Chapter 56: Chapter 56



Six years later, in Country A…

Warm, yellow light illuminated the interior of the house.

A shadowy figure, slim and slender, was busy in the kitchen, preparing dinner for the family.

Sampson Herbert was sitting on the living room couch, staring at Dolores Flores, who was busy in the kitchen. Simona Flores shuffled toward Sampson, “Man, do you like my mom?”

Sampson gasped. Every time he heard that name, he got very frantic. Dolores refused to accept his feelings for her, only treating him like a brother.

These two kids called him uncle.

But they were adorable.

With a pair of big, round eyes, skin tender and white, like spring; curly eyelashes, twinkling like porcelain dolls.

Sampson picked up one of them and headed for the kitchen.

He stopped in front of the stove, “Lola.”

Dolores looked back and smiled, “Are you hungry? Dinner will be ready soon.”

Sampson didn’t answer, just stared vacantly at her back.

Six years earlier, Dolores had insisted on no anesthesia, on getting pregnant. Sampson could only agree.

But, he had one condition, which was to get out of the country and return to Country A.

Dolores agreed and, with Sampson’s help, they took Jessica Lennon with them.

Six years passed.

“I’m going back to the country in a couple of days.”

Dolores paused slightly, stirring her soup; the pain she felt six years ago still haunted her.

She pretended nothing was wrong, she didn’t turn around, “What’s wrong?”

“Well, my sister got engaged,” still looking at Dolores’ back.

She turned; after giving birth to Samuel and Simona, Sampson told her that he had found his long lost sister.

Dolores had been happy for him.

“That’s good, you should come back.” Dolores said.

Still looking deeply at her, “She’s engaged to Matthew Nelson.” Bang!

The spoon in her hand slipped and fell to the floor, shattering into countless pieces.

She hurried to squat down to pick them up, “He has nothing to do with me anymore.”

Six years had been too long, she had even forgotten that this man had ever existed in her life.

Now, she just wanted to take care of her two children.

She was confused, hadn’t Matthew married Helen White six years ago?

How could he now marry Sampson’s sister?

She looked at him as if it were a meaningless inquiry.

Sampson returned her gaze and pursed his lips, “I’m sorry, I hadn’t told you.”

Dolores frowned, “What are you keeping from me?”

No sooner had she said that than she thought of something, then she widened her eyes and said her guess, “Helen is your sister?”

“Yes.” That year he helped Dolores investigate the incident that night and learned what had happened that night from an employee at the hotel there. She probed further and found out what role Helen played.

She never liked dishonest people, like Helen. It was just that coincidentally, Helen was also in Country A, so they had crossed paths.

They didn’t have any interaction, but it was because she was wearing a spaghetti-strap skirt, showing a green birthmark on her shoulder, that caught his eye.

Her missing sister also had the same green birthmark on her shoulder.

To find out, he did some in-depth research on Helen. She discovered that Helen had grown up in an orphanage without her parents. At first, he was just curious that Helen had the same birthmark as his missing sister. Naturally, he wanted to know more about her.

But when he learned that she was an orphan, Sampson had an idea: she might be his long-lost sister, so he began stalking her, collecting her hair and saliva sample for DNA testing.

The result proved that she really was his sister.

He knew his sister’s secret, he also knew that she liked Matthew Nelson.

He had kept it to himself, never telling Dolores, not even once.

Sampson left Simona to play in the living room.

Simona nodded and ran into the living room on her short legs, “I’ll wait for my brother to come back, I want to play with him.”

“Hey, slow down. You’re going to fall.” Sampson gave her a tug, “Slow down.” Simona pouted, she was unhappy.

He let go of Simona and pinched her little nose, “Be good.” She walked into the kitchen and squatted down next to Dolores, holding her hand. “Let me take care of you, okay?”.

“I have two kids…”

“I don’t care…”

“It matters to me.” Dolores looked at him. She didn’t want to depend on anyone to take care of her children.

She knew Sampson’s family wouldn’t take her in.

Besides, she promised Mrs. Herbert that she would never be with him.

She smiled and let go of his hand, “Go to the parlor, dinner is almost ready.”

Sampson’s heart sank. He may have seen her as his sister before, but these six years had made him fall in love with this brave, headstrong woman.

He didn’t understand why she rejected him so harshly, leaving him no chance.

“You like someone else, don’t you?” he guessed, “That man is Matthew, isn’t he?”

Anyway, Matthew was the only man who appeared around her.

“No!” She replied quickly as if proving she was telling the truth, “If it wasn’t for you, I would have long since forgotten that person.”

“Then…”

“Mom!” Simona rushed in and hugged Dolores’ neck, “Mommy, when are brother and grandmother coming back?”

Simona came in and interrupted the conversation.

Dolores didn’t want to talk about it anyway.

She took a quick glance at the clock and lifted Simona up with her arms, “School ends at 6:30, it’s 6:20 now, they’ll be back soon.”

Dolores set her down, “Come, be good. The kitchen is dangerous.” She held out her hands for Simona to see, “Look at mommy’s hand, are they dirty?”.

Simona blinked hard with her big eyes, “Dirty.”

“So you’ll listen to Mom?”

“Yes.”

Simona set her eyes low and sad. Dolores sighed and planted a kiss on her forehead, “Mommy will give you a bath tonight, okay?”

Simona’s eyes sparkled, “Okay.”

Dolores had no time to take care of her children, as she had to work during the day and study at night.

Jessica was the one who bathed them.

Her condition had been brought under control by Sampson’s treatment. As long as they didn’t provoke her, she would be normal like the others.

Jessica was able to take care of the children, which left Dolores more time to study. Dolores’ profession used to be a fashion designer. It took her a few years to get her diploma, getting a place in LEO to work.

She was very talented in this area, winning many awards for the dresses she designed. She even designed a wedding dress for the daughter of the leader of Country A, which amazed the whole country. She was now the head designer of LEO, where she also owned some shares.

Jessica finally brought Samuel in during dinner.

Samuel was about 5 years old, but he had an excellent memory and extreme calculation skills. He was very sensitive to numbers. Dolores, of course, had to cultivate his talent.

But Samuel himself did not fail his talent, and surprisingly passed the AC University exam.

AC was a world-renowned university in the field of computer science.

The electronic chips and processing systems developed here had long been popular in the world.

Compared to Simona, she herself was not very talented, like an average girl. She was just cute and cuddly.

Seeing Samuel back home, Simona ran to him happily, “Brother …”

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