The moonlight was reflected into Joseph's eyes, making them seem placid and detached. Upon hearing the words, he began to speak, "Irish is your daughter, and we are family, so it is my duty to take care of her."
"Actually, her na is Isabel," Henry emphasized Irish's true na.
Joseph glanced at him. This old man was once famous in the high-end jewelry world. In so aspects, he was successful; however, in so other aspects, he was not. But at least he still kept his temperant as an innovator. Of course, he also had his frets, such as at this mont. Henry thought about it for a while and then lifted a cup of tea, "I'm afraid that it will take a long ti to make her accept this na."
"But whether she accepts it or not, she is my daughter," Henry said stubbornly.
Joseph smiled lightly.
Henry's voice beca low, "I understand her. I owe too much to her and her mother."
There was always sothing cruel in the world. It was called mory. However, there was also sothing happy. It was also a mory. mory was the most precious component in one's growth. Nevertheless, Joseph hardly ever recalled sothing. He went through so many difficulties during the process of his growth, from study to work. He was good at making plans for his life, so every step he made was never regretful for him. An economic crisis hit many years ago, and his parents died from it, leaving only him and his little brother alive. If his personality was said to be tainted with lancholy, maybe his mory of that period was the reason. As a result, he was not willing to be imrsed in mory since dwelling on the past represented that one person only wanted to cherish the past mory. In other words, one person had no faith in the present, and one person compromised their own reality.
Henry compromised his reality because of his daughter, who made him annoyed and concerned. Joseph kept silent since any words seed like they'd be redundant.
However, Henry had the intention to disclose his concerns. He continued, "When I was young, I worked on a farm after graduating. It was because I was not satisfied with the marriage arranged by my family. And it was at that ti that I t Isabel's mother-Rachel. We were all traditional at that ti, so even if we loved each other, we didn't express our love to each other. I went back to the city, and she said goodbye to at the railway station. At that mont, I vowed that I must marry her. However, when I ca back to the city, Shirley's parents put pressure on and asked to marry Shirley since our two families had been good friends for a long ti. During that ti, I felt lost and upset, imrsed in drinking. And one day, as I woke up, I found that Shirley was lying beside ." He stopped here, shook his head, and smiled. He looked up to Joseph, "You can guess what I did then."
Joseph seed to have seen that old era. At that ti, Arica was just like a faded picture. The people in the picture wore simple clothes and lived a tough life, but they were happy. He had heard his father talk about that era, and every ti he ntioned it, it was full of beautiful mories. But obviously, Henry's mory of that ti was filled with difficulties and regret.
"Please carry on," He poured another cup of tea.
"I was frightened at that ti, so I nearly ran away. For any reason, I felt very sorry for Rachel, so I ran back to the farm and found her. The first sentence I said to her was to ask her to marry . One month later, we got married and had a wedding in the country. She didn't have many relatives, just her little brother Steven. But we didn't care too much, and we thought that it was good as long as we were together. However, good tis didn't last long. I heard from my family that my father had developed a serious illness, and I needed to go back.
Nevertheless, after coming back, I found that it was just an excuse, and Shirley was pregnant. It was just that one night when I got drunk that she had beco pregnant. I was not willing to marry Shirley, and it was even more impossible for to divorce Rachel. As a result, we both felt unsatisfied. Feeling angry, I brought Rachel to New York. Rachel was also pregnant, so she lived in Steven's house. Rachel didn't know anything about Shirley since I didn't want to tell her. But privately, I wanted to compensate for my mistreatnt of Shirley. I hoped that she would get an abortion. Shirley didn't say anything and didn't force to do anything as well. I thought that it had ended finally. However, one month after Isabel's birth, Shirley and her elders appeared in front of us, embracing a pigeon pair. Her elders intended to make acknowledge Shirley's position since she had given birth to a son and a daughter for my family."
He stopped there with a helpless smile on his face.
"Rachel was tender but stubborn. Knowing the whole thing, she didn't say a word and left with Isabel. Later I tried to ask for her forgiveness and even wanted to bring Isabel to my family. But Rachel didn't forgive and even changed Isabel's na."
"Irish has the sa characteristics as her mother," Joseph said.
Henry nodded, "Yeah, she is reserved. She hates because I didn't co on ti when her mother was dying. The expression in her eyes could kill , and she even wanted to suffer to death. I know that I didn't do what a father should do for so many years, and that's why her family also hates . The alimony, tuition, and allowance I sent to Isabel were all returned by them."
"No wonder she also hated Ruby," Joseph thought of Irish's attitude towards Ruby. It seed that Irish wanted to swallow Ruby that day.
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