You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 372


    Sandra had taken measures to prepare Hannah for rissa’s arrival today.


    However, she had yet to reveal rissa’s true identity to Hannah, so she had made up excuses for


    inviting her family over, such as out of courtesy and the need to mend fences with the Tysons.


    Hannah had met rissa once, and Sandra thought the initial meeting went quite well.


    The elderly woman let out a deep sigh at the thought of her daughter.


    It’s new year’s, and I still haven’t heard a word from her. Is she still holding grudges against me?


    “Is something wrong?” Sandra stopped to ask.


    “Well… You see, even an outsider visits our family during this festive season. But my own daughter


    didn’t even bother to give me a call. Do you think she’s still mad at me and Jacque?”


    Sandra scoffed. “I bet she is. I hope you don’t mind me saying this, Mom, but I think that Ka is utterly


    ungrateful for what Jacque has done for her. What right does she have to hold grudges against her


    brother? If it weren’t for Jacque’s help, Shermaine would have to spend more time in the prison,


    wouldn’t she?”


    Sandra was visibly annoyed at the mention of Ka.


    Such an ungrateful and vindictive family. We lent them a hand in times of crisis, and look at the


    gratitude we get.


    The look on Hannah’s face was not much better. She looked like she had swallowed a hard pill.


    “All right, all right. I’ll zip my mouth now. But just so you know, there’s already bad blood between us,


    and don’t expect me to be friendly to her. Also, when rissaes over, make sure you don’t bring


    up this thorny subject, okay?”


    “Of course. I’m not that old and confused.”


    Not long after that, rissa arrived with Matthew and Damian. The Wynters finally met Damian for the


    first time.


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    Damian was a friendly child, and his smile was rather infectious, which served as the perfect social


    lubricant in an otherwise awkward gathering between the adults.


    Hannah was especially delighted by the presence of Damian, who had managed to lift her mood from


    the earlier gloom.


    In another corner, Sandra was chattering away with rissa. As though on cue, they had both avoided


    the topic of Ka and maintained an air of politeness between them.


    Soon after that, Damon arrived with his parents, and everyone had an enjoyable time during dinner.


    Seeing families and friends gathered in one ce during the festive season made Matthew feel


    peaceful on the inside.


    “So rissa, do you guys have any n for a second child?”


    rissa let out a slight smile at Sandra’s unexpected question. “Well, we’ve decided to just go with the


    flow for the moment.”


    “That’s great! It’ll be perfect if you can have a daughter to bnce it out.”


    “It’s indeed perfect to have a boy and a girl. I’ve always liked having a daughter…” Hannah’s voice


    trailed off as she was reminded of her own daughter.


    rissa pretended she did not see the changing of expression on the elderly woman’s face and was


    ready to take her leave.


    The Wynters tried to persuade them to stay, but rissa insisted it was time to go back to Zen


    Hignds.


    As rissa, Damian, and Matthew bade goodbye with the Wynters at the door, they found themselves


    face to face with another family walking toward them—it was Shermaine and her parents.


    Both rissa and Shermaine’s expressions hardened as they locked eyes.


    Without uttering a word, rissa gestured at Matthew to leave.


    Ka, on the other hand, was clearly stirred up by the sight of rissa and her family at the doorstep.


    She was about to give them a piece of her mind when she was stopped by a very calm Shermaine.


    Shermaine darted a quick nce at Matthew, who was carrying Damian in his arms, and said to her


    mother in a low voice, “Mom, let’s just go inside.”


    Ka’s eyes welled up. She was thankful that her daughter was once again by her side; hence she had


    been on her best behavior all day.


    The other Wynters, however, were not prepared to deal with this family. As such, Damon and his


    parents were quick to take their leave, too.


    “Uncle Jacque, Aunt Sandra, Grandma, happy new year,” greeted Shermaine.


    Compared to the heavy makeup and detestable attitude in the past, it was as though Shermaine had


    undergone a major transformation. She now appeared to be even-tempered, and there was even


    remorse in her eyes as she spoke.


    Ka started to voice her displeasure, “Mom, how could you—”


    “Mom, they’re Uncle Jacque’s guests. It’s us who have interrupted,” Shermaine cut her mother off mid-


    sentence before the former could finish herint.


    James went along with his daughter and said, “We’re sorry for the unannounced visit, Hannah. But, you


    see, Shermaine just got out this morning, and we took her to lunch afterward. Please forgive us for not


    visiting sooner during this festive season. We’vee here to apologize and to spend some time with


    you, if you’ll allow us.”


    Considering his attitude had softened, Sandra could not bring herself to refuse their entry.


    “Well, now that Shermaine has been released, both of you can stop ming everyone else for her


    misfortune.”


    Sandra studied Shermaine’s expression carefully to search for any sign to indicate her knowledge of


    the fact that her life had essentially swapped ces with rissa.


    It doesn’t look like she has any clue at all.


    “Aunt Sandra, is something wrong?” Shermaine asked.


    Sandra replied with a smile, “Oh, I just thought that you’ve changed a lot from a few years ago. We’ve


    actually be quite close with rissa recently, mostly because she resembles Mom when she was


    young. It’s quite uncanny how much they look like each other. Say, you’ve known rissa the earliest,


    didn’t you notice before?”


    “No, I was too consumed by my hatred toward her to notice if she and Grandma shared any


    resemnce. Now that I think about it, I didn’t know any better then and had hurt many people in the


    name of pursuing love,” Shermaine intoned thoughtfully.


    Is she really feeling remorseful for all the horrible things she had done in the past?


    Sandra continued to observe her closely.


    “You’re really a different person now, Shermaine. It’s still not toote for you to learn from your


    mistakes…” uttered Jacque.


    “That’s good, Shermaine. I’m happy to hear that you’ve learned your lesson and are ready to move on.


    After all, you’re still my dear granddaughter.” Even though Hannah was not thrilled to see her daughter,


    she could not bring herself to reprimand her granddaughter anymore.


    Besides, it was New Year’s, and Shermaine had just been released, so Hannah was reluctant to


    dampen everyone’s mood during this time.


    Thus, Sandra, too, decided to keep the peace and weed them into the house.


    Meanwhile, rissa chose not to bring up the topic of Shermaine on their drive back home.


    She even felt repulsed at the thought of uttering Shermaine’s name.


    Damian was already fast asleep by the time the family was back to Zen Hignds. Matthew carried


    him upstairs and tucked him into bed before the couple finally returned to their bedroom.


    Sitting on her bed, rissa was ovee by a wave of exhaustion.


    Socializing proved to be way more tiring than constructing the story plots in novels. I’ll much prefer


    dealing with the fictional world in the novels to dealing with reality, which can bepletely illogical.


    Bumping into Shermaine today was one good example.


    Never had she thought that she would one daye face to face with Shermaine.


    “Is something on your mind?” Matthew sat down next to rissa and wrapped his arm around her. “Are


    you still thinking about the Smallwoods?”


    rissa kept silent.


    Right then, a cold glint shed across the man’s eyes. “If you want to, I can find out why Shermaine


    was released before she finished serving her jail time.”


    “There’s no need to since they can’t lock her up forever anyway. I don’t want you to waste more time on


    her.”


    “I’m not doing it for her.”


    “I know. She had already been punished for her crimes. I’m sure she’ll think twice about trying to pull


    something again. Besides, for a woman who had served time in the prison, her future prospect is


    already doomed.”


    Having said that, it was not as though she had forgiven what Shermaine had done to her. Rather,


    rissa chose to anchor her life around the things that really mattered to her, instead of being held a


    prisoner of her past.


    I have to start looking forward in life rather than backward.


    Her mind then drifted back to the DNA test incident where other people had tried to meddle in her own


    family and the fact that she had notpletely forgiven Matthew on that matter.


    At that thought, rissa pushed him away and sprung to her feet.


    Crossing her arms, the woman stared down at Matthew with her piercing eyes, “Don’t think that I’ve


    forgotten about what I’d said to you before. So, tell me, the stuff that I’ve asked you to reflect on, have


    you thought about it?”


    What stuff?


    The man appeared befuddled for a few moments before it finally dawned on him what rissa was


    referring to. “Yes, of course. I’ve given it a lot of thought,” he replied with a sheepish grin.