Chapter 319: We Are Family
"But that can only happen if you let him go."
A conflicted look flickered across Benita’s eyes as she pondered on her mother’s words.
Can she really let him go?
"We could be happy together, mom."
"But unfortunately his happiness is not with you but with soone else, can’t you see?" Rhoda felt it was ti to finally tell her daughter the harsh truth.
"When you truly love soone you should be able to sacrifice for the happiness of that person."
Benita loked aggrieved and unreconciled. "Why do I have to be the one to sacrifice my own happiness?"
"Because you are the one in love, dear. Steffan doesn’t love you, he never did, so you don’t expect him to make the sacrifice."
"No mom, don’t say that. Steffan and I grew up together, doing the sa things together, and on several occasions, he had protected
from others. How can you say he doesn’t love you? You must be mistaken," Benita protested.
"You are right, he might have cared for you, but not loved you. At least not in the sense of the love between a man and a woman. If he loved you that way, why would he chose soone else to marry when it was ti to get a wife?"
"We all thought Steffan would co to love you with ti and did all we could to make it work between you and Steffan, including Sarah, his mother, if you cast your mind back, but it didn’t work out."
"And that was why I didn’t really bla his mother, my good friend when she accepted the other girl."
"But you had an open confrontation with her that even ended your friendship of several years."
"That’s because I was trying to push her into a corner to change her stance about the other girl. But there was nothing she could do again. Steffan’s mind was made up and as a grown man no one could force him, not even his own mother."
"I guess when she saw that Steffan was serious about that girl and saw how happy he was with her, she had to step back."
"As a mother, I would also be selfish and go for what brings happiness to my child, so I couldn’t really bla her," Rhoda said sadly.
"But if we had gotten married, he would have fallen in love with
eventually," Benita still argued. Up till now she didn’t believe Steffan had no love for her.
"If you were not able to cultivate it for over twenty years, what makes you think you will now. Let him go my child. I’m sure he hates you now and wouldn’t want to have anything to do with you."
"But I didn’t an to shoot him," Linda cried again.
"That’s why you need to focus on healing first, and cooperate with the police to help you find out who plotted against you. That’s the only way you can prove your innocence to Steffan and you two can still be friends," Rhoda pointed out.
"Do you think he will forgive ?" Benita’s eyes glimred with a new surge of hope.
"Of course my dear, Steffan has a kind heart and I’m sure he will forgive you when he finds out the truth."
"Co here, my child, you will get over him with ti," Rhoda coaxed as she gathered Benita in a comforting embrace and gently smothered her hair.
Not long after Ivan hurried into the ward and saw mother and daughter hugging each other in a tight embrace.
With a forlorn look, he shook his head and turned to stare out through the windows.
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The serene atmosphere in Benita’s ward was a sharp contrast to the lively one in a special ward at dstar hospital.
"Kid brother, the doctor said you are free to go ho any ti," Stanley said while
Steffan had a bright smile on his face. "That’s good news. I’m tired of being confined to this bed all day."
"Look at who is complaining, when you doctors force other people to stay in bed for God knows how long, you never think it is also inconvenient but you’ve barely spent two weeks and you are already tired of the place."
"You won’t understand, brother," Steffan said. How are my nephew and niece?"
"They’re fine and can’t wait to have you back, especially Danny who has missed your jokes and back rides."
"I don’t rember doing all those things Stanley," Steffan said regrettably.
Stanley patted Steffan’s shoulder. "Not to worry, it will co back with ti."
"I hope so. Sotis I feel like a significant part of my life is trapped in those forgotten years and it makes
so uncomfortable."
"Don’t stress yourself too much on those. If you feel they’re really important, you will get them back. As a doctor, I shouldn’t be the one telling you all these. But I still have to encourage you as a brother."
"I know and I’m grateful for that. You all have stood by
so strongly these few days and I don’t know what to say."
"You don’t need to say anything. We are family after all," Stanley laughed dismissively.
"Brother, I’ve been aning to ask this question and I hope you will give
the answers I seek."
Seeing how serious Steffan suddenly turned, Stanley had a foreboding about what steffan wanted to ask about but still said,
"Go on, I’ll try to give you the best answer."
"The person that shot , have you been able to find out his identity and why he tried to kill Lauren?"
"Lauren? You rember her?" Stanley asked excitedly.
"Of course I do, she was by my bed when I regained consciousness and has been dropping by occasionally."
"Oh," the light died down from Stanley’s eyes. For a mont he had thought that Steffan rembered his relationship with Lauren. The Lauren he rembered was the one after he lost his mory.
He dared not ntion Benita as that would open up another barrage of questions and he would want to know why Benita had a gun and wanted to kill Lauren. With his current mory, he might not know that he was the bone of contention between two won, so he just said.
"The police are still working on it and will inform us as soon as they get the culprit.
"But why would I take a bullet for soone I didn’t know?"
"Maybe you thought you were a superhero, who knows?" Stanley tried to make a joke out of it.
"I’m not that stupid, brother, to risk my life for soone I don’t know. Or is there sothing you are not telling ?"
"What do you think I’m hiding from you? Lauren should be in the best position to tell you why you took the bullet for her but she is also a stranger according to you and since she is not in your heart, how will she know why you chose to take the bullet for her? Or is there sothing you are not telling us.
Steffan: "...."
He was quite surprised at the way his brother could flip the table around to look as if he was the one hiding sothing.
But that was not his problem, what really confused him was why they all seed to be covering up when it ca to Lauren.
What’s actually going on? And who actually is Lauren to them?
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