Chapter 90: The Past
“Mr. Denovan, I’ve heard that SSGB will move to Wall Street. Will you stay there?” Austin suddenly changed the subject.
“Yes.”
“What about the programs in Houston that you’ve invested in?”
“Two managers will stay behind to deal with them.”
“Oh, will you come back to visit?”
“No, probably not.”
Austin nodded his head and looked at Selene, who lowered her head with no expression.
After a while, Selene raised her head and looked at her watch. “Let’s get back to the hospital.”
They then went back to the room. When they exited the lift, they saw three people speaking to each other in the corridor outside of Harry’s room.
Austin frowned and quickened his steps. “Mom.”
Dora turned and saw Austin. “This is my son, Austin.”
Austin nodded embarrassedly, looking at the older woman he had met before when he had been young. He recognized her as Selene’s mother. He had no opinions about her.
But suddenly, he felt sorry for Selene.
Anne couldn’t read Austin and smiled. “Your son is really handsome. And he looks like his father.”
When she glanced at Selene, her expression changed. But Selene walked by her with no discernable emotion on her face and stood by the door, ignoring Anne, who was standing next to her. “If you’re done talking to Harry, please leave.” She said,
Anne stared at Selene, saying nothing, but didn’t move from her spot.
After so many years, she finally saw Selene from up close. She was so excited that she couldn’t even stand. But she knew she shouldn’t cry or faint, or Selene would feel even more disgusted about their visit.
Bradley put his hand on Anne’s shoulder and patted her in an attempt to comfort her.
Selene pushed the door open and went inside to get away from her mother.
Anne stood there and stared at the closed door, tears finally streaming down her face.
Dora also patted her but said nothing.
“Time to leave,” Clint said.
Anne took another glance at the closed door and finally nodded.
Inside the room, Selene went to Harry’s bed, and when she was close, Harry opened his eyes.
Selene observed Harry carefully and saw nothing different other than his eyes being redder than before. ”Did you say all you had to say to her?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Are you happy to see them happy together?”
Harry suddenly gave his daughter a serious look. “Selene, there’s something that you should know. I’ve never told you this because I didn’t want you to hate me.”
“There’s nothing that you could say that would make me hate you,” Selene said.
“Alright then. Let me tell you what happened all those years ago.”
“I don’t want to know.”
“Please listen carefully. This is important.”
“Fine. I’ll listen.” Selene finally gave in after seeing how serious Harry was about this.
Everyone grows old eventually, but, at the same time, every old-timer had once had their peak years when they were in their prime.
‘Old’ Cloudy Town was bustling with energy and very promising 30 years ago.
Back then, the Morris became richer than the other families in the town. Selene’s grandfather had founded a factory and earned a lot of money from it.
Most people in the town knew each other back then. Harry Morris, for instance, was very good friends with another young man called Bradley Denovan. They were at the same age and spent most of their free time together.
Compared to Harry, Bradley didn’t have it well while growing up, as his parents died when he was very young, and his grandparents raised him. As a result, he dropped out of school when he was only 15 years old.
They still were very good friends then, even though Harry was still in school and Bradley worked in a factory.
But when they were around 17 years old, their friendship suddenly ended.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
They fell in love with the same girl, whose name was Anne.
Anne was very beautiful and attractive, but she came from a troubled background similar to Bradley’s. She grew up poor, and her mother also left her at an early age and never came back, leaving her with her drunkard father, Aron.
Anne ends up choosing Harry, who was born with a silver spoon. But there was no real love there; The one she had true feelings for was Bradley.
In fact, Anne and Bradley had been lovers before that.
But Aron, Anne’s father, was lazy and loved money. To him, Anne was just an object that he was waiting for the right price to sell. So, he looked down on Bradley since he was poor.
Aron knew that Harry Morris had a crush on his daughter, and he initially went to find the Morriss, as he wanted to marry his daughter to their son.
At the time, young people had to respect their parents’ wishes when it came to things such as marriage.
Bradley loved Anne, but he didn’t want to push her to marry him. He also couldn’t do much against what Aaron wanted.
Anne was very angry with her father, but she couldn’t do anything since her father looked at her in her room until she said yes to the marriage. But she found a way to send Bradley a message, saying that she would run away with him on the wedding day.
But Anne failed and got married to Harry.
Bradley was heartbroken, and he left the town the next day.
Prior to the marriage, Harry and Anne had been close, like siblings. But after the ceremony, everything changed. It all became a nightmare for Anne.
She became depressed and talked less and less to Harry. Their first try at having a child ended up in a miscarriage.
In the fifth year of their marriage, her father, Aron, died, and she had a child. After that, life got better for her.
After the birth of their child, the relationship between Anne and Harry also improved.
Harry treated her very well, and they lived a comfortable and wealthy life with their cute baby girl. Eventually, Anne accepted the marriage.