Chapter 168 Parents'' Love
I stood up and grabbed Mandy by the throat: "Mandy, my father sacrificed everything he had to
support your education. But what an ingrate you turn out to be."
"Let go!" With all her strength, Mandy removed I''s hands from her, "Let me tell you, it was his
business to support me, not yours. You can''t do anything about it"
I did not show any weakness and faced Mandy. "I will, by no means admit doing anything
dishonorable. Your pathetic attempts to defame me will take you nowhere. Get the hell out for you are
not wee here!"
"Fine! I will leave. But this is not over!" Mandy quickly left I''s home with much resentment. Not long
after, I felt weak and copsed to the floor.
No matter how tough I pretended to be in front of Mandy, I was just a helpless girl who easily
sumbed to sadness and disappointment.
She drew the curtains and curled up in the darkness, feeling secured from a cruel world.
At that time, the phone rang. It was I''s Mom. "My sweet daughter, are you Ok?"
"Nothing serious." I murmured: "Mom, why are you calling?"
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"I just want to ask if you areing home. Your father and I have received Becky''s wedding invitation. I
know that this is hard for you to bear. We will not be attending the wedding. We will only send a cash
gift as a token of our presence at the ceremony. We are nning to take a family trip to avoid this
unpleasant scene." I''s Mom, though in a high voice, did express her concern towards her daughter,
every word and phrase filled with love.
I could no longer contain her grief, giving in to a flood of tears. Her mother impatiently asked, "My
dear daughter, what is the matter? Just tell me. I will take care of this!"
I''s Dad, on hearing his daughter break into tears, grabbed the phone and said, "My daughter, stay
there. Your Mom and I are on our way."
A daughter is the apple of her father''s eyes and I''s Dad could not stand his sister insulting and
belittling her daughter. He had always showered I with love but he contained his anger at the
scandal that happened four years ago.
But not this time.
After the call, he and his wife packed some clothes and left for Y City. They arrived at around 3:00 pm.
That time, I hadn''t eaten anything. Upon entering the door and seeing their daughter, they were
aghast at the sight of their daughter utterly wasted. "My dear, what happened? How could you have
lost so much weight?"
"Mum...." I threw herself into her Mom''s arms and broke into tears. After a while, she regained her
what remained in the kitchen. He said: "Here my daughter, have a bowl of egg noodles. We have
enough time to discuss matters."
I was not better than when she and Aron split up fours years ago. During that period, I lost four
kilograms within a week. She had lost all appetite for any drink or food and confined herself to her
room. I''s Dad was also heart-broken seeing his daughter like that. Little did he know that such
torment would turn up again four yearster.
"Thanks, Dad." I could hardly control her emotions but managed to take the bowl of egg noodles.
She quietly ate with tears still in her face.
"My silly daughter, there is no point of your tears!" I''s Mom offered a cup of water: "You should take
good care of yourself at this age."
As I consumed the bowl of egg noodles in silence, her Dad inquired, "My dear daughter, tell me the
truth. Do you still love Aron?"
"Absolutely not, Dad..." Even if she did love Aron deep in her heart, I wouldn''t admit it. Aron, after
all, would be Becky''s husband when they got married next month. Another problem for I would
be the incident with Joanna, Aron''s grandmother.
I''s Mom knitted her eyebrows at the sight of another wedding invitation card lying around. Her
daughter had not yet married so there was no reason to have another card there.
"My daughter, have Becky been here? What did she say to you?" I''s Mom frowned. Becky had been
a nice girl since childhood. It was only until the scandal that she created four years ago that I''s mom
lost her good opinion of her. She hated Becky from then on. I''s Mom knew that it was none other
than Becky who sent the card.
"It was not Becky..." I shook her head gently, "It was her mother."
"Mandy?" I''s Mom frowned again, "She is going too far with this! Did shee here to gloat? And
rub salt on your wound?"
"You and your Mom stay here. I''m gonna argue with her." I''s Dad was going to express his
displeasure with her sister. Anyone trying to hurt his daughter would be dealt with. His own sister was
no exception.
He was about to leave when I stopped him and told him what happened to Joanna. "Dad, it would
be self-defeating to argue with Mandy."
"What are you talking about?" I''s Dad copsed into the sofa, feeling guilty of his absence to care for
his daughter.
Shortly after their marriage, I''s Mom suffered a miscarriage because I''s Dad wasn''t around to
care for her. It was probably because he was too busy supporting Mandy''s schooling. I was born
after that. She became the center of her Mom''s attention and shevished I with such care. But their
daughter was now wronged beyond measure.
"Dad, I''m awfully sorry. It is all my fault." I took all the me. Everything would have been all right
had she not kept loving Aron.
"My silly daughter. None of this is your fault." I''s Mom held her daughter in arms and said, "I know
my own daughter and she is an open book to me. She would nevermit anything horrible like this.
John, we had better talk with Mandy."
John was the given name of I''s Dad. He decided to take her wife''s advice after some careful
thought. "It is best that we talk to her tomorrow morning. It is none of our business whom Becky
chooses to marry, but ndering my dear daughter for her own selfish delusions of marriage is
uneptable and I won''t have it."
With her parents around, I slept a sound sleep. Aron on the other hand was not so lucky. He was
forced by Mike to attend the birthday of Rachel, the famous actress. He had to go with Becky and
pretended to the media that he was in love with her.