Chapter 43 Mom, I''m Married


    When Horace and ra finally settled down to have dinner, Horace received several calls from his


    colleagues. Horace had put his work away to help ra, for which ra was quite grateful, but she


    also knew it was time for him to leave, so she said, "Horace, I will take care of mom. You just go back


    to work."


    Horace looked at ra, who was eating so hurriedly that there was a bit of sauce left on the corner of


    her mouth, and he wiped it off for her, saying softly, "Ok, I''ll take my leave then. I will be back tomorrow


    and don''t hesitate to call me when you need help."


    ra nodded but Horace didn''t move at all. ra frowned and asked, "You are not going to work?"


    Staring at ra indulgently, Horace unconsciously licked on the finger which was stained with the


    sauce wiped off from ra''s mouth, and only after a few minutes did he begin to speak, "Oh, I am just


    thinking whether you take what I said seriously."


    However, ra had been utter stunned at Horace''s unconscious action thus ignoring his words


    minutes before! Didn''t he think this was too intimate? It should be a sign of bad hygiene if it was done


    by others, but once it was Horace, it turned out to be kind of sexy with his long finger, handsome face,


    and thin lips.


    "What? What did you say?" Feeling her face burnt, ra took her eyes off him and asked confusedly.


    "I''m wondering whether you''ll ask me for help if you are in trouble," Horace repeated. But ra trying


    to avoid eye contact annoyed him a bit, so he forced her to look into his eyes by holding her face and


    said seriously, "ra, I hope you really take me as your husband."


    Husband? Staring into his dark eyes, ra suddenly lost her words. But soon, she answered, "Of


    course. From now on if I need help, I''ll call you first. I promise"


    Her answer satisfied Horace. He smiled and said, "Ok." Then, he let go of her and was about to leave.


    When he reached the door of the ward, ra stopped him suddenly. "Horace!" He tilted his head and


    saw ra was looking at him with her face blushing. "Horace, thanks a lot for your help."


    Though the words were in, Horace''s heart was filled with happiness and he said, "You''re wee."


    The night fell and ra slept in the ward to watch over her mom. Fortunately, Horace had already


    changed a private ward for her mom, so she could sleep on the camp bed, which made the watch over


    much easier.


    The next day, ra was woken up by a fit of coughing. Even though she was not fully awake, she


    knew it was her mom who finally regained consciousness after all these years.


    "Mom!" ra dashed to her mom and asked excitedly, "How do you feel? Do you feel better? Do I


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    need to call the doctors?"


    "I am fine." Though Helena Selman still looked pale, she managed to reach out and stroke ra''s hair


    lovingly, her eyes glistening with tears. "ra, oh, my dear ra. I miss you so much…I miss you so


    much."


    ra burst into tears and she nodded madly, choked with sobs. "Mom, you know…you know you sleep


    for two years. It''s just so long…so long for me."


    Two years ago, that terrible night, when she lost her virginity and two of her most beloved folks – her


    lover, Darren, disappeared without a word while her mom was struck by illness and fell into aa.


    Laughing bitterly, Helena held ra''s hand and said, "I am so sorry I can''t be with you in these two


    years, ra. You must have suffered a lot, you…" Helena stopped suddenly at the sight of the ring on


    ra''s finger.


    "ra," Helena eximed excitedly, "You…you are married?"


    ra paused but soon answered smilingly, "Yeah, mom, I am married." ra knew her mom never had


    a happy marriage so her mom had always expected ra to find her happiness, so ra didn''t hold


    back about her marriage.


    "Oh my, that''s great." Helena was so excited that she even cried. "Who''s your husband? Is it Darren?


    Did you get married after graduation?"


    When Helena mentioned Darren, ra couldn''t help but shiver. Helena had been in aa for two


    years and she didn''t know Darren had broken up with ra.


    ra bit on her lip but finally managed to say, "No, it''s not him. We broke up two years ago."


    Helena was surprised. "Oh, my poor ra. But it was over. You''ve found your happiness now, right?"


    ra nodded with a smile on her face to hide the bitterness in her eyes. While Helena examined the


    ring carefully and smiled more contentedly, saying, "He must be a good man."


    ra said nothing since she knew her mom didn''t want her to marry someone with great power or


    fortune, so her mom could be happy even with the simple-designed ring. But she couldn''t imagine what


    would her mom think of her once she told her mom that she had married Horace, Darren''s uncle as


    well as a great Kirnd.


    "Stop it! Don''t think about these, ra." She could only tell herself in this way.


    It was when ra was going to buy lunch for her and her mom, but at the moment someone knocked


    on the door. ra was quite bewildered since her mom didn''t have many friends in Stratmont. Who


    would be the visitors then?


    She opened the door and it turned out to be Horace and Isaac. Horace still sat in the wheelchair while


    Isaac was holding the lunch boxes and a bag of fruits.


    "Horace?" ra asked surprisedly.


    "ra? Who is it?" Helena asked from the ward. ra looked into the ward bewilderedly and suddenly


    didn''t know how to exin. But Horace, hearing Helena''s question, raised his eyebrow and said, "I am


    ra''s husband, Horace Kirnd. I''ve brought you lunch, madam."