Cooper Coldson seed to be deep in thought as he returned to his room.
Just now, Yolanda Greenwood had said that she couldn’t find one of her nightgowns, and he vaguely rembered seeing it sowhere.
He searched the bedroom but couldn’t find it, so he went to the bathroom and discovered that Yolanda’s clothes were hanging outside the window.
He reached out and took the clothes back inside—the color was a childish goose yellow with a duck puckering its beak on them.
Cooper Coldson frowned irritably, feeling that the duck resembled Yolanda. He raised his hand, intending to throw the clothes into the trash, but he stopped himself at the last mont.
He took the clothes back to the bedroom, neatly folded them, and placed them in the wardrobe.
Lying in bed, he found himself glancing at the nightgown in the wardrobe repeatedly, feeling an indefinable emotion in his chest that made him feel stifled and a bit out of breath.
In the end, he turned his back to the wardrobe and gradually cald his emotions.
Lola Gold’s mother lived in an old neighborhood where cars couldn’t enter, so Yolanda let Noah Coldson go back.
"It’s not much. I can carry it in myself."
But Noah Coldson insisted on getting out of the car to accompany her, "Is everything packed? Are you leaving tomorrow morning?"
"Yes." Yolanda was a bit embarrassed, and just at that mont, Lola Gold called her, so she told Lola to co out and et her, "Brother, you can go back now, Lola will be here soon."
"Alright, then I’ll wait here with you until she arrives and then head back," Noah Coldson insisted on staying.
Yolanda had no choice but to accept, "Thank you, Brother, really. Actually, I’ve already split from Cooper, you don’t need to—"
"Yolanda, do you really have to be so formal with ?" Noah Coldson seed sowhat angry.
"I just don’t want to bother Brother anymore." Yolanda gave a wry smile, "Really, since Brother ca back to the country, you’ve helped so much, and with the children..."
She looked down, affectionately caressing her belly, "If it weren’t for Brother that day, perhaps my bond with these two children would have been lost."
"Yolanda, no matter what, the children in your belly are Coldson’s, you and the Coldson Family..."
Yolanda interrupted him, "Brother, both I and the children are no longer related to the Coldson Family. My last request to Brother, please, keep this a secret."
Noah Coldson sighed deeply, "Even if not for the sake of the children, Brother also wants to help you. I..."
"Yolanda! Brother!" At that mont, Lola Gold arrived, taking the things from Yolanda’s hands, "Why are you so late?"
"I talked with Grandpa for a while." Yolanda apologized with a smile, then turned to Noah Coldson, "You’ve been troubled tonight as well, Brother, so you’d better go back now."
Noah Coldson nodded but stood still without leaving.
"Brother, go back now, it’s getting cold now that winter’s coming," Lola Gold chattered her teeth from the cold.
"Alright, then you two should head back," Noah Coldson finally said, letting them go, but he obviously had sothing he wanted to say.
Yolanda didn’t know what Noah Coldson wanted to say, but she was already practically divorced from Cooper, so there shouldn’t be too much contact between her and Noah.
She gave him a strained smile and then went back ho with Lola Gold.
The house was small, a one-bedroom and living room. Yolanda Greenwood and Lola Gold slept in the living room, Yolanda on the sofa and Lola on the floor, but it wasn’t cold with the heater on.
"Are you asleep yet?" Lola asked in a whisper after lying down.
"No." Yolanda was also awake; she was about to leave the city and felt unsure in her heart.
"Just now, Noah seed to want to say sothing," Lola Gold shifted her position, resting her head on the pillow, "he couldn’t have been wanting to confess to you, could he?"
"Nonsense!" Yolanda said with so amusent, "But I did misunderstand him before. I was worried that after the divorce, he would force to abort the baby, but now it seems..."
She paused to think before continuing, "This child, he values it very much."
"Of course he does, didn’t you say that Cooper didn’t want the child? Maybe your baby is their family’s hope," Lola Gold actually still felt that Noah Coldson was extraordinary to Yolanda.
But after thinking it through, Yolanda and Noah couldn’t possibly be, so it was better to pretend nothing had happened.
"Let’s stop thinking about that family; once we get to Ully Town tomorrow, we’ll have nothing to do with them."
"Yes, nothing to do with them." Yolanda sighed softly, tears silently sliding down from the corners of her eyes.
Cooper, the man she had loved for seven years, the father of the two children in her belly, would now beco a passerby in her life.
It was a lie to say it wasn’t hard or that she had no lingering affection.
But the two of them had reached this point, she had truly tried her best, and no matter the outco, she had no regrets and no resentnt.
Lola Gold also remained silent, the presence of Christopher Coldson in her life like a flash of fireworks—bright and dazzling. Perhaps she could never forget, but it would remain only in her heart, nothing more.
Both of them fell asleep with tears.
The next morning, Lola Gold found that Noah Coldson had sent a ssage the night before.
[Lola, if you encounter any trouble, you can contact . Take good care of yourself and Yolanda. Wishing you all the best.]
Lola Gold didn’t tell Yolanda about this; she believed that was also what Noah Coldson intended, otherwise, Yolanda would have been the recipient of this ssage.
The three of them rushed through breakfast, then went to the bus station.
On their way, Lola Gold kept talking about the advantages of Ully Town, although, in fact, she had only been there a few tis. After her mother fell ill, they hardly returned.
"Grandma and Uncle are really happy to hear that we’re coming back."
Lola Gold’s mother, Ruby Ross, was a typical water-town woman—gentle and approachable, yet extraordinarily strong-willed.
Although it was Lola Gold’s father who was unfaithful during the pregnancy, Ruby Ross left the marriage with nothing but her dignity.
At first, Lola Gold was taken by her father, but gradually, as the saying goes, with a stepmother, cos a stepfather, and Lola Gold suffered all manner of beatings and humiliations.
At that ti, Ruby Ross was too ashad to return to her hotown, so she struggled alone in Gray City. Lola Gold had said that at the busiest tis, her mother could only sleep four hours a day, determined to earn enough to have Lola by her side.
Perhaps it was during those tis that Ruby Ross’s health began to decline.
Now, looking at the familiar yet strange road ho, Ruby Ross also felt very conflicted, "How is Grandma doing?"
"Don’t worry, Grandma and Uncle are both doing well," Lola Gold moved closer, wrapping Ruby Ross’s arm, "Mom, they really miss you."
In Lola Gold’s mory, Ruby Ross’s contact with her family decreased after the divorce and ceased completely after she was hospitalized.
It had always been Lola who passed ssages between them.
After hearing Lola Gold’s words, Ruby Ross faintly tugged the corners of her lips.
She didn’t know that Lola Gold and Yolanda planned to stay for a long ti, thinking that Lola was simply being filial, bringing her back to visit relatives.
After about four hours on the bus, they finally reached their destination. Getting off, they indeed found Lola Gold’s uncle, George Ross, waiting for them.
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