All Too Late

Kathleen had followed Samuel back to the Macari residence.

Diana had been urging her to come over when she had the time to do so.

However, Kathleen had not been able to visit for a while as she had been too busy recently.

She could not help but wonder if Diana would blame her.

Samuel and Kathleen entered the residence and headed straight for the living room.

Diana was already standing when they reached the living room. “It’s been so long since I last saw you, Katie.”

Kathleen felt slightly embarrassed as she said, “I’m sorry, Old Mrs. Macari, I’ve been too busy lately.”

“I don’t blame you. Samuel had told me all about it,” Diana reassured as she tugged on Kathleen’s hand for the latter to sit with her. “It’s all this b*stard’s fault.”

Kathleen flushed after hearing the older woman’s words.

Meanwhile, Samuel had taken off his coat and handed it to the housekeeper. Turning to Kathleen, he said, “Take off your coat.”

“Okay,” Kathleen said, taking off her coat as well.

With Kathleen’s coat in his hand, Samuel repeated the same actions and handed it to the housekeeper.

Diana, on the other hand, was silently looking at the scene before her, a contented smile on her lips.

“Aren’t Mr. and Mrs. Macari around?” Kathleen asked.

“Well, it’s the end of the year now. There are many gatherings that they have to attend,” Diana explained. “Especially since Samuel is rather poor in health. Those social gatherings that require him to drink alcohol would eventually have to be attended by Calvin instead.”

Kathleen nodded.

I see.

“Let’s have dinner first. We’ll talk while we have our meal,” Diana suggested. She knew that Kathleen should be starving by then as Kathleen often looked like she was seconds away from fainting when she was hungry.

to remind them to have their

and was a

them headed

were all of

motioned for Kathleen to sit next to

a seat next to Kathleen. However, he was stopped by Diana before he could even take action. With a

Samuel was rendered speechless.

was sure that Diana was doing it on purpose and

Samuel could only abide by

me because of it. I honestly did not anticipate such mayhem within the Yoegers. Most importantly, I was surprised that Frances didn’t notice anything. If she had, she wouldn’t have been

asked, “Old Mrs. Macari, how does Old Mrs.

you’re well aware of the complicated relationships in the Yoeger family. Despite Frances’ disdain for Hector, she still takes great care of the two children. They are, after all,

about Zachary and

about them a lot. They seem to be nice and rather filial,” Diana stated

Kathleen nodded.

between Old Mrs. Yoeger

glanced at him after hearing his

to know

into something warm as she carried on with her explanation. “I feel that Hector had taken a liking toward Frances in the end. Actually, I knew Teresa too. She was in a marriage of

upon hearing

Diana questioned, “What

mom was stolen away by one of Old Mr. Yoeger’s men. However, after hearing what you had just said, it doesn’t seem possible anymore,” Kathleen answered truthfully. She would

point. I am indeed curious about the person

opinion, if Old Mr. Yoeger loved Frances that much, he shouldn’t be excluded from the

“What do

suppose it’s what they call a love that turned into hatred. Old Mr. Yoeger couldn’t accept the fact that the

words as she had never experienced anything like

isn’t it too cruel for someone

tight frown as

of you a question,” Samuel started impassively. “How was the reputation of White Clouds

“The welfare center had an amazing reputation. On top of that, there were often donations made from the rich. Honestly, the children there received

director of the welfare center is my grandad’s cousin. They are quite close. My granddad had no children, so the director urged him to adopt my mom. On top of that, my dad was also from