Chapter 970 What a Coincidence


    "Is it true? I have never heard about it." Brandon was surprised and stopped eating.


    Mrs. Madden nodded and looked worried. "It hassted for a period. I didn''t tell you because you


    have been unwell. I was afraid that you would be worried after you knew it, so I hid it from you. I


    thought that rice would recover gradually, but she still hasn''t recovered for so long. What''s


    worse, she has lost a lot of weight."


    ''As a mother, I should have felt heartache when I see my daughter be like that.


    ''However, I have never felt slightly heartache when I see that she is unhappy and loses weight


    every day. It''s strange.


    ''I know that it''s wrong to have such thoughts as a mother.


    ''But it''s the fact that I don''t have much affection for her.


    ''No matter how I feel, I''m still her mother and need to care about her.


    ''Even though I still don''t have much affection for her up to now, I have hoped to reunite with her for


    more than twenty years.


    ''I will take responsibility as her mother.


    ''It''s strange indeed. When I face her, I really don''t have much affection for her. I had missed her and


    owed her a lot all the time. After shees back to me, I should have loved her more. My sense


    also tells me that I should do so.


    ''But I can''t make it. It''s the fact that I don''t have much affection for her. However, every time I see


    photos of little rice, my heart is filled with affection.


    ''I don''t know why.


    ''Does it mean that I only love little rice?


    ''How can it be possible?


    ''It''s unreasonable!


    ''No matter when she is a little kid or an adult, she is all my daughter.


    ''Does my affection for my daughter disappear as she grows up?


    ''It''s not scientific at all. I don''t know why and can''t figure it out.


    ''Thus, I have deeply suppressed my strange emotions in my heart all the time and have never


    expressed it in case rice feels sad after she knows that I don''t have much affection for her as her


    mother.''


    For a moment, Mrs. Madden was lost in thought.


    Brandon didn''t know his wife''s thoughts. He said, "I guess that rice has be like that


    because of what happened in the wardst time."


    Mrs. Madden fell into a trance. "Do you refer to what I said in your ward on the day when Sydney


    had a news conference?"


    Brandon nodded. "That''s it. That day, we suspected that Sydney was the real rice. You said that


    you didn''t have much affection for rice after she came back. When she heard that, she ran away


    sadly. She didn''t cheer up until weforted her for a long time. I guess that she still minds it


    though she looks fine on the surface. Thus, she has had nightmares."


    Mrs. Madden frowned. "But it happened long ago. I thought that she had let it go. Unexpectedly, she


    still remembers it."


    Brandon patted the back of her hand. "It''s understandable. She has separated from us for more


    than twenty years. However, after she reunites with us with difficulty, we suspect that she is our


    daughter. Besides, as her mother, you don''t have much affection for her. Of course, she minds it.


    She may think that she shouldn''t havee back."


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    Hearing that, Mrs. Madden knew that she was wrong. She sighed. "Need I to go to see a


    psychiatrist? I don''t know why I don''t have much affection for her. Before she came back, I


    anxiously hoped that she was still alive. However, after shees back, I..."


    Mrs. Madden looked at her hands and doubted herself. "Am I sick?"


    Brandon looked at her.


    To be honest, he didn''t understand his wife''s thoughts either.


    But he knew his wife well and was sure that she wasn''t sick.


    As for why she treated rice like that, he thought that it was because she hadn''t gotten used to


    getting along with rice.


    Thinking of that, heforted his wife.


    Mrs. Madden forced a smile and fell silent. No one knew her thoughts.


    In the diagonally opposite private room, Sydney didn''t know that the arrival of Julien and her


    influenced the Maddens and rice so much.


    She took the menu from the waiter and leafed through it carefully to decide on the dishes for


    tonight.


    She ordered six dishes. Three of them were her favorite dishes. The other three were for Julien,


    which weren''t like South Lake cuisine but like Port City cuisine.


    After all, South Lake adjoined Port City. It was natural that they had some dishes with simr tastes.


    "It will be enough." Sydney nced at Julien. After he nodded, she smiled and returned the menu to


    the waiter.


    "OK. Just a moment, please." The waiter took the menu and left.


    Not long after the waiter left, Sydney suddenly put down her bag and stood up.


    Julien was pouring juice for her. Seeing that, he put down the juice pot and asked, "Where are you


    going?"


    "The restroom." She pushed the chair to its original position.


    He nodded. "I will wait for you here."


    "OK." She smiled and walked out.


    The restroom was not far away. After she walked out, she went straight, turned a corner and arrived


    at the restroom.


    There were few people in the private rooms on the second floor. Thus, there were few people in the


    restroom.


    When Sydney walked into the restroom, it was quiet inside. However, in the next second, she heard


    a woman violently vomiting in a stall.


    Sydney trembled because of the sound. It sounded like the woman inside almost vomited her bile. It


    made Sydney''s hair stand on end and even made her feel sick.


    Sydney held back the impulse to vomit. She walked into a stall and pretended not to hear the voice.


    She would like to return to the private room as soon as possible.


    When Sydney was in the stall, the woman stopped vomiting and flushed the toilet.


    After a while, the sound of water stopped. The woman opened the door of the stall and walked out


    in heels.


    The sound of the woman''s footsteps was unrhythmic. Obviously, the woman was too weak to walk


    steadily.


    ''The woman must have run out of her strength because of vomiting.''


    Sydney thought as she tidied up her clothes and flushed the toilet. Then she opened the door of the


    stall and walked out.


    When she saw the woman who stood in front of the sink, she was surprised.


    ''It''s her!


    ''What a coincidence. The woman who vomited in the stall is rice.''


    rice was standing in front of the sink and rinsing her mouth. When she felt that someone was


    looking at her, she raised her head and looked in the mirror.


    When she saw Sydney in the mirror, she fell into a trance. She turned around suddenly and looked


    at Sydney who stood outside the stall. Her face was filled with surprise. "Ms. Raines."


    Now that rice had noticed her, she walked towards another sink that was next to rice''s. Then


    she turned on the tap and started to wash her hands as she replied tonelessly, "Ms. Madden."


    rice forced a smile. "It''s so coincidental that I meet you here. Do you alsoe here to have


    dinner?"


    Sydney rolled her eyes.


    ''Am I crazy to have dinner in the restroom?


    ''It''s you, Denna, whoes here to eat, not me.''