Chapter 453 Don''t You Evade Me


    After seeing this scene, Moore nodded with approval and said,"That is good too. Zed is not an


    unreasonable person. He knows you didn''t tell him for his good. Of course, he will understand when he


    gets to knowter."


    "Whether he understands or not, it was time that I did things on my own. I can''t have him worry about


    me all the time." Jean said this as she gazed outside the window looking at the periwinkle flowers in


    her garden. Lost in thought, she sighed and continued,"Ever since I married Zed, I have given him


    some reason or the other to worry about me. I can''t always ask him to clean up my mess. I have to


    learn to grow up, be mature and deal with my own challenges on my own."


    "Jean, you are doing great already." Moore tried to make her look at it positively. "Look at everything


    that has happened in your life. I don''t think anybody could have handled it any better than what you


    have."


    "Moore, don''t do this to make me feel better." Jean shook her head at Moore''s words,"I know I am not


    capable enough. Look at this, I even interrupted your treatment at the hospital and now disturb your


    rest here. Sometimes I wonder am I a drama queen since I am always getting my friends into trouble."


    "Don''t say that, Jean." Moore shrugged his shoulders wearily. "Don''t be paranoid about such kind of


    things. As your friend, I am only d to help you and share both your pain and joy."


    "Okay, let''s drop the topic about me. What about you?" Jean was pleased to see Moore never shying


    away from showing his support. She gave him a cheerful smile and asked,"After you recover, do you


    n to continue staying here?"


    Moore knew what Jean really meant. Fraught with tension, Moore kenw there was only one way to


    solve this. "I will have a serious talk with him before I decide to stay or leave."


    "Him" of course referred to Gary.


    Jean nodded showing that she got the subtext of his words. "I too feel that it does you no good to keep


    on avoiding him. You two need to sit down and get this out of the way. That is a positive way to solve


    problems."


    Moore wrenched in pain,"I had never thought of meeting him, let alone sitting down to talk. But when I


    saw you miss your mother this intensely, I began thinking of my own. If you think about it, we have a lot


    inmon, be it our dysfunctional families or ourplicated pasts. We both lost our mother and have


    a stepmother. We were both hurt from our family members.


    Every time, you bravely face your problems. Why can''t I? Even if I don''t want to have anything to do


    with him in the future, at least I will get to say it out loud that I hate him and don''t want to see him ever


    again. I think maybe after I clearly express my mind and attitude to him, he won''t bother me anymore.


    And the trouble would be dealt with for good."


    Jean looked at Moore and smiled,"Yeah. Ipletely second you on this. But I want to remind you that


    Gary already knows that you hate him and don''t want to see him. So even if you repeat this, it won''t


    change his intentions behind seeing you. I support you irrepsective of the oue. I admire your


    courage to go confront him and tell him what you think.


    But Moore, something has been nagging me. He is revered by so many people. Has this thought ever


    father, the person who gave you your life. Can''t you just give him a chance to rify his actions back


    then?


    I believe there isn''t a father who would abandon his son out of his own will. Look at my father. The


    misunderstanding he had about my mother was created by Joy on purpose. Plus, after Joy had said


    non-stop negativements about me, he felt it right to neglect me all through my childhood. Don''t


    you have a stepmother too?"


    Jean was trying to assuage Moore''s feelings.


    "Jean, are you talking me into forgiving him?" Moore smiled wryly hearing Jean speak like this.


    "No, I just hope you can give him a chance to exin himself. There are a lot of things that unless you


    really see and experience yourself, you are unable to understand them correctly. Looking at how Gary


    lives his present, he doesn''t seem to be a heartless person. For instance, he never forgets his birth


    ce and has devoted so much of his efforts to developing H City. It is not difficult to see that he is a


    grateful person.


    And for a person with such warmth inside, how could it be possible that he abandoned his own flesh


    and blood? Moore, now you know what happened to my mother. Don''t you understand that a lot of


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    things are not simply what they appear to be? Giving him a chance is also giving yourself a chance. I


    don''t want you to live in hatred for the rest of your life."


    "Jean, I know what you mean. But…" Moore wanted to say something, but he suddenly felt that even if


    he could express it correctly, Jean might not be able to understand. So he finally gave up and just


    mumbled,"Don''t worry too much about me. I know what to do now."


    "Moore, don''t you evade me." She shed him an angry look. "I take you for my best friend, which is


    why I tell you what I think. If you think I am interfering in your life, you can tell me to stop in clear, direct


    words."


    "Jean, you know I don''t mean that." Moore was pained to see her misunderstand him. He hastened to


    offer her an exnation. "Just put yourself in my shoes. If you just left for a few days and then you


    found that your name was on the list of a home for orphans, how would you feel? I was only eight years


    old then, but I couldn''t make a mistake in recognizing my name on that list.


    Without that paper, my adoptive parents wouldn''t have brought me away with them. Without legal


    procedures, they couldn''t have adopted mewfully. It is only after growing up that I thought through of


    all this and came to this conclusion.


    "What have you thought through?" Jean asked puzzled.


    "Do you still remember the room with all the photos in the Harkin Garden apartment? Mywyer told


    me explicitly that the apartment was left to me by my adoptive parents. If that is the case, why are there


    photos of me when I was very small in that room? I had doubted that Gary bought the apartment


    privately in the name of my adoptive parents.


    I called the sales manager of that estate to confirm my guess, but was told that my parents did go to


    see the apartment and personally purchase it for me years ago. So I started to specte whether my


    parents adopted me on Gary''s instructions. Otherwise it couldn''t be such a coincidence that they


    showed up at the same time…"


    "Oh my God!" Jean was shocked beyond belief. Her eyes widened as she sped her hand to her


    mouth.


    "Of course this is only my conjecture. My adoptive parents aren''t alive anymore and I can''t ask them


    the truth. If my guess is right, do you still think of him as conscientious and honest who deserves to be


    the idol of the public? He is a person who plotted to abandon his own son in order to climb up the


    careerdder. Do you still think I should forgive such a person?"


    Moore watched Jean closely and asked with a bitter smile.


    "If what you said is true, then life has been greatly unjust to you! Moore, so far this is only your


    conjecture. There is no evidence to support it. So I still hope that you give him a chance and let him tell


    you his side of the story, okay? I really can''t see you getting tortured by not knowing the actual truth.