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

had already noticed and was a step

three of them headed

the table were all

Diana motioned for Kathleen to sit next to

was stopped by Diana before he could even take action. With a flat tone, she

Samuel was rendered speechless.

purpose and was getting

Samuel could only abide by

had placed some roasted chicken on Kathleen’s plate. “I’m already aware of the Yoeger family situation. Yasmine had even called me because of it. I honestly did

her voice, Kathleen asked, “Old Mrs. Macari, how does Old Mrs. Yoeger

for Hector, she still takes great care of the two

about Zachary and

them that well. But I’ve heard Frances talk about them a lot. They seem to be nice and

Kathleen nodded.

you know the relationship between Old Mrs.

at him after hearing his

Kathleen added, “I’d like to know about their

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 convenience with Hector. I wouldn’t say that they were in a loving

upon hearing

Diana questioned, “What are

men. However, after hearing what you had just said, it doesn’t seem possible anymore,” Kathleen answered truthfully. She would never hold herself back when she was

point. I am indeed

opinion, if Old Mr. Yoeger loved Frances that much, he

inquired, “What do you

gave a straightforward reply. “I suppose it’s what they call a love that turned into hatred. Old Mr. Yoeger couldn’t

as she had never experienced

firmly frowning, Kathleen questioned, “But isn’t it too cruel for someone to

in a tight frown as

question,” Samuel started impassively. “How was the

that?” Diana refuted. “The welfare center had an amazing reputation. On top of that, there were often

the 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 the same welfare center and shared the same last name as the director. They