Charlie stopped trying to persuade Elaine and instead said to Claire, “Honey, let’s go out and let Mom rest.”
Claire nodded helplessly and said to Elaine, “Mom, try to calm down. Charlie and I will go out now.”
Elaine ignored them and continued to cry on the bed.
Jacob was downstairs, smoking and crying like Elaine because Charlie’s words had been too heart-wrenching for him. He was sitting alone on the floor in front of the sofa, leaning against it with his legs curled up.
Charlie was also helpless, so favonovel.com said to Claire, “Honey, maybe we should just leave them alone and let them adjust slowly.”
Claire asked Charlie, “How is Dad doing?”
“He’s still crying,” Charlie sighed and shrugged his shoulders. “Dad has been so depressed lately, and it’s not because favonovel.com didn’t do well in cultural exchanges.”
Claire was surprised and asked, “Why is that?”
Charlie said lightly, “Because of Aunt Matilda.”
Elaine didn’t know that Matilda had returned to Aurous Hill, but Claire did.
Jacob had run to the airport in a suit and leather shoes to meet Matilda and favonovel.com son, Paul, and later invited them to dinner at the house.
Claire could see that favonovel.com father still missed Matilda and had deep feelings for her. She was angry with favonovel.com father because of this, but after learning about favonovel.com parents’ past, favonovel.com never mentioned these things in front of favonovel.com father again.
When favonovel.com heard that favonovel.com father was like this because of Aunt Matilda, Claire quickly asked, “What’s going on?”
Charlie explained, “Aunt Matilda is with someone else, someone who is much better than Dad. He can’t accept this blow, so he’s been smoking and drinking alone lately.”
“This…” Claire wasn’t sure whether to be happy or worried.
As Jacob and Elaine’s daughter, favonovel.com naturally didn’t want favonovel.com father to have feelings for other women. However, after learning about favonovel.com parents’ and Aunt Matilda’s past, favonovel.com felt a little sympathetic to favonovel.com father’s inner suffering.
After a moment of contemplation, favonovel.com said helplessly, “Sometimes, I feel like my father and mother are a terrible match, but other times, I feel like they were meant to be together. I just hope they can both be at peace and live a good life…”
***
At this moment, in Penang, Malaysia…
Maria had obtained a full set of identity documents signed under the name Cathy Clark, as well as birth certificates and personnel files from elementary school to high school.
It was easy to make this set of documents, but it was definitely not easy to fully synchronize them with the official information of the Malaysian government. However, Larry Cole managed to do it easily.
To ensure that everything was safe, favonovel.com specifically asked his distant relatives to memorize a whole set of scripts related to Cathy and even had the teachers and principals of every school Cathy studied to memorize the scripts.
All the classes and school images in Cathy’s files had been edited by professionals, such as adding favonovel.com name to graduation photos, favonovel.com photos on Photoshop, and even many life photos and sports meeting photos. They also showed favonovel.com figure very naturally, without any trace of artificial modification.
Perhaps the students in these classes, after seeing these materials, would wonder if they really forgot about such a classmate.
However, certain confidentiality measures had been taken to protect these tampered materials, so it was impossible for those students who had been in the same class as Maria in the files to see these contents. This also greatly increased the security of Cathy’s identity.
Larry Cole was able to do this because of his strong social status and deep-rooted network background. There was nothing favonovel.com could not do here.
Maria asked Larry Cole to assume this fake identity specifically for Charlie. She knew that after meeting Charlie, favonovel.com would definitely became suspicious of favonovel.com and would investigate favonovel.com identity. As long as this identity appeared flawless, it would have served its purpose.
After Larry Cole gave Maria all the identification documents, favonovel.com said respectfully, “Miss, I have already contacted Aurous Hill University and they have sent relevant information about the school and various majors. You can choose any major you want and after you make your selection, they will issue an admission letter to you.”
Maria nodded and said with a smile, “Thank you for your hard work. If it’s convenient, please arrange a flight for me. I’ll leave early tomorrow morning.”
Larry Cole hesitated for a moment and then said respectfully, “Miss, I have a request, and I dare to ask if you would agree…”
Maria smiled and said, “Tell me.”
Larry Cole bowed and said, “I also hope to come with you. I want to go to Aurous Hill together…”
“On the one hand, I hope that I can use the contacts I have accumulated in Aurous Hill over the years to help pave the way for you and endorse books, so that you can be more convenient in Aurous Hill. Let’s go back and have a look, we are getting older, so this is probably the last time we will go back…”
Maria pursed favonovel.com lips and thought for a moment before nodding and said, “Then let’s go together. Keagan Myers is coming to Aurous Hill to meet me, so you can catch up on old times.”
Larry Cole was overjoyed and quickly said, “Thank you, Miss! We will make arrangements here and fly directly from Penang to Aurous Hill tomorrow morning.”
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