Chapter 453 Tracy Realized Her Mistakes
The more Rachel thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. She couldn''t sit still any longer,
so she stood up to take a look. Suddenly, her doorbell rang. She opened the door and saw a ck
caring in from the outside and being parked in the yard.
Rachel was about to call Jonathan, but to her surprise, it was Tracy who came to visit.
Rachel was at a loss for words. After she overcame her shock, she eximed, "Mom, what are you
doing here?"
"I came here to see you." Tracy nced at her and then opened the car door to take out several
shopping bags.
Rachel reached out her hand and said, "Let me take them."
"No, that''s okay." Tracy refused her offer for help, gesturing at the sofa instead. "Just sit there. You
are pregnant, so you shouldn''t be doing these things. Besides, they''re not really that heavy."
Her attitude was totally different from before.
Stunned by the solicitous remarks, Rachel fell silent, her mouth twitching. Tracy''s attitude towards
her and her doubting words while Jack was still in the hospital were still vivid in Rachel''s mind, as if
they had just happened yesterday.
What brought about this 180-degree change in attitude? Rachel was an incredibly witty person, but
even she didn''t know how to react at that moment.
Tracy ced the bags on the table and started taking out stuff from them. She presented her haul to
Rachel as if offering a tribute. "I went to the mall just now and bought a lot of clothes for the baby. I
don''t know whether the baby''s a boy or a girl, so I bought many."
"Mom, you bought too many clothes!" Rachel took a cute little onesie and gently stroked the fabric
with a smile on her face.
Looking at Rachel, Tracy felt a warm rush of tenderness in her heart.
In the past, she only thought that Rachel was too independent and adamant to keep a certain
distance from others. Even when she lived with them since she was a child, she had always been
cold. To be honest, Tracy had always felt ufortable around her.
Although daughters-inw and mothers-inw on TV were not very close, Tracy''s rtionship with
Rachel was even more distant inparison.
Now, Tracy could see a mother''s tenderness in Rachel''s eyes.
She herself was a mother, so she naturally knew how important a child was to a mother. After
hearing what Jack had said about Scarlett, a sense of guilt suddenly swept over her heart.
There was nothing wrong with what Jonathan had said. At that time, she envied the fact that most of
friends already had grandchildren. Even now that Rachel was pregnant, she still encountered so
many troubles. She was starting to realize that the words "You don''t know what you have until it''s
gone" were true when she almost lost her grandchild.
Tracy sighed. Thank goodness that it wasn''t toote for her toe to her senses.
Rachel folded the onesie and ced it into the bag. When she raised her head, she noticed Tracy
staring at her intently, as if hypnotized. Self-consciously, she touched her face and asked softly, "Do
I have something on my face?"
"No." Tracy snapped out of her reverie, took Rachel''s hands, and gently patted them with a sigh. "I
have done a lot of wrong, misguided things before. I hope that you could forgive me."
"Mom, let bygones be bygones." Rachel didn''t know how to say nice but insincere titudes. She
only spoke the truth, which made Tracy feel at ease.
She let go of Rachel''s hand and reached out for another parcel. She took out a box of skin care
products and a big U-shaped pillow from the bag. "The skin care products are purely nt-derived.
My friend''s daughter-inw swears by it. This pillow is for you so you could sleepfortably at
night."
Rachel was even more surprised.
It made sense that Tracy would buy baby stuff for the baby—after all, it was her grandchild. What
Rachel did not expect was for her mother-inw to prepare gifts for her.
She was stunned for a moment, and then her face took on a bashful, adorable look that was unlike
her usual shrewd expression. "Mom, you really didn''t have to waste money to buy these for me."
"How is it considered wasting money if I spent it on my daughter-inw?"
This warm scene greeted Jonathan and Jack when they came in. They stared at each other, both
men obviously unable to believe what they were seeing.
Jack opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Jonathan nudged him on the shoulder
before he couldment.
Jonathan ced a finger on his lips and said, "Be quiet. Your mother realizing her mistakes only
happens once in a blue moon. She rarely admits to making them. Let''s give them this chance to
have a good talk." "Okay, Dad."
The two men turned back and returned to the car.
Jack was very happy about Tracy''s about-face towards Rachel. When he visited their family home
just now, he was worried that his mother would stubbornly stick to her earlier opinion of Rachel and
refuse to ept her. Now, after he saw both of them getting along well, he believed that they must
have epted each other. He didn''t need to make the embarrassing, horrible decision of choosing
between his mother and his wife.
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Suddenly, they heard a scream from inside the house.
Jack''s heart jumped to his throat. He hurriedly opened the door and rushed into the house.
Jonathan, who moved more slowly than Jack, followed behind with a frown on his face. ''Did Tracy
do something stupid again?''
Different emotions crossed his face. He rushed into the room and saw Julie carefully sweeping up
broken fragments. She kept apologizing and saying, "The cup identally slipped from my hand
and broke, and hot water sshed on my feet. That was why I screamed. I''m so sorry for scaring
you!"
As it turned out, that was the case.
The tension in Jonathan''s chest eased up, and he heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing his expression, Tracy could already tell what he was thinking.
To put it bluntly, the two of them had been sleeping in the same bed for so many years. She could
easily guess what Jonathan was thinking based on how he moved his fingers.
The corners of her mouth twitched. She walked toward Jonathan and whispered, "Old man, why
don''t you trust me?"
Her words hit a nerve. Embarrassed, he coughed and said in feigned ignorance, "What are you
talking about?"
Tracy heaved a soft sigh. "I may not be as smart as you, but I''m not that stupid. Don''t worry, I won''t
do anything like that again. From now on, I consider Rachel as my daughter-inw!
Of course, no one else heard this conversation.
Jack replied to Julie, "Julie, go back to your room and check your feet for scald burns. After that,
come out to prepare dinner for us, but only if you''re okay."
"Yes, we will have dinner here," said Jonathan in a loud voice. He nced at the two people
standing in front of each other and winked at Jack. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and help
Rachel sit down." For him, it was a good sign.
Jack wanted toe over and assist Rachel, but he suddenly felt uncharacteristically shy when he
saw the look in her eyes. They''d been through so many things together, but he had no idea why
such an expression is making him timid.
Now, after Jonathan''s cheerful directive, Jack hurried over to Rachel''s side to help her seat, his arm
around her waist and his other hand holding her arm. Noticing the surprisingck of struggle on her
part, he said in a low voice, "Dad and Mom are watching us like hawks. If you don''t want them to
worry about us, then we should be affectionate to one another."
"You bastard!" Rachel harshly whispered through gritted teeth.
Jack grinned, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Rachel, do you know how long it''s been
since youst scolded me like this?"
Julie took the ingredients they bought and prepared a tableden with dishes.
Jack filled a small bowl with chicken soup and put it in front of Rachel. He said softly, "Have a bowl
of soup first. It''s good for your stomach."
"Thank you." Rachel took the bowl and sipped a spoonful of soup, her eyes downcast. She knew
that Jack was looking straight at her, but she couldn''t respond with a biting retort as per usual
because his parents were there. For now, she had no choice but to let him look at her without
commenting about it. She wanted to finish her meal as soon as possible, so she hurriedly
consumed her soup and nearly choked on it. Seeing her coughing, Jack took a sheet of tissue and
reached over to wipe soup from the corner of her mouth.
A trace of embarrassment shed across Rachel''s face. She frowned and said, "Give it to me. I can
do it myself."
"Just sit back and enjoy it," Jack teasingly replied with a chuckle.
"But—" Tracy interrupted Rachel before she could say another word. "Just enjoy it. When you are
pregnant, you are the boss, and you should let Jack do everything."
"Exactly," Jack echoed, nodding his head wisely. He crumpled the tissue that he had just used to
wipe Rachel''s mouth, threw it into the trash can under the table, and said casually, "Dad, Mom,
there are only two of you at home. From now on, you''re wee toe here for dinner whenever
you like."
Jack guessed that Rachel wouldn''t want to go to the Fu family house, but she had no reason to
refuse to let theme here.
Moreover, with Jonathan and Tracy constantly around, he wouldn''t have to bear Rachel''s stony
silence and cold face.
Jonathan had already guessed what was on Jack''s mind. He deliberately ignored the stunned look
on Rachel''s face, picked up a piece of fish, and ced it in Tracy''s bowl. "Okay, it''s livelier when
more people gather around to eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jack''s mobile phone rang. Seeing Austin''s name onscreen, Jack
stood up and walked over to the window to take the call. "How is it going?"
"She''s already on the ne. They will inform us as soon as she arrives." Austin had just exited the
airport after seeing Scarlett off for her flight out of Ninwell City.
Author''s note
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