You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Why does Judy, a nurse who worked in a public hospital can be so rich now? She looked filthy rich. Gloria wondered.

Gloria cautiously snooped around, asking about Judy while trying to recall about the latter.

“Gloria, I was the midwife who helped Hilary during her delivery. I was young and naive then. I remembered you even gave me a present.”

Gloria was able to refresh her memory with Judy’s help.

“It was you? Judy the nurse? It has been almost thirty years since we last met. You look healthy and happy. You must be doing well.”

Judy chuckled, “Just the usual. I remembered you were very concerned for Hilary at her delivery when she’s merely your sister-in-law. Hilary and her child must be treating you well nowadays.”

Judy knowingly mentioned Hilary’s and her child’s treatment of Gloria. She smiled awkwardly when Gloria’s face turned dark.

“They sure do.”

Yet Judy continued, “I saw you in the shop a while ago with a pretty girl beside you. Was that your niece? But she doesn’t seem to treat you very kindly.”

“You saw that? It was nothing. There’s just a minor misunderstanding between us.”

Judy sneered, “Misunderstanding? Please don’t try to hide it from me. I saw everything clearly. You and your niece were arguing as though you were enemies instead of family. One glance at your niece, and I could see that she’s wealthy. Didn’t she know how well you had treated her before? Such an ungrateful girl.”

Gloria felt that she had found someone who could understand and empathize with her. Thus, Gloria confided and complained about how ungrateful Clarissa was.

Judy invited Gloria to a meal at a high-end restaurant to continue their talk. Gloria blurted almost everything about Clarissa, from the things she was unsatisfied about Clarissa to the reason Clarissa was still not married to a wealthy household.

“So Judy, can you blame me? This is all because Clarissa was unlucky. The rich looked down at her because she came from a humble family. How dare she despises us when it was because of her own unluckiness?”

Judy was immersed in her deep thoughts. Her eyes glinted.

“You’re absolutely right, Gloria. It wasn’t your fault. You can even say that it is Clarissa’s mother’s fault because Clarissa wasn’t born with a golden spoon.”

“Excellent point, Judy. It was just as you’ve said.”

Gloria wanted to continue the talk, but Judy suddenly rose to her feet.

“Gloria, I’m sorry. I have something urgent, so I have to leave immediately. But please enjoy your meal. This meal is on me.”

picked up her purse and

but then she sat down and calmly continued

a taxi and rushed back

child’s wailing. The child

“If you want to buy, ask your

impatiently at the

should be asking

adults were unwilling to

face darkened further, so she instructed the

silence, Judy plopped down on a couch and

turned to see her husband still staring at the darn stock charts, she impatiently snickered, “All you ever do is stare at that chart for the entire day. You’ve been investing in the stock market for so many years,

timing. I need some money too, so ask

a difficult time lately, so I can’t request much. Furthermore, if it weren’t for her uselessness,

“Stop talking!”

crossed his face. He threw the mouse onto the

doesn’t have any money to give us? Then ask her to find a way to. Isn’t her husband wealthy? If she persists, then we shall expose everything. Let’s see if she’s

had thought she wasn’t scared anymore after so many years, but

“What do you mean?”

gave a knowing

who I

the games, and tell me

The point is the mother-child

she being deliberate? Damn it! Was that witch

wait for

is there to explain? This Hilary deliberately set us up,

another

“What is it?”

whispered, “Today I met Gloria, and

out everything that Gloria had told her about Hilary and Clarissa’s relationship, as well as how Clarissa nearly married into a wealthy

she finished, the room

trying to tell me that Clarissa was denied marriage into the wealthy household due to her humble background. And if we tell

it to Hilary? Hilary would be afraid of us telling Clarissa about it, wouldn’t she? Think about it. If Clarissa

and she would surely be intimated by us threatening to tell her daughter. Moreover, her relationship with Clarissa is terrible at

daughter. What a waste. If Clarissa isn’t Hilary’s daughter,