The doctor thought Elizabeth really didnât understand, so he answered her directly, âNot having a uterus means a baby canât grow in your womb. It canât give birth.â
Elizabethâs eyelids twitched. It wasnât until then that she understood why Armand kept insisting that she didnât want children with such determination. It turned out that Theresa couldnât give birth at all.
She had lost her uterus, which was not curable at all. That meant Theresa could never have children in her entire life. She could not be a mother.
âTake good care of yourself, Elizabeth. I have to go now.â The doctor turned and left the room.
Elizabeth came to her senses, âThank you, doctor.â
The doctor smiled, âI havenât helped at all.â
Elizabeth glanced at the closed door, stunned. She couldnât accept it at all.
If Armand would not have her children, it meant that the Bernie Family would not have had any subsequent generations.
She was completely confused.
Armand came back and sat in the chair next to the bed. His elbows pressed against his knees and he crouched down, keeping silent.
Elizabeth was also silent.
She seemed to need time to digest the information.
City C.
Theresa took the earlier flight out of B City. She arrived in City C after one oâclock in the afternoon. Oscar came to pick her up.
She looked very pale. Oscar approached her and discovered that she was not carrying much luggage, just a backpack. Oscar held out his hand, âI can carry it for you.â
Theresa gave him a look and greeted him, âHi, Uncle.â
Oscar asked worriedly, âAre you not feeling well? You look very pale.â
Theresa shook her head, âNo, Iâm just bothered by something.â
Oscar said with a smile, âCome on. Letâs go have some fun.â
He was an optimistic man with a young mind. He always spoke superficially.
Theresa didnât want to have fun. She just wanted to be with herself.
Oscar got her out of the airport: âWhen you feel bad, you can be alone. If you donât, youâll get more depressed. Follow me. Iâm sure youâll be happy.â
Outside the airport, he dragged Theresa to the car that was parked on the side of the road. He opened the back door and put her backpack on the back seat.
Then he opened the door to the passenger seat, pressing Theresa in.
He sat in the driverâs seat, started the engine and drove off.
Theresa asked, âWhere are you taking me?â
âYouâll know as soon as we get there.â Oscar deliberately kept it a secret.
Theresa turned to give him a look. He was always smiling as if he didnât care about anything.
She felt very relaxed being with him. She said jokingly, âIâm not happy. Youâre the one responsible for delighting me today.â
âWhy should I?â
âBecause I call you uncle.â
Oscar smiled, âWell, you are always very sharp in front of me. Tell me.
Has Armand made you angry?â
âUncle, could you stop mentioning something I donât want to talk about?â As soon as she thought of Armand and Elizabeth, Theresa felt quite depressed.
âHee hee,â Oscar let out a laugh, âWhen I run into him again, Iâll tie him up and beat the crap out of him for avenging you.â
âYouâve already made the promise. Iâll remember it.â
âI am always a man of my word. You canât feel sorry for him when I beat him.â
âNo, I wonât.â Theresa pretended to be fierce, âItâs better to cripple him.â
Oscar laughed, âYouâre just talking the talk. If I really hit him, youâll shed tears as you commiserate with him.â
The car stopped in front of a shopping mall.
Theresa blinked incredulously, âAre we going to have fun here?â
Oscar shrugged, âIf I get you into my circle, Iâm afraid you wonât stand for it.â
Theresa curved her lips, âTurns out your circle is too wild.â
âWhat do you mean by wild? As a single man, my life is vivid and dramatic. Are you interested in joining it?â Oscar tapped the steering wheel with one hand, looking very playful.
Theresa pushed the door open and got out, âKeep the vivid and dramatic life to yourself. Since weâre at the mall, man, are you going to pay the bills?â
âSure am. Come on.â
Oscar played the arrogant rich guy and stuck out his arm, âGrab my arm. Donât run around.â
Theresa laughed, feeling annoyed, âYou donât run around.â
They were chatting and laughing. Oscar took her to the entertainment section of the basement. Theresa asked, âDidnât we come here to shop?â
Oscar waved his hand, âYou guys only know how to shop â can you be any more interesting?â
Theresa curved her lips, âNo wonder you donât have a girlfriend. Girls always like to shop.â
âGirls who are in love with me are waiting in a line. I just donât want to marry any of them. Believe it or not. As long as I shake their hand, my house would be full.â
âKeep bragging.â
âWhy donât you believe me? Iâll show you tomorrow.â
When they entered the entertainment section, they heard all kinds of sounds from the video games. There were adults and students in the section, quite furious.
Standing in front of the automatic coin changer, Oscar scanned the QR code and exchanged the game coins for three hundred yuan. More than three hundred coins dropped for a while. He reached out and stuffed them into his pockets. Soon, his two pockets were full.
The coins were like one yuan coins, made of metal. Three hundred coins were quite heavy. With a smile, he said, âCome on. Letâs go play Whac-A-Mole.â Theresaâs jaw dropped.
Whac-A-Mole was for children. How childish it was!
âWhy did I ever believe you? Dude, can you be any more reliable?â
Theresa froze. Oscar walked over to her. He inserted two coins into the Whac-A-Mole machine and pressed a hammer into her hand, âLook at those moles like Armand. Smash them hard.â Theresa gave him a look.
âWhy, are you reluctant?â Oscar laughed.
Theresa snorted, âReluctant? Humph! Look at me.â
Soon the game began. Theresa held the hammer with both hands and smashed the moles that suddenly appeared.
Oscar stepped aside as she cheered, âCome on! Good job!â
After one round, Theresa still hadnât smashed enough. She said to Oscar, âDude, please insert another two coins. I want to play another round.â
She found that when she concentrated on watching the moles, she forgot all the things that had been bothering her. When she squashed the moles, she felt very happy.
âVery good.â Oscar inserted two more coins.
After they finished playing Whac-A-Mole, they played other installations.
They had played almost every game in Game City. When they got tired, they bought milk tea at a store next door. Drinking the milk tea, Oscar threw the glass in the trash can, âWe should go home now.â
He took Theresa to relax so she could rest. If she was worried about anything for too long, it was easy for her to overthink.
Since Dolores wasnât here and no one else could comfort Theresa, Oscar was a man and couldnât comfort her. He had just done something he could do.
Theresa was holding a bear doll that the UFO hunter had given her. With a glass of milk tea in her hand, she nodded her head.
They left the mall and got into the car. Oscar drove her back to her community after twenty minutes.
Just then, a cab also pulled up in front of the community.
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