Jenny said with a tough tone, "Samuel, if you do not wish to be with Ella, I will bring her to our home as soon as she wakes up. My daughter is the apple of my eyes. We raised her up with great attention. We won"t let her endure any suffering!"
Viola heard the accusation and was quite annoyed. Before Samuel could say anything, she stepped up and stood in front of Samuel and replied, "What do you mean by all these words? What kind of suffering Ella is enduring now? Who is giving her a hard time?" Ella must have been talking bulls.h.i.t in front of her parents.
Jenny looked at the way Viola acted, rude and sharp. She looked nothing like an elegant and charming bank manager.
Samuel pulled Viola over and made her stand aside. He faced Jenny himself and replied, "Mom, I am very sorry. Please don"t be mad anymore. I will make sure things like that will never happen again."
The sincere tone in Samuel"s voice made Jenny less angry. But when she thought of the fact that during Ella"s pregnancy Samuel never showed up, she just couldn"t let things go.
Jenny was filled with anger and snapped, "Do you have any idea how hard it is for a woman to go through her pregnancy?" "When Ella was in the apartment, you being her husband, were never there for even one day. What were you thinking?" "If you are not pleased with my daughter, just say it. Why on earth make her suffer?premature birth?"
On hearing her remarks, the Shao family were all quite embarra.s.sed. It was true that they neglected Ella back then.
Samuel lowered his head and accepted the anger from Jenny. He did not say a word.
Richard walked over to them. Although he was quite angry himself, he did a good job of covering it up. He said to Jenny with the intent to mediate the situation, "Enough, just knock it off!" "Both your daughter and grandson are safe now, there is nothing to be mad about."
Jenny usually had a good temper but there was one thing she could not stand: her precious daughter being bullied. She threw away Richard"s arm, making it very clear that she was not ready to let Samuel off the hook.
"Mom ..." Ella"s voice was so gentle and weak from the ward bed. Her sound almost made Jenny cry..
Her precious daughter! She had never let her daughter suffer like this or get bullied like this!
Samuel walked over to the bed with Jenny. He looked at them, a
Jean Wen sacrificed herself for family interests. Before her husband divorced her, she made every effort to please him.
"You are inexperienced in bed," he said coldly.
"You! Give that land to my family, or I won"t agree to divorce," Jean replied furiously.
"Fine. It is exactly what I am thinking about," he sneered.
o Ella. ·
Ella sure knew all this. But Samuel was still there. She was now quite embarra.s.sed. Samuel was completely confused as what to feed his son.
As her mother and grandmother were both looking at her expectantly, Ella braced herself and lifted up her clothes.
The baby immediately found his food and stopped crying. Jenny and Melody were quite relieved. ·
Samuel saw all these and his body froze. He almost forgot that was how babies eat.
He looked up at Ella"s red face and realized why she was so embarra.s.sed.
Samuel felt awkward and coughed a little. He picked up his cigarette packet and walked towards the ward door.
This time, Viola who was sitting on the sofa called out to him and said, "Samuel, now that you have a child, you should cut down on the smoking. Especially when the baby is present, you should not smoke at all!"
Samuel heard the remark and nodded. He thought to himself, "I will pay more attention for the sake of the child."
Ella was quite relieved as Samuel walked out. It was indeed very awkward just now.
When the night fell, Samuel brought his computer to the ward and looked after the mother and the child. Ella was sleeping most of the time like her son as she was exhausted from the labor.
When it was about eight or nine o"clock in the evening, Ella woke up due to hunger. She opened her eyes and saw the dim light. She realized that she was still in the hospital.
She lifted up her head with effort and saw her son soundly sleeping. Then she vaguely saw Samuel who was working on his computer on the sofa.