I'm Sorry, But I Love You novel Chapter 6

Catherine tried her best to suppress the anxiety in her heart, “Ms. Mitchell, do you have a photo of the visitor? Let me take a look.”

Sophia’s teacher quickly sent over a photo which was taken not long ago of the current scene. Catherine looked at a pair of old couples who looked kind and seated on the main seat and thought with a faint laugh: It was really them.

Anderson was really shameless.

But he had been that way all he while.

Catherine immediately packed up her stuff and headed to Anderson’s company.

On the other hand, in the Clarks’ mansion…

“Lincoln, come. This is cherries I have ordered for people to air-ship over. Have a taste of it.” Madison looked at her grandson with a loving smile on her face.

“Ma’am, I don’t eat that.” Lincoln held Sophia’s hand while declining politely.

Sophia added while swallowing a few times, “Sophia won’t eat too. Mummy told me that I can’t eat things given to me by strangers.”

Madison’s hand which was holding the cherries were stopped in mid-air awkwardly as she persuaded, “How can you say that I’m a stranger? I am your grandmother, not any outsider. So, Sophia and Lincoln, can you stay here together from now on?”

While facing her grandson and granddaughter, this assertive and oppressive woman who was always that way for her whole life had unexpectedly lowered her stance, “I heard that you love the amusement park, Sophia. I wish to build one for Sophia and Lincoln in our home so that you can play to your heart’s contents anytime, Sophia.”

Sophia intuitively turned her head and looked at her brother.

Lincoln revealed a smile, “Ma’am, you don’t need to do so much for an outsider.”

“Both you and Sophia are the children of the Clark family. How can you say that you’re outsider?” Madison’s tone was slightly unhappy and strong, “I have asked for the maids to tidy up the children’s room, you guys can take a look at it and tell me whether you’re satisfied or not. If you’re not, just tell me, I will ask for someone to make changes.”

A child was always mores sensitive and cognitive. After sensing that Madison was strengthening her stance, the smile on Lincoln’s face disappeared, “Ma’am, in this whole world, besides our mummy, Sophia and me don’t have other relatives. Please don’t see yourself as our grandmother.”

His tone was cold and cruel, which caused Madison to freeze for a moment. A look of sadness appeared on her face.

Sophia interjected as if she didn’t notice the atmosphere, “Both of my grandparents from my father’s side has committed suicide and consumed some sleeping pills. Since the beginning, Sophia and me never have father, grandparents from my father’s or mother’s side, and in the future we won’t have them too.”

He was saying this with the calmest tone possible, but all Madison could feel is a constriction in her chest. After some time, the old man sitting beside her asked, “How did you end up at this place throughout all those years?”

Lincoln glanced at him with a mocking look before taking a deep breath and answering, “It’s none of your business.”

Anderson heard this the moment he stepped into the house, and he was immediately getting worked up, “Who taught you to speak like that? Is it your murderer mother?”

“Anderson, don’t be so loud, you’re going to scare the children. In the end, he’s still your son.” Madison hastily comforted him. From her perspective, this child was very resentful towards the Clark family. It was probably because he had been wronged all those years before.

Lincoln turned his head around to face Anderson, and there was no sign of fear on his face at all. In contrast, he was strangely calm, “Sophia and I grew up in the prison, and because mummy needs to work, nobody is there to educate us. We are indeed lacking in manners. If you think this is very rude to your ears, Mr. Clark, you can let us go.”

Anderson had gotten wind of what had happened at home, so he had hurriedly come back. However, the moment he heard some rude words like that, he couldn’t help lecturing him. Now that he fully took in Lincoln’s way of speaking out, he was way too mature, a kind of maturity unfit for someone his age. There was an indescribable sense of complication brewing within him now.

Anderson sank into deep thought for a while, “Children shouldn’t interfere in the matters of adults.”

“We want to go home.” Lincoln was not giving in. How was his mother doing?

“You guys are the grandchildren of the Clark family. You will be staying in the Clark family home.” Anderson furrowed his brows, “If you follow someone else’s footsteps, I fear that you guys would imitate her. You would be careless with people’s life in the future and you would have no qualms harming others.”

Madison shot a glare at Anderson before cooing gently to Lincoln, “My dear Lincoln, don’t blame your dad…”

“Ma’am, you don’t have to say that. It’s not Mr. Clark’s fault, instead it’s my mummy’s fault. She has indeed killed someone.” Lincoln replied, and then he raised his head and looked at Anderson, “I heard that murder runs in my blood. Won’t you be afraid that I will have murderous thoughts to the Clark family even though you guys are going to raise me and I don’t even know how to be grateful?”

This child was only at most six years old and he had a gentle and positive outlook. His usually cold face was now full of smiles, but it was the kind of smile which induced fear in others.

Madison couldn’t help but shudder all over.

However, the emotion she felt more was hurt.

This child was smart and resourceful. At such an early age, he would already have a standard for judging the right and wrong in his heart.

In this child’s eyes, the Clark family was nothing but enemies!

Anderson exploded with anger, “Who taught you to speak…” Who taught this child to speak in such a way?

“Shut up.”

Anderson’s words were interrupted by Bentley abruptly before he could finish.

Lincoln wasn’t fazed by what was happening in the living room. He pulled Sophia’s hand while he consoled her, “Don’t be scared, mummy will come pick us up soon.”

“Lincoln, grandma never knew about your existence in the past, and that is how things become like it is nowadays. From now on, I will take good care of you. For your mother, I will send my regards too and make sure nobody would bully her anymore. Can you stay with the Clark family and receive the best education?”

Lincoln raised his head, “Before the Clark family barge into our lives, we have been doing fine.”

He was implying that nobody was bullying them except for the Clark family.

Sophia who was playing with toys finally felt that the atmosphere in the living room was off. She threw herself at Lincoln and wrapped her arms around his, “Lincoln, I am scared. I want to go home.”

The living room was shrouded in silence.

When Sophia said that, everyone who was in the living room displayed an awkward expression on their faces.

Bentley who was seated on the main seat let out a sigh, “Let the maid bring them out to have fun.

On the other hand, as Catherine rushed to a branch of the Clark family in City A, she learnt that Anderson had gone back to City W. She immediately bought the latest ticket that was headed to City W.

While on the way, Catherine couldn’t help clutching her fists to the point that her fingernails were buried in her palms. She was trying to persuade herself that the people of the Clark family was going to treat Lincoln and Sophia was one of their own.

They wouldn’t hurt them in any way.

As she consoled herself repeatedly, the flight that departed from City A finally arrived at City W in the afternoon. While she was young and naïve, she had been in love with Anderson for a long time, so she knew about his working hours. At the moment, Anderson was not in the company.

Her children had been brought away by Madison and Bentley, so that meant the children must be at the Clark family home. It was very likely that Anderson was present too.

If she were to confront them and negotiate at the Clark family home, she probably wouldn’t stand any chance.

The more nervous she was, the more Catherine was aware that she must remain clam. She searched through her mind for solutions, and in the end she decided to book a room in a hotel near the Clark Tower. She then proceeded to a mall to buy herself a new set of clothes and new pair of shoes.

She couldn’t make a fool out of herself.

If she were to appear foolish and embarrassed, definitely everyone would look down on her without fail. She wouldn’t be able to enter the Clark Tower that way.

Early next morning, she washed up and put on some make-up before changing into her new set of clothes.

Just as she just boarded a taxi to head to the Clark Tower, she received a call from Owen, “Cathy, aren’t you at home? Nobody is answering the door after I have been knocking on it for so long.”

“I have gone to City W.” Catherine answered calmly.

Owen paused at the other end of the phone as he knew very clearly that Catherine wouldn’t have gone to that city which would induce her sadness without a concrete reason. “Has anything happened?”

As she registered Owen’s worried tone, Catherine felt a slight sourness in her heart. She took in a deep breath and replied, “The people from the Clark family have brought Lincoln and Sophia away.”