Chapter 208


    Karl grew irritated when Wayne said what he was thinking. He said, “What’s wrong? You don’t think it’s


    not going to work? I’m sure


    Peace will be fine.”


    Wayne said firmly, “Oh, no, you’re such a naive fool. I think that since you will be marriedter, your


    parents will thoroughly check


    her background. If they know that she had such a serious condition and you are concealing it from


    them, they would never give you their blessing.”


    Wayne had met Karl’s parents when he was a child. They were nice parents who allowed Karl to do


    whatever he wanted as an adult.


    They didn’t like being duped, though. So, if theyter find out that Karl kept such an important secret


    from them, they would despise


    Peace.


    “You know, if that happens, your parents will hate Peace.”


    Karl frowned and said, “Actually, I can just talk to my parents. You know, I’m not worried whether they’ll


    ept the truth or not. Peace can’t think straight now. So, if she finds out that I took the liberty of telling


    people we’re dating after she’s sober, she’ll be pissed. In


    fact, she and I are actually on a break right now.”


    Seeing that Karl could do this for her, Wayne figured he didn’t have to say anything more to persuade


    him. He gave Karl a friendly pat


    on the shoulder and said, “Well, that’s all I want to say to you. By the way, Anna wants to talk to you


    after a while.”


    “Sure,” Karl said with a nod.


    After a while, Anna came out of the bedroom.


    Wayne realized what he needed to do right now. As a result, he stood up and prepared to leave. “I’m


    heading to the garage now to


    fetch my car,” he added.


    As he finished and walked away, he gave Anna a nce.


    “Have a seat, please,” Karl said.


    Anna replied calmly, “Oh, no, I’m not sitting down. You didn’t take much of his words to heart, did you?”


    Karl exined, “No, I know what Wayne was trying to say. He meant well, and he cared so much about


    me. But, actually, he wasn’t


    thinking about Peace at all.”


    Anna fixed her stare on him, her nce as sharp as a knife. She said, “Well, I am. I’m not going to say


    anything pleasant,


    though.”


    “That’s all right. You may say it now because I am prepared. In fact, I was prepared for anything from


    the moment I learned that she


    was sick.”


    “Good. But have you ever considered whether you’ll get tired of all these one days? Will you give up


    taking care of her because you


    Can’t stand it any longer?” Anna asked seriously.


    “One moment, please,” Karl replied, clenching his fist.


    He then walked over to the bookcase in the corner of the room. He yanked open the bookcase’s


    bottom shelf door and slid a silver


    portable sale out.


    “Here‘s documentation of all my real estate, Anna. I own 36 properties in all, the most valuable of which


    is in London. I own six


    houses in Birmingham, three of which are stores, which I have all rented out. The rest of the residences


    are scattered across the country


    in various tourist destinations. And then, here are all my cars and documentation of ownership of my


    stock.”


    “What are you showing me all this for?” When Anna saw him showing her so many documents, she


    was puzzled. Even though he


    kept talking for a long time, he only introduced hall of the prools in the sale. Then, Anna interrupted


    him.


    Karl stopped, looked up at her, and said seriously, “Anna, I know what you mean. You believe that I’ll


    run out of patience and won’t


    be able to care for Peace any longer one day. Actually, I’ve thought about that too. But I’ll take care of


    her for the rest of my life unless /


    die. So, I’d want to show you some of my assets. I’ve also requested mywyer to draft an agreement


    for me. If that dayes, I will give


    all my possessions to her.”


    “Have you considered what would happen if she couldn’t gain ess to those assets?” Anna found it


    hard to say those words but she


    said them anyway.


    “Well, I’ve also thought about that. I’ve asked a trust, a welfare organization and a psychiatric hospital


    to keep an eye on each other


    so they can take care of Peace.”


    After hearing Karl’s words, Anna was convinced that he had really thought about caring for Peace for


    the rest of his life. Furthermore, he did not appear to take it on the spur of the moment, as he was a


    little too cautious in this regard. He even considered if the trust and


    the welfare organization were working together to defraud him of his money.


    He said that he wanted Peace to live until she was eighty years old. At that point, the hospital would


    give her a physical checkup.


    Only after ensuring she was in the same physical condition as her peers would the welfare organization


    have the rest of the money.


    So, Anna had nothing to say about it.


    They heard someone crying in the bedroom as they were leaving Karl’s house. Karl was used to it and


    exined to them, “Well, I’m


    not going to walk you out. She’s probably crying because the movie has made her sad. So, I’m going to


    comfort her.”


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    “Okay, bye,” Anna said. She realized that Karl was the only one who could take care of Peace best.


    However, she also began to worry


    that Karl’s life would be turned upside down because of this.


    Wayne asked about something else when they got in the car instead of talking about Karl and Peace.


    “Are you going to see Tammy at Grandpa’s?” After learning that Peace was sick, Wayne let Tammy


    stay with his grandfather.


    Anna was not in the mood to see her daughter, so she signed and said, “Oh, not now. If she sees me,


    I’m sure she’ll ask where Peace


    is. You know, I haven’t figured out how to answer her yet.”


    “Well, then you’d better visit her sometimeter. Tammy is doing well at Grandpa’s, ording to Henry.


    They’ll pick her up and


    drop her off at school when the new semester begins.. So, you don’t have to worry too much, Anna.


    They can take good care of her.”


    “Why? After I get mypany up and running, I’ll have time to pick her up from school.” Anna said.


    She didn’t like what Wayne had


    just said since it made her appear as if she intended to do nothing buty on herurels and do


    nothing.


    Wayne cave Anna a look as if he was thinking about how he should put it. Then, he said, “Well, Gabe


    can keep an eye on the


    construction team for you. But, you need to think about your designers. You know that Andrew can’t be


    the only person on your design


    team, right? I’ve already taken it upon myself to have Gabe recruit for Lemon, Anna.”


    “Please don’t bire a chiel designer,” Anna said softly as she regained herposure.


    “Well, sure.”


    The busiling, steels of Birmingham were lighted by neon lights in the lovely moonlight.


    Annabepan to ponder what people would be willing to do for love. Because Peace possessed a high


    sense of self-esteem, her


    greatest worry was being abandoned by others. As a result, she kept her illness hidden from Karl. But,


    in the end, she copsed and it was


    Karl who keptking care of her.


    Anna leaned back in her seat and stared at Wayne in the driver’s seal for a long time in a daze.


    Then she said, “Wayne, I have a confession to mak