Chapter 27%
In the uproar of the whole audience, Archer walked up to me.
“Congratulations”
He raised his lips and smiled, calming all the waves in my heart
I walked out side by side with him and just as I was about to speak, my cell phone rang.
I looked down and saw that the caller ID said “Dad“.
I hesitated.
The edges of the trophy base hurt my palm.8
I stood in front of the safety passage, the vibration of my phone and the voice–activated light echoed.
I took a deep breath and answered the call.
“Hadley, Dad has colon cancer. Dad saw what happened to Hanley. It’s Dad who has let you down for so many years.”
The sound of electricity cut my father’s voice into pieces and the nurse’s shouting came in the background.”
“Bed 304 is incontinent, come and take care of it!”
I didn’t say anything.
Looking at my reflection on the glass door, I suddenly felt a little tinnitus.
I suddenly remembered that 20 years ago, my father yelled at me, “All those who study art are bitches,” and bought Hanley the latest painting tools with a loving face.
“Hanley took me to see a doctor some time ago. The prescription she gave me was fake. She asked me to take double the dose every day. She wanted to kill me so that she could take the money I left for her. I’m sorry, Hadley… She coaxed me to write a will and went to notarize it. After Dad died, you won’t get a penny. While I’m still alive, you, you should think of a way.”
My father’s voice was like a broken bellows and his confession was accompanied by a leaky cough.”
I couldn’t help but think of my mother who had just passed away. He didn’t care about me crying like a tearful person. He just hugged Hanley and said, “This is my most intimate little cotton–padded jacket”
I stared at myself reflected in the glass door, tears rolling down my eyes uncontrollably.
Archer suddenly put his warm palm on the back of my hand.
I looked up at him mechanically.i
He pointed at the palm of my hand.
Unconsciously, the skin on the palm of my hand was cut and bleeding.
That’s your own business. I don’t want your money? I said softly.
“Since my mother passed away, I no longer want to think of you as my father. Perhaps it’s your retribution to end up like this today.”
There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, mixed with the curses of the nurse.
My father’s throat made a “ho ho inhalation sound, as if he wanted to confess to me, but he couldn’t say anything.
I stood silently for a while and hung up the phone manually.
Let’s go, Kendall is waiting for us at the door.”
I nodded and suddenly my heart moved and my fingertips climbed up Archer’s wrist
He was stunned for a moment and then held my hand.
The celebration banquet was arranged in the top–floor restaurant
When Kendall rushed toward me with her skirt lifted, the neon lights gave her figure a layer of colorful edges.
“Sister, look’t
Kendall excitedly pointed outside the floor–to–ceiling window.I
The LED giant screen on the other side of the river was broadcasting the news of my award
“You are so great, sister I wonder when I can be as good as you.”
I looked at Kendall sideways.
Her face was flushed and her eyes were full of longing and desire.
Exactly like me when I was 20 years old.
“It will be soon.7
I looked at her seriously, speaking softly
“Your talent is obvious to me and your brother and… you won’t take as many detours as I did. I am already old. The future of the design industry belongs to you young people. The design of “Bath of Fire” also belongs to you. Kendall, I have a feeling that you will go very far on the road of design
Outside the glass window, grand fireworks suddenly bloomed in the night, reflecting the smiles of Kendall and me
I returned home in the evening
