Stella insisted on her own ideas, she said she believed Winnie, but she had doubts.
"Winwin, my father and I have guilt for you, at the beginning if we seriously investigated it, you would have not been wronged for so long. Brian made a wrong decision, but my father and I can’t...”
Stella apology made Winnie embarrassed, so she interrupted the words of Stella.
"Stella, it had nothing to do with you. I don’t want you to get involved. I consider you guys my family. If family members are so polite to each other, they don't feel like family."
Winnie really did not want to hear their apology. If they apologized, it would mean that they thought the same as Brian and they doubted her.
It was reasonable, because they were Brian’s families and they would believe in the words of Brian. Winnie really treated them as families, if families did not believe her, would would believe her?
Winnie thought so, but she knew that she could not control other people's thoughts. No matter what Stella and Felix thought of her, she could not bear such an apology.
Vanessa heard it and felt her sister should not accept such an apology, seeing her sister embarrassed, she opened her mouth.
"Stella, Rufus. It's Brian who should apologize for this, not you. You're not wrong. You have nothing to do with this. We're all family. Don't be sorry."
"All right, all right, we're a family. Let’s skip it.”
Felix stopped talking, but his heart was still ashamed. Both kids treated them like family, but he failed to protect them.
In the cemetery.
It was not so painful for Brian to visit his mother this time. Maybe it was the presence of two kids, or maybe it was the evolving relationship with his father that he became less oppressive.
"Mom, I brought my son and daughter to see you. The daughter is Megan, you have met Luke. They are very sensible and well-behaved."
"Megan, call grandma."
He said to the tombstone and squatted down beside Megan.
"Hello, Grandma, my name is Megan Bennet. You can call me Megan. Dad said today is your birthday, happy birthday, grandma."
Megan was not afraid, she felt her grandma beautiful and kind.
"Dad, can grandma hear me? I wish her a happy birthday. Can she hear me?"
Megan curiously asked Brian.
"Yes, Grandma can hear everything. She must like you very much."
Brian explained with a smile, and he felt relieved when he saw his mother smiling on the tombstone.
"Mom, next time I come, I will try to bring the whole family of four over to show you your daughter-in-law."
Brian promised, it was his greatest wish. He wanted to take Winnie to see his mother, want to show off in front of his mother how good Winnie was.
But it could not be reached now, Winnie had not forgiven him. But he would work hard to get Winnie back.
However Luke and Megan was nervous to hear that.
They thought their father referred to Gloria, so they were unhappy.
“Are you going to get married, Dad, will you marry Gloria?”
Luke asked seriously.
“No.”
“Didn’t you mean it by a family of four?”
“Dad, if you get married, we will go back to Mom and we can never see each other again.”
Megan interrupted Brian. She had the same thought as Luke.
Although they had promised their mother they would not interfere with the affairs of adults and they could not affect their father’s marriage, Megan could not control it when it came to the fact that their father was to get married.
She wanted to have a family with parents and brother, but she did not want to stepmother.
“How can you be so arrogant, Megan?”
Brian squatted down and pick up Megan with a smile, and held Luke with one hand.
“Mom, I want to go home now. I promise you I will bring you daughter-in-law here.”
After saying goodbye to his mother, he left with Megan and Luke.
They chatted while walking. Brian felt it necessary to explain to the kids.
“You have misunderstood me. I referred to your mother.”
“Mom? Didn’t you break up with Mom? Didn’t you say Mom has a boyfriend?”
Hearing that, Brian was both ashamed and moved. He had nothing to worry about with a son like that behind him.
"Well, Let's keep our promise!"
They reached an agreement that they would work together for their family
Brian again picked up Megan took Luke's hand and walked forward, while continuing to talk.
"Dad, do you need our help to get your mom back?"
Megan asked Brian with a sweet voice.
"No, I am a man, and I should show sincerity, to let Mom see my love for her, so temporarily no need. But if mommy never forgives me and when I need your help, please offer your help. We'll take mommy back to our house anyway."
Brian did not want the kids to participate in, but the words could not be so absolute. He would tri, and it failed, the kids would be needed, for Winnie could return to him.
"Dad, I believe you can do it. My sister and I will help whenever you need help."
The three people had the same goal, of course, they would work together to pursue a perfect result.
"Ok, I will succeed with you."
Brian smiled happily. He had not been so happy for long.
At this time, Megan suddenly opened her mouth.
"Dad, Grandma and Grandpa are in this cemetery, too, not far ahead."
Megan said with the finger to the front.
Hearing that, Brian remembered in the cemetery he saw Winnie more than once, and he knew the specific location, but he had never walked to there and never seen two old people.
"Dad, why don't we go to see Grandma and Grandpa. You are going after their daughter, shouldn’t you tell them?"
Megan said.
"Ok, let's go to see grandpa and grandma, and asked them to offer help to get mom back."
Brian thought this was a good idea and took his two kids to the gravestone.
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