Chapter 684 A Pretty Difficult Character


    "George, how could you do that?" asked S. In a fluid and easy manner, she dipped the streaky pork


    in barbecue sauce, wrapped it in a lettuce leaf and put it in his bowl. George and S sat facing each


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    other. She spoke to him in a slightly reproachful tone,"You know what her general health has been like


    thesest few years. But you were so angry with her and spoke such harsh words. After you left her


    that day, shey quietly in the hotel the entire day and night without eating anything. If something had


    happened to her, would it have made you happy?"


    "It''s all my fault", Holley said in a dramatic tone, sitting next to him. Deep in her heart she hoped that


    Donna would actually fall sick and never recover. She continued,"They quarreled so fiercely because of


    me. I am to me."


    "Holley." S had a gentle smile on her face, but what she said was not gentle at all. "Whatever


    happened because of you is not something that is reward worthy. Don''t be so anxious to take credit for


    it. It has nothing to do with you specifically but is a general matter between mother and son."


    S''s words made Holley sulk. At that very moment she knew that S was a more tricky character


    than Donna. It was going to be difficult to handle this woman.


    After hearing that Donna was not feeling well, George looked worried. He looked at his mother and


    asked,"Why didn''t you call me?"


    "Would it have worked to lessen your anger? Would you havee running to take care of me?" said


    Donna, with a faint sneer on her face.


    When she said this, George remembered that she had made many phone calls to him, but he had


    ignored them in his anger. He could not help regretting his unbing behavior.


    Holley gritted her teeth. When Donna and S had entered the room, she had been having the upper


    hand with George. But things had gone wrong when S began to talk. Just a few words from her had


    made George worry about Donna''s health. Holley knew she had to sway George soon. What could she


    do next?


    George looked at Donna and said,"Mother, if you hadn''t been so unreasonable, I wouldn''t have gone


    so far as not to answer the phone."


    He sighed,"If Holley had not arranged this meeting today, I still would not have seen you. I know that


    you have not liked her ever since I started dating her. But I like her. I am so happy when we are


    together, and I really want to live with her for the rest of my life."


    When Donna heard that, she immediately wanted tough and ridicule it, but S, sitting beside her,


    pulled her arm gently to remind her that she should be patient and y her cards right.


    They had lost so many times that they just could not continue to lose further.


    Donna, reminded by S, forced herself not to say a word.


    Donna''s silence encouraged George to talk more. "Mother, even if you don''t like Holley, it does not


    mean that you can go into the ward and beat her up like that. Just look at her face. It hasn''t recovered


    yet. What kind of hatred do you harbour for her? Is your dislike so strong that you could not control


    yourself from whacking her?"


    "It was…" Donna stammered. ''She deserved it!''


    Donna thought but thankfully did not blurt out.


    Holley smiled and pretended to be very sensible and understanding. She said to George,"It''s all right.


    What has happened has happened. Don''t speak of that any more. That injury is trivial. Don''t make a


    fuss about it. It''s OK."


    She looked at Donna with a deliberately provocative smile.


    Donna thought of S''s warning. She knew that she must hold back her anger or she would really lose


    her war with Holley.


    She looked steadily at Holley and said with a smile,"I was so impulsive, and it was all my fault. I should


    have controlled my temper. Holley, I must apologize to you."


    "Aunt Donna, you don''t have to do this," said Holley, who seemed to be overwhelmed by the


    unexpected apology. "I have never med you. On the contrary, I''m so sorry to see that you and


    George fight because of me. I... I don''t want to be the cause of a conflict between you two."


    Donna chuckled,"You can rest assured, Holley. George will remain my son, no matter what happens. I''ll


    never allow things to go out of hand with him. Resentment between mother and son will neverst for


    long. The bond between us is too strong."


    "That''s right!" S eximed as soon as Donna has done talking. She went on,"It''s so good to see you


    two get along well again."


    George was surprised that Donna, who had always been a dominating person, apologized to Holley.


    Then he said to his mother in a soft tone,"Mother, in fact, I was wrong too, I shouldn''t have lost my


    temper at you, let alone upset you by saying harsh words."


    "That''s all right." Donnaughed joyfully. She saw that their n was working. It was not so hard to


    pretend to be an understanding mother.


    She gazed at her son gently. "You are my son. Of course, I hope you always find happiness in your life.


    How can I resent anything that brings you happiness?"


    "Mom..." George frowned slightly. "But we still need to discuss Holley and reach an understanding


    about her."


    Donna calmly nced at him and said no more.


    George sighed again and said,"I know that you don''t like her, but that''s because you don''t know what


    kind of girl she is. In fact this time when you came to Y City, I wanted you to get to know Holley well. I


    was confident that if you two spent time together, you would like her a lot. But I never expected that…"


    George smiled bitterly and continued,"I didn''t expect that so many things would go wrong. Now that we


    have sorted this out, can you give Holley a chance and get to know more about her?"


    "Well…" Donna frowned in embarrassment. Gave Holley a chance? That was simply out of the


    question.


    Seeing Donna''s hesitation, S smiled and said,"Don''t worry. Aunt Donna will certainly agree."


    She looked straight at Holley and added,"In fact, I didn''t know what kind of person you were until today.


    You were willing to organize this meeting in spite of all that has happened, so I think that you must be a


    very generous and forgiving person. Aunt Donna, we have to thank her. Otherwise George would still


    have not forgiven us."


    "S, you are right. That is true. We must say thank you to her." Donna agreed with S.


    Getting Donna''s verbal approval, S turned to look at Holley. "Holley, I want to thank you on behalf of


    Aunt Donna and George. Without you, they would not have sorted out the issue for a long time.


    Because of you the family rift has healed."


    S acted like she was part of the family and an important member therein. She had cleverly turned


    the tables around. By thanking Holley, she actually turned Holley into an outsider and herself into the


    family insider.