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.

suddenly stopped. The smile on her

eyes turned gloomy. Just as

turned into a different person in just

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

cheery a few seconds ago was now low and miserable. It was almost like

Courtney didn't exactly answer her question about the clothes, her response told Cassandra how much

who does he

asked carefully, hoping to know more information.

her brows. Her

do the things he wants me to

were tears in her eyes. She

stop asking Courtney more questions. She didn't

here. I'm with you. Let's have

closet, helped her put back the clothes and walked her

her busy morning picking

circumstances, it would have freaked her

name? I have never seen you

as she looked at Cassandra up and down. Her

is Cassandra

have already forgotten her, so she explained to her

to hold back her smile.

that something was wrong. It felt as if Courtney was still in

stood

I need to have some rest. Please leave my

her mouth but said nothing.

returned to the person

a sigh of relief. At

out and closed the

went downstairs and saw Whitney working on her computer.

time to show you around. How about

apologetically when she saw

of market data on the

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

smile to Whitney,

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

Whitney, Cassandra realized how silly and naive she

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

The money she could lose from her 20% shares

almost sure that Whitney would not really care how

her mind.