Come on Daddy!

Staring at Bright's grim look, Hallie was so nervous that she firmly grasped her clothes. The creases on her clothes indicated her nervousness.

'What will happen if I tell the truth?'

Bright definitely would kick her out of the Lee family, since Marley was the brother that he admired the most. But, in his mind, she had hurt his brother and married his father with an ulterior motive.

"What? Do you still not want to tell the truth? Are you thinking how to make up an excuse?" Bright had lost his patience, seeing Hallie keeping her mouth shut. "You are straining my patience. This is the only chance. Don't hesitate. I won't give you another chance if I change my mind!"

Bright kept staring at her, as if he was seeing through her.

Hallie shivered when she met his eyes as cold as ice.

"I...I can tell you the truth, but please don't tell your father and don't put Zoe and Stefan in a difficult situation." Hallie didn't want to get her children into trouble.

"You can't bargain with me." Bright laughed about her ridiculous request. "But I won't lay a finger on them for your fault. I won't do anything to them if you play it straight."

Hallie felt relieved when hearing his words.

and trying to repress her pain, she said slowly, "I didn't...push Marley. He jumped from the building on his own... And it's

Bright

you take my brother for? He jumped from the building himself? I don't buy it. It seems that you won't tell the truth until I show you what

jumped himself. But I did have something to do with his suicide." Hallie didn't stop Bright but kept saying, "That day, we had a fight. I told your brother

regret marrying him. Your brother asked me why I didn't believe he could give me everything that Francis gave me and

only a divorced woman with a child.

myself. Your father wouldn't agree on his marrying a woman like me. Even if we got married, he will still be young when I get old. I wouldn't know how to live on my own if anything bad happened to our marriage. Besides,

life so that my daughter and I could live more easily at that time. Your father is older than me. He gives me a sense of security

get old... My mind was totally a mess and I said impulsively to your brother that I wouldn't marry him unless he jumped from the building. Actually, I blurted the words out

thought he would give up rationally. I never expected he would jump from the building..." Hallie choked with sobs. Pain and regret were the only emotions she

her tears, but she failed. Tears kept streaming down

because she didn't want Bright to think that she was pretending to be

know you don't believe it, but it's the truth." Hallie continued, "I regretted as soon as he jumped. I regretted saying that! I never thought he would be so irrational. He has been lying in bed in the hospital for many years. I felt

too late. Though I didn't push him, I was the reason that he jumped. I pray every day, hoping your brother can wake up. I also worship at the