“I like to eat many kinds of foods. But my favorite is dessert!” Tammy answered.
“I see. I‘ll ask Harriet to prepare desserts for you.”
“Really?” “Really.”
Hearing Frank subconsciously speak with the same childish tone as Tammy, Anna suddenly thought of the past.
When she came back to the Gabriel family, she was about Tammy‘s age. At that time, Frank always talked to her in such a childish tone too.
Anna used to get along well with Frank after she came back But later, she found that Shirley and Allie would be jealous of her when she got closed to Frank. Therefore, out of self–protection, Anna talked less and less at home and didn‘t dare to be intimate with Frank However, Shirley was still dissatisfied and said that Anna was cold and ungrateful.
“The lunch is ready. You may talk while eating,” Harriet asked them to When she looked at Tammy, her eyes filled with tears of joy.
Anna looked around and asked in confusion, “Just us?”
She hadn‘t seen Shirley and Allie since she came.
“Shirley went back to her parents‘ place with Allie,” Frank said tonelessly. Somehow, when mentioning Allie and Shirley, he looked a little helpless and tired.
“What‘s the matter with you, Dad? Are you okay?” Anna asked.
“I‘m all right. Don‘t worry. Well, let‘s have lunch,” Frank said and put Anna‘s favorite food in front of her.
“Have you found the key to the house in Golden Ocean Community? Do you need me to arrange someone to help you move house? I‘d better ask someone to clean it before you move By the way, the house has been vacant since I bought it. I‘ll buy some furniture for you.”
“Thank you, Dad. But I‘ll handle everything myself,” Anna said.
Thinking of the house, she frowned. She had planned to tell Frank that Allie occupied her house and kept a toyboy there. But seeing Frank in poor health, she gave up the thought because she didn‘t want Frank to get angry. After all, anger was also bad for his health.
Forget it. There‘s no need to tell Dad about it. Anyway, the house is under my name. I‘d better get it back by herself.
“Dad, I came back with Tammy just to visit you. I have no other purpose,” Anna said, indicating that she didn‘t want to ask him for anything.
“I wish you could ask me for what you want. I know that you‘ve suffered from many grievances these years. I didn‘t take good care of you,” Frank said.
With mixed feelings, Anna shook her head and said, “Dad, I‘ve been fine these years.”
Frank then interrupted her with a wave of his hand. “You don‘t need to comfort me. Look Tammy is five years old now. If you really believed that I could take good care of you, you wouldn‘t have gone abroad six years ago without telling me what happened.”
Speaking of this, Anna frowned more tightly.
Six years ago, she was mistakenly taken to Wayne‘s rooin and became a surrogacy mother. But somehow, she always felt that there was someone behind it making this happen.
She had no intention of telling Frank about it and then changed the topic.
Tammy was happy to see Frank today. Therefore, Anna decided to let her spend more time with Frank.
After lunch, Frank took Tammy to the study and played with her. Harriet then arranged for the others to clean up the table. After that, Anna pulled her to the living room and they sat down on the sofa to have a chat.
“If Mrs. Gabriel were alive, she would be glad when knowing that you have such a beautiful and lovely daughter,” Harriet said.
Just as she finished her words, they heard the sound of a car from the yard. After the car door was closed rudely, the sound of high–heeled shoes stepping on the steps was heard.
Soon, Anna heard Allie‘s arrogant voice coming from the gate. “Where is everyone? Get my belongings out of the car quickly.”
“Allie, keep your voice down. Your father is probably taking a nap. Don‘t wake him up,” Shirley said in a gentler voice.
“He won‘t…” Before Allie could finish her words, she saw Anna sitting in the living room and her face changed.
“What are you doing here?” she asked.
Anna stood up calmly and said, “This is also my home. Why are you so surprised when seeing me at home?”
Hearing this, Allie clenched her fists and snapped, “You actually have the nerve to say this is your home! Have you ever been here since you came back from abroad? What did you suddenly come back for? Asking Dad for money? Or you were dumped by Wayne and became homeless so you can only come back?”
“Watch your mouth, Allie. I‘m just here to visit Dad,” Anna said.
“Visit dad?” Allie said with a sneer. Then she looked behind Anna and said “Why didn‘t you bring your daughter back with you? Humph. If Dad knows you have an illegitimate child, he‘ll be pissed off!”
Hearing this, Anna wasn‘t surprised that Allie knew the existence of Tammy. She knew that Allie must have made an investigation on her when she came back from abroad.
At this time, Frank opened the door of the study and walked out.
Standing on the stairs, he said unhappily, “Allie, why are you shouting? What are you doing?”
Allie said indignantly, “Dad, I‘m not shouting. I just think that Anna came back with no good intentions. Don‘t be deceived by her.”
“She is your younger sister,” Frank said with a frown. “She hasn‘t come back for so many years. Why do you treat her like this when seeing her? What‘s your problem?”
“I don‘t have such a shameless sister!” Allie said with a sly smile with her arms folded
“Dad, you may not know what shameful thing she has done. Six years ago, she said that she went abroad for further study. But actually, she went abroad because she was pregnant. She gave birth to a child before marriage and hid it from us. She even doesn’t know who her child‘s father
Allie and Shirley believed that Frank would get furious when he knew that Anna had an illegitimate child.
Shirley, who was hypocritical, persuaded Frank, “Frank, don‘t be angry with Anna. She was still young at that time and might not dare to tell you about it. Don‘t blame her and just let it go.”
Hearing that, Anna didn‘t say anything but just sneered with her eyes full of contempt and irony
“Grandpa!” Suddenly, Tammy‘s childish voice broke the awkward atmosphere and extinguished the hope of Allie and Shirley.
Tammy came out of the study with Frank‘s most precious antique pipe and rubbed her eyes with a drowsy look. “Grandpa, I want to eat cake.”
When Frank saw her, his serious expression immediately softened. He bent down, picked up Tammy, and went downstairs as he said, “Okay. Let‘s go eat cakes.”
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