Love You Can’t Say

In winter, it got dark early. It’ was already dark at six o’clock.

Jackie was wrapped in a heavy padded coat. Seeing that I didn’t take anything except a bag, she couldn’t help laughing and said, “Did you come straight away when you got the call?”

I nodded and said, “You can just take me there!”

She looked a little complicated and paused. “Let’s go to dinner first. I booked a restaurant, and then I’ll show you around their neighborhood.”

I couldn’t say much about her arrangement. After a pause, I agreed.

I had no appetite, so after a few bites Jackie drove me to YT Community.

When I arrived at the gate, I was stunned. “Do they live here?”

Jackie nodded and said, “They usually walk around the neighborhood at night. But it’s been a bit cold lately, and they usually just go for a short walk.”

I lost my mind for a few seconds, thinking that Diana was supposed to stay in the house we had bought.

I asked Jackie to drive the car there and went straight up to the building.

They all had a combination lock. When I opened the door, I found the house was empty. There was no sign that anyone had ever lived in it. It was exactly as we had left it.

Jackie said, “No wonder they live here when they have a villa. So you guys have a house over here!”

I was stunned, “Villa?”

She nodded. “I looked it up and found that Luis Collins had been living at T Villas all his life. Somehow he moved down the block.”

I went downstairs with her. There was no snow in Newton Town, but it was extremely cold. She sat with me in the lounge area of the community.

She looked at me and said, “Are you going to say hello when you see them later?”

I was stunned, “Why not?”

She shrugged. “Do you ever wonder why they keep telling you they’re in Country M when they’re all in Newton Town?”

“Maybe they don’t want me to worry about them!”

“Well, in that case, how do you think they’re gonna feel about you showing up like this? I have an idea. Do you want to hear it?”

“What?”

She sat up straight and looked at me. “You should take a look them tonight before you rush to meet them. I’m gonna take you somewhere tomorrow, and you can handle this calmly after you know what’s really going on, okay?”

I froze for a moment, feeling as if she was making it too serious. I was about to ask, but suddenly she said, “Look, they’re coming!”

I looked in the direction she was pointing and saw two 6-foot-tall men pushing strollers and talking.

Because of the distance and my nearsightedness, I could not see them clearly. But they were Luis and Alex, judging by their bodies.

I started to walk over, but Jackie stopped me and said, “Why don’t you call them first?”

I fumbled for a moment and pulled out my phone. There were several more missed calls on the screen, all from Dennis.

I just got off the plane and put it on mute. I didn’t have time to check my phone.

“Didn’t you tell Mr. George when you came here?” She asked after a slight pause when she saw the missed call on my phone.

I nodded, found Alex’s cell phone number, and dialed it.

It wasn’t long before Alex answered the phone. I saw him not far away hesitating on his phone for a moment, then Luis said something to him and he answered.

“Clara, what’s up?” Alex said quietly.

I lowered my voice and said, “Alex, where are you? I’m going to Newton Town these days. Do you want to come back? We can celebrate New Year together in Newton Town.”

He was silent for a moment, then said, “We Probably can’t. We’re still in Country M. It’s cold in Newton Town. Going back and forth would be bad for child. We’ll come back to you when it gets warm.”

I felt uncomfortable watching the man not far away lying so easily. Why did he lie to me?

If I hadn’t seen them here with my own eyes, I would have thought they were in Country M.

Swallowing my pain, I said, “Where’s Diana? How is she?”

I watched him and Luis stare at each other not far away, and then there was a moment of silence before he spoke, “She’s at home and I’m outside. Well, I’ve got something to do right now. I gotta go.”

Then, before I could finish my sentence, he hung up the phone.

I stared at him and Luis pushing the child away while they were talking.

If Jackie hadn’t dragged me along, I would have rushed up and asked him why he lied to me.

It took me a long time to calm down. I took a long breath and said, “What did you find? Just tell me.”

I was okay with anything, anyway. Now that the child was gone and Dennis and I were in this mess, Olivia was also not doing much better.

This was actually fine.

She looked at me and pressed her lips together. “You’d better call Mr. George back at first. He must be very worried about you.”

Annoyed, I glanced at my phone. Dennis was calling again, but in this situation, if I did pick up the phone, we would probably quarrel.

I ignored it and looked at Jackie and said, “Do you live far from here?”

She said, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s near here. I had planned to return to my hometown for New Year. You know what? I’ll take you somewhere tomorrow, and then I’ll go back when you’re done. I hear the Kennedys are waiting to give you a welcome down in City P. You should be busy in the next few days.”

I was not a person who liked to ask questions, and when I saw that she had arranged it, I did not say much. Dennis kept calling me and I said to Jackie, “I’m gonna go back now and see you tomorrow!”

She nodded, then looked in her bag for her car key and said, “I’ll pick you up tomorrow!”

“Okay!”

After saying goodbye to her, I went straight back to YT Community. I didn’t have the energy to go to T Villas after a long day.

There was nobody there. I have to live alone there, which would make me feel miserable.

When I got home, Dennis called again. I answered the phone and said simply, “What is it?”

“Clara, where are you?” Was it Marcus’s voice?

I froze and said, “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong?”

“Clara, can you pick up Dennis at Han Center? He’s been drinking. He’s been drinking a lot. Mario and I couldn’t talk him out of it. Can you drop by and take him back?”

There was some noise. Sounded like they were in a bar.

I pressed my lips slightly. “You can send him back when he’s blacked out. I’m not at home! I can’t get there!”NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

“No, Clara, you have no idea about how much he can drink. He can drink till dawn if he doesn’t want to get drunk. It’s too bad for his health. Mario and I can’t stop him. If he keeps drinking like this, what if something should happen to him?”