hire nurses to take care of him. No one wants to make that kind of money, he is really hard to take care of right now.” Mrs. Lewis said.
Mrs. Lewis felt that spending $300,000 a month to hire Liberty to take care of Duncan was not expensive at all, as long as her son recovered, no matter how much money was spent, she was willing.
$300,000, that was, the money for one bag of hers, and she had more than $300,000 in bags.
Mrs. Lewis felt that paying $10,000 a day was not much, but Liberty thought it was too much.
Her all-you-can-eat business was booming, and the daily running water cost only a few thousand dollars, which was far from ten thousand dollars.
“You want to live and raise Sonny. Sonny is in Wiltspoon Central Kindergarten. The tuition of this kindergarten is very expensive. Even if you are willing to help us take care of Duncan unconditionally, we can’t let you do that and we’ll feel uneasy.
Liberty, I’ll give you $300,000 a month, it’s really not much, you don’t have to think about it, and don’t bargain with me anymore, if you bargain with me again, I’ll give you $50,000.”
Liberty: “… Mrs. Lewis, can you let me think again?”
She wanted to talk to Serena about this matter.
Liberty: “I’ll answer you tomorrow.”
Mrs. Lewis nodded, “It’s ok, Liberty, think about it carefully, I won’t rush you, Duncan will have to stay in the hospital for a while before he can be discharged. His father and I can still survive with his current state. It will be troublesome to do rehabilitation in the future.”
Liberty looked at Mrs. Lewis’s white hair, this lady, at this moment, was no longer superior, she was only worried about her son, and only wanted to make him get better.
“Mrs. Lewis, I will reply you when I think about it. Don’t worry too much. Mr. Lewis is just in a low mood for a while. He is not easy to be defeated. He will definitely recover.”
Mrs. Lewis sighed and said: “You want to comfort me like this, and I also comfort myself like this, but seeing Duncan like that, how can I not be worried? It’s because of me, a mother, that he will become like this, and I blame myself a lot.”
Mrs. Lewis’s eyes were red again. It had only been more than ten days since the incident happened, and she seemed to be ten years older.
Heartache, self-blame, and remorse tortured her every day and every moment.
Every time Duncan lost his temper, yelled at her, or knocked things over. Mrs. Lewis had to take care of him despite how difficult it was for her to be his mother. Duncan was going through a difficult time.
After cleaning up the mess, Mrs. Lewis would hide in the bathroom, cover her mouth and cry.
“Liberty, I’m sorry for you too, I’m really sorry, don’t take what I told you in the past, don’t take it to heart, actually I don’t hate you as a person, it’s just the family concept that prevents Duncan from pursuing you. Now, I feel that as long as my child is doing well, everything else is unimportant and can be solved.
You are also a self-motivated person, and there is a big gap between you and Duncan now, but I believe that in your hard work, the distance between you and Duncan will become smaller.”
Mrs. Lewis really didn’t hate Liberty, she just had her own opinion and felt that Liberty was not good enough for her youngest son, that’s why she kept preventing the two of them from being together.
Also Liberty had not fallen in love with Duncan until now.
It was useless to find Liberty.
Mrs. Lewis also did a series of extreme things against her son.
And then…
now there was only regret.
Liberty said generously: “Mrs. Lewis, I don’t remember what you said to me before, and I can understand you. If I like a girl who is very different from him, it may be difficult for me to accept.”
Before, Mrs. Lewis would think that she was a very enlightened mother.
After really experiencing it, might be not many people could really be enlightened and let their children marry whoever they want.
Just because few people could do it, it seemed that the elders of the York family were rare.
Liberty frequently advised Serena to treasure the things she had at the time, not to mention Zack, but how many people could handle York’s elders’ wisdom?
Therefore, Mrs. Lewis would stop Duncan from pursuing Liberty, but Liberty was not angry at all, she could understand Mrs. Lewis.
“Liberty, thank you, thank you for not blaming me.” Mrs. Lewis thanked gratefully, Liberty’s character, she thought it’s pretty well.
Although Liberty’s background was not as good as that of the Lewis family, she also worked hard to make herself stronger. As long as people were self-motivated and willing to work hard, Liberty was actually pretty good.
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