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.

was about to remind

Diana had already noticed and was a step ahead

that, the three of them headed to the dining

the table were

Diana motioned for Kathleen to sit

a seat next to Kathleen. However, he was stopped by Diana before

Samuel was rendered speechless.

doing it on purpose and was getting back at him for letting her

only abide

had even called 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 poisoned in

asked, “Old Mrs.

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

and Vanessa?”

But I’ve heard Frances talk about them a lot. They seem to be nice and rather filial,” Diana stated before heaving a sigh. “For that reason, Frances had all of her

Kathleen nodded.

between Old Mrs.

him after hearing his

Kathleen added, “I’d like to know about

in the end. Actually, I knew Teresa too. She was in a marriage of convenience

upon

frown, Diana questioned, “What

I was guessing whether my 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 who

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

inquired, “What do

Old Mr. Yoeger couldn’t

as

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

had her eyebrows locked in a tight frown as she questioned Samuel, “Do you have any

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

top of that, there were often donations made from the rich. Honestly,

in agreement before adding, “Aside from that, 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 are all wonderful