Marriage And Love Again

During her three years of marriage to Austin, Suny had seen enough of Maisy’s little tricks. Tina had done those things to her who knew how many times. Thanks to those tricks that she had gone through, Suny saw through Maisy’s trick the minute she led her to the pond. So when Maisy’s hand was coming for her, she immediately freed herself and did her a favor by giving her a shove so that her intention would be satisfied.

Her splash even scared the fishes in the pound, which were made to hide under the artificial hills. Since it was not a deep pond, around three-foot deep, and Maisy knew how to swim, she managed to stand up right after falling into the pond and screamed.

Maisy could not believe Suny would push her. She choked hard. Although the water in it was changed every day, with so many fishes in it, it still stunk, including what choked her.

The stench in her mouth almost drove her crazy. “How dare you!”

At that moment, Robert came. After making sure Suny was unharmed, he turned to Maisy, “How come you would let yourself fall into the pond? It’s not your first time here.”

Maisy stoned for a moment. Just when she wanted to blame it on Suny, Robert opened his mouth, “You should go inside the house. There’re a lot of mosquitoes.”

Suny darted a glance at Maisy, then nodded with a smile, “Alright.”

And she really left.

Standing in the pound, Maisy’s dress was soaked in water, which was inconvenient for her to go up. Watching Suny’s back, Maisy was on the verge of madness. “Robert, she pushed me down!”

Robert, however, stared at her. “You are not a child, aren’t you? Stop behaving like one.” Though he said in a bland tone, his eyes were filled with freezing coldness.

Maisy at first did not feel cold falling into the pound, since summer nights tend to be sultry. But now, she felt a creepy chill climbing up her spine when she looked into Robert’s eyes. She stiffened as her impulsion to blame Suny gradually fade away.

After a while, some fish swam close to her, which only made Maisy feel disgusting. She reached out to Robert, hoping he could give her a hand. “Robert, could you give me a hand? I can’t go up myself.”

Robert frowned. “I will have someone give you a towel.”

Then, he returned to the mansion.

Maisy stood immobile, completely shocked.

Just as Suny went to the second floor, Lily came to her, “Are you alright?”

Lily knew exactly what kind of person Maisy was. But she chose to ignore some of her behaviors since she wanted a daughter and Maisy would come to visit her once or twice. But now that Maisy aimed at Suny, Lily knew what should be done even without Mr. Murphy telling her what to do.

Suny smiled at her, “Yeah, I’m okay.”

Then she paused a little before continuing, “But Maisy was probably not.”

As she finished her sentence, Robert came and glanced at her, “Just leave her.”

Those little tricks of Maisy’s may fool other people, but they didn’t work for the Murphys.

But after all, these people were hard to get rid of. Now, they may be fiddling with some small tricks, who knew if they were planning something more severe the next time? And if Suny paid little attention, she may easily get hurt.

“I will, Robert.” She answered.

Robert nodded in satisfaction. Then he went to ask the servants to bring Maisy a towel.

Mr. Murphy had gone back to his room, and so was Suny. There were only Lily and Robert in the living room. Maisy went to the living room after changing her clothes and started weeping at the sight of Lily, who was sipping tea at the time. When she noticed Maisy, she curved the corner of her mouth into a knowing smile. “Maisy, your mother would probably feel jealous that you spent so much time with me, wouldn’t she? Since I am not that young anymore, I do not take to shopping so much. You should hang out more with girls your age. Plus, your great-grandfather prefers tranquility. You should probably come less if there’s nothing important.”

Maisy was just about to tell how miserable she was and after hearing that, she thought Suny must have said something. Just as she wanted to explain the whole thing, her eyes met with Robert’s. And she dared not to speak.

Lily looked at her once more. “It’s getting late. I will have the driver send you home.”

Maisy felt something lodged in her throat. Even an idiot could understand what Lily meant. She was totally shocked and dared not to cry due to the presence of Robert. It was not until she was leaving that she started sobbing.

“Goodbye, Aunt Lily.”

Lily answered carelessly, “Bye.”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

She was totally wet after falling into the pond. Although she had changed clothes, Lily did not offer one word of comfort even though she was leaving.

It suddenly occurred to Maisy that the Murphys truly didn’t want her here. They wanted to pay all their attention to Suny, whom only God knew where she came from.

When Maisy left, Suny was talking to Austin by phone.

The car drove out under shining street lights. Thinking back at how many times Maisy glared at her, Suny could not help twitching her lips, snickering.

Maisy was probably going to have a rough night. She deserves that!

“When are you going home?” Austin’s voice brought her back from contemplating.

“I’m not sure.”

Then she thought it would probably be fun if she lied. “I want to spend more time with Grandpa, maybe a week.”

On the other side, Austin silenced for a while. “The roses are withering now.”

Suny lifted her eyebrow, wondering why he mentioned the roses. “Isn’t it natural for flowers to bloom and wither?”

“Not natural. Ivan told me they can last three to seven days.”

“Then you should ask him.”

“I should not.”

“Why?”

“Because I plucked all the petals. I want to know if you miss me.”

“And?” Suny had no idea whether she should laugh.

“You don’t miss me.”

“How do you know? From the roses?”

It seemed rather pathetic that Mr. Johnson should figure this out by plucking roses.

“From you.”

“What?”

“You just told me you were going to spend seven days with your grandpa.”

It was seven days! Such a long time should signify something.

Suny laughed, “Nonsense.”

“I miss you, babe.”

A deep male voice came from the phone. Suny touched her heating cheek and answered quietly, “I know.”

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Suny paused, “Someone’s looking for me. Call me later.”

“Okay.” She hung up the phone and put it aside to open the door.

It was Robert with a stack of documents.

Suny was perplexed, “Robert?”

“Grandpa wants you to pick someone.”

“What?”

“For his birthday next month. Your date.”

Suny sensed some blind matchmaking, “Robert, I have a boyfriend.”

Robert did not want to consider so much, “It’s from grandpa. Just have a look.”

Seeing there was no other choice, she took over, “I want to introduce Austin to you all on that day.”

Robert frowned a little, but when he saw the expectation in her eyes, he said, “Whatever.”

Then he added, “But if grandpa’s crossed, I’m not going to help you.”