A Graduation Gift

Whitney looked sad and frustrated. What Cassandra said even gave her more pain.

"I know why Courtney is acting like this. It is because of that man. He left Courtney and no one knows where he is now. I can't seem to find him no matter how hard I tried," she said.

Whitney furrowed her brows and looked at Courtney who was picking out clothes from her closet happily. Tears filled her eyes.

"Considering Courtney's mental state, how can I leave her? I can't afford to try to find the guy myself. Someone has to stay with Courtney. Also, that man hurt her. I don't know what will happen to her if he comes back in her life again. What if she goes out of control? I can't afford to lose my only daughter.

I don't expect her to fully recover. All I want is that she becomes capable of living her life without trying to hurt herself again,"

Whitney sighed. She became even more sorrowful as she looked at her daughter.

Cassandra followed her gaze. The sunshine lit the room beautifully. Under the warm sunlight, Courtney looked young and beautiful.

It could have been a very wonderful sight to see a girl picking out dresses for her date so happily on a warm afternoon, thinking about the love of her life.

Courtney, who indulged herself in her memory, must be very happy now.

"Sometimes, she acts like this, happily dreaming about the man. But after a few moments, she will suddenly return to the present and go back to her cold, indifferent self," Whitney explained.

It was difficult to watch her. Whitney looked at the ceiling to keep her tears from falling.

"Why don't you stay for a few more days in Norway, Cassandra, since you seldom come here? I have a lot of guest rooms. You can pick whichever you like. Remember to lock the door before you go to sleep so Courtney won't startle you. Please think about it," Whitney offered. "Anyway, I have a meeting with a securities agent. I should go now."

Whitney ended and left, leaving Cassandra with Courtney.

Cassandra went into deep thought.

"Pink, no. I wore pink last time,"

Courtney muttered to herself as she threw the pink dress away. Pouting, she looked like a three-year-old little girl.

"Black, no. He doesn't like me in black,"

she whispered as she threw away another batch of clothes.

"Purple? He thinks I look old in purple. No purple!"

Courtney still couldn't choose what to wear.

Cassandra walked over to her.

"Courtney, what does he like?"

she asked, being observant of Courtney's facial expression.

stopped. The smile on

gloomy. Just as

looked confused. It was as if she turned into a different person

"He...doesn't like me,"

and cheery a few seconds ago was now low and miserable. It was almost like a whisper. Cassandra's heart sunk. She

question about the clothes, her response told Cassandra how much Courtney cared about the man and how sad it made

who does

hoping to know more

Her

me because I can't do the things he wants me to do. I can't...I just

choked up. There were tears in her

to stop asking Courtney more questions. She didn't want her to suffer from more painful memories.

Come here. I'm with

walked to the closet, helped her put back

her busy morning picking out

normal circumstances, it would have freaked her out to see a stranger in the house. But Cassandra intrigued

have

Cassandra up and

name is

have already forgotten her, so she explained to her patiently.

hold back her smile. Instead, she

could feel that something was wrong. It felt as if Courtney was still

stood

rest. Please

her mouth but said

the person she used to

so calm, Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief.

out and closed

saw Whitney working on her

with some stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have time to show you around.

Cassandra apologetically when she saw

of market data on the screen dazzled Cassandra.

all right, Auntie. I can walk around by myself. The air in Norway is so fresh, much better

said giving a gentle smile to Whitney, and went for a

forest. Blue sky, white cloud, green forest and grassy meadow. It was a

she was. What

was a huge client of TY Securities. She was very wealthy seeing that the President of the

she could lose from her 20%

care how high

person who could easily be persuaded to change her mind. Her daughter, Courtney, might be