Chapter 345 Saying Sorry In His Heart (Part One)


    Cherry stood in the courtyard and watched as Mond turned and left the premises, and her eyes


    widened with surprise.


    She was very familiar with his physical profile. She remembered seeing him before. He was the


    mysterious man that was with Sally five years ago.


    It seemed that he and Jackson had known each other for quite some time now, and she had also


    known him earlier.


    Cherry wasn''t aware that she had been standing outside for such a long time until a gust of cold wind


    awoke her back to reality. She shivered from the cold and decided to get back into the warmth of the


    house.


    As she turned around towards the door, Cherry saw Jackson waiting for her. He had her coat in his


    arms ready for her to put on.


    "What are you doing here alone?" asked Jackson in a gentle tone.


    "Oh, I was just about to go back in, " said Cherry in a guarded tone.


    "Well, it''s colder than usual tonight, why don''t we go in, " said Jackson.


    "Okay, " agreed Cherry.


    After entering the house, Cherry immediately went upstairs to check on her son. When she opened the


    door, she saw Joe, her son sitting on the bed. He was busy ying with hisputer tablet.


    "Joe, " Cherry called out gently, as she stepped into her son''s room.


    Joe looked up and gave a quick nce at his mother, and then lowered back his head not wanting to


    cut his concentration on the game that he was ying, at the same time saying, "Mommy, you are


    here."


    "What are you doing? Why aren''t you asleep?" asked Cherry. As she walked over to his son''s bed and


    sat beside him, she saw that Joe waspletely immersed with the game on his tablet.


    "I want to y some more games. I don''t need to get up early tomorrow, it''s the weekend, so I can


    sleep in." Joe said casually. Cherry considering Joe''s argument paused for a moment and thought, ''If I


    permit Joe to stay outte, it will be very difficult for him to get up early the next day.''


    Cherry gently said to her son.


    "Joe, you are right, tomorrow is a weekend, so you can sleep in an extra hour tomorrow. However, we


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    have guest arriving, so you still need to get up early." "I know. It''s that nasty woman who embarrassed


    youst time?" replied Joe with a hint of annoyance in his voice.


    "I only want Cousin John toe, and no one else, just him."


    Joe didn''t care much for Lucia, in fact he never liked her presence in the house even when his Great-


    Grandpa, Andrew had exined to him that Lucia was his Aunt, his rtive. But young as he was, Joe


    never regarded her as a rtive. He was very much aware how Lucia always looked at his Mom with


    resentful eyes. She never hid her hatred towards his mother. To the boy''s mind, a person who disliked


    his mother was not a rtive nor a friend, such a person had no right for his attention or time. Cherry


    looked at her son, she was aware how Joe felt and why. She pulled her son close to her and said, "Joe,


    she is your Aunt, and you need to be polite to the elders, show respect. You know this, don''t you?


    When she arrives tomorrow, you can''t be stubborn, you need to say hello to her and her families,


    because she is your elder and rtive."


    Cherry felt a little ufortable as she spoke those words to her son. She felt guilty, because she was


    forcing Joe to be a dutiful son when she herself wanted to do nothing with Lucia. She still remembered


    how Lucia treated her and her son; Lucia looked down on her. However, Joe was young, she could


    never teach her son how to hate people, how to hate Lucia. Cherry wanted Joe to grow up into a good


    person, a person who didn''t hate but instead showedpassion, the exact opposite of Lucia.


    Joe paused the game and raised his head. He looked at his mother earnestly and said, "Mommy, I


    don''t want anyone to bully you, that woman is bad, she is a bully. How can I be kind to her?"


    Looking into her son''s eyes, Cherry could see the ray of stubbornness, the same streak of


    stubbornness that Jackson had. These two people were so much alike, they stuck to what they


    believed in no matter what the consequences were, they obsessively did what they wanted to do. "Joe,


    can''t you just obey me and not argue?"


    Cherry asked.


    "I will." said Joe, nodding his head.


    "Then, behave the way Mommy has told you. You will be polite and say hello to Aunt and Uncle


    tomorrow, then you can y with Cousin John if hees here too. You have to remember that you


    can''t lose your temper, that you need to always be polite to our guest, our rtives and that this is our


    home and we are the host, we have to wee their visits here, " said Cherry.


    Seeing his reasoning would not win the argument, Joe finally surrendered and agreed with his mother.


    Joe, with an unenthusiastic voice replied "I got that, Mommy, I''ll do what you said, and I''ll be polite."


    "Well, good! I''m proud of you, " said Cherry with a smile on her face.


    When Joe saw the smile on his mother''s face, he immediately threw his tablet aside and gave her a


    got down to her ear and asked, "Mommy, do you think we are happy now, you and me as well as


    Daddy?" Cherry was taken aback by her son''s question. How could he ask such a question? And how


    should she respond to it, since she didn''t know the answer either? Were they happy? Was she happy?


    She didn''t know if she was happy with Jackson, with living in the Chu Family, but she knew that she


    loved the man. Jackson, had always tugged at her heart.


    Joe didn''t hear his mother''s answer, he was waiting for Cherry''s response to his question. Not getting


    any reply he continued to say, "Mommy, I hope that you and Daddy will be together forever." "Silly boy,


    aren''t we together now?"


    Cherry said with a smile and gently rubbed her son''s head.


    Joe didn''t speak any more. He thought about what Mike told him that afternoon, that his Daddy was


    surrounded by dangerous people, and that he and his family were in danger as well. Mike also


    expressed that he was worried about him. Joe was worried as well.


    Joe released his hug from his Mommy and looked at her, wearing a different facial expression. The little


    boy''s demeanor changed from serious to a carefree child once more. He looked at his Mommy and


    said, "OK Mommy, I''ll sleep after I finish this game."


    Cherry, still not convinced and worried that Joe would stay upte, said, "Don''t stay up toote."