Chapter 896


    Perhaps people do be more sentimental at night. Just as she was contemting how she should


    reply to his message, his call came in.


    Seeing that she didn''t reply, Elliot figured that there was a fifty percent chance she might pick up and


    went ahead to call.


    Avery''s heart throbbed at his call; after struggling with the choice of either answering the call or leaving


    it, she picked up.


    "Avery, Jun isn''t as hateful as you think he is," Elliot said, hoping to keep her interested by leading with


    the matters concerning Jun. He knew that Avery felt like she owed Tammy and had taken an interest in


    Jun''s wedding. "He just wants to give Tammy a push with the wedding.”


    Avery immediately understood what he was trying to say. "But what if Tammy doesn’t realize that''s what


    he is trying to do?"


    "That means it''s really over for them," Elliot''s voice was both calm and careful, "If you are set on


    marrying another man, I am definitely not going to let that wedding happen."


    Avery retorted furiously, "Do you think everyone is like you? Who do you think you are to stop me from


    marrying someone else? I didn''t do a thing when you went to marry Chelsea!"


    "I was about to talk to you about this." Elliot switched the topic to the major issue and softened his tone,


    "Avery, would you look down on me for having mental illnesses? I don''t need you to answer that right


    away.


    When I first decided topromise with Charlie''s offer, what I thought of was not how the world would


    see me, but whether or not you and the kids would look down on me, and whether the kids would be


    affected by others'' opinions."


    "Elliot Foster, do I seem that fragile to you? Do you really think that the kids and I would care about


    what the world thinks?" Avery interrupted him and said, "Stop lying to yourself. You are afraid of being


    looked down on by the others, not me or the kids! The fact that you gave up on us at the airport hurt me


    more than you having mental illnesses!"


    The other side of the line went silent and after a moment, she continued, "I said it wrongly. The fact that


    you are mentally ill does not affect me. If your illness is so severe that you arepletely out of control


    :a!:QJT= couldn’t tell right from wrong, then I wouldn''t have fallen in love with you in the first ce!"


    "It happened when I was young," he exined in a hoarse voice, "I would often get confused as to


    whether I was mentally ill."


    "Then go see a psychiatrist!"


    "I did. The doctor said I''m fine."


    "Why would you think that you are ill, then? " She questioned in confusion. "Why were you even


    diagnosed to be mentally ill when you were young?"


    She immediately realized that he would probably refuse to tell her the truth as soon as she asked the


    question. He had chosen to get a divorce instead of telling her about Shea, and she was thest one to


    know that he was mentally ill.


    This was something about him that irritated her the most. She felt that she was nothing but a pet that


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    entertained him whenever he was in a good mood and that he did not respect her at all. She promised


    herself that she would never allow herself to be manipted again.


    After a few moments of silence, Elliot asked, "Have you been to Shea''s grave? If not, let''s go there


    together!"


    "I haven''t." Disappointedly, Avery said, " Why are you talking about Shea, Elliot? Do you take her as a


    shield to hide all your mistakes? I''m in her debt, not yours. Even if she is your biological sister, the two


    of you arepletely different entities. If you still have a heart in there somewhere, you would stop


    bringing up her name whenever we discuss our issues. She is not your pawn. She is already dead,


    can''t you just let her rest in peace?!"


    A sharp pain shot through Elliot''s heart and soon spread towards his limbs.


    She had misunderstood him. He did not mention Shea to appear innocent, he simply wanted to visit


    Shea''s grave with Avery and tell her the truth about what happened in the past.


    Avery asked him why he was diagnosed with mental illnesses when he was young and it had


    something to do with Shea.


    He remembered distinctively that it was a full moon that night because it was the middle of Autumn,


    and his mother had taken Shea back home to celebrate.