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Chapter 301

Chapter 301:.

Not long after I got out of the hospital, Derek called me and told me that Gifford wanted to invite us to dinner at a restaurant to celebrate Lean’s freedom.

I was aware that they disliked me, and that I would only be miserable if I attended the dinner, so I decided not to go. Fortunately, Derek didn’t force me either.

Knowing that Derek would not be home for dinner, I was in no hurry to go home. After a moment’s thought, I decided to buy some fruit and visit Tina.

I assumed she wouldn’t be joining the dinner today either, because the Sullivan Family had left her out with their daughter. I didn’t let her know of my arrival in advance, because I assumed she wouldn’t be out with Lily, considering how cold it was.

So when I arrived, Tina was surprised to see me when she opened the door.

As soon as I sat down on the couch, she said, “New Year’s Day is coming up. I still have no idea if Lean is going to get out of jail. It must be hard for him that he has to celebrate New Year’s there.” My mouth dropped open because I was so shocked by what I heard.

Tina didn’t even know that Lean was out of jail! This meant that Lean hadn’t even visited Tina and Lily since he was acquitted.

He has time to hang out with his friends, but he can’t even visit his own daughter? What a jerk. I cursed to myself.

In the end, I decided not to tell Tina that Lean was out of jail, thinking I could come visit them in a few days.

Lily was clinging to Tina, so I offered to cook dinner for us. I couldn’t imagine how Tina could eat, whenever she and her daughter were home alone.

I cooked two simple dishes.

At that point, Tina gently placed Lily on the couch. In order to take care of the baby, we decided to sit on the couch to eat. Unfortunately, Lily was still crying, so Tina had to coax her in the middle of dinner.

Although I had never been a mother before, I knew it would be difficult because of what I had seen Tina go through.

As dusk fell, I stood by the window, taking in the night view of the city. Lean’s celebratory dinner must have already begun.

Gifford and Belinda were probably delighted to see that their beloved Lean was out of jail. That made me wonder what Derek would do.

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Would he laugh with them or drink alone?

Moments later, we finished our dinner while Lily cried incessantly during the meal.

Afterwards, I went to do the dishes. It was getting late, but no matter how hard Tina tried to coax her daughter, the baby refused to sleep.

Watching Tina take care of Lily alone made me realize how hard it was for her. So I decided to stay the night. At least I could do some housework to help Tina.

At ten o’clock at night, we heard a knock at the door. By that time, Lily had already fallen asleep. Fearing that the knocking on the door would wake her up, Tina quickly ran to open the door.

It was already very late, so I told Tina to ask who it was first. She nodded and headed for the door, then asked who it was.

“It’s me,” said a familiar voice from outside.

I recognized it as Charlene’s voice.

As soon as Tina opened the door, Charlene entered the room, dragging Lean behind her. It looked like the young man was drunk. If it weren’t for Charlene, he probably wouldn’t even be able to stand.

Charlene threw Lean onto the couch, causing him to collapse onto it.

“Listen, Lean. Your wife and daughter live here. Be a man and take care of them.”

Meanwhile, Tina stood off to the side, watching the scene unfold and unable to utter a word. She never imagined that the man she had been praying to get out of jail would suddenly appear in front of her.

It was easy to tell that she was probably shocked and excited at this point.

Annoyed, Lean shouted, “Enough! That’s enough!”

Charlene kicked him several times.

Tina tried to stop her, looking at Lean with concern.

“Charlene, please stop!”.

This was the sad part of loving someone. Despite Tina’s efforts to stop her, Charlene continued to berate Lean.

“Tina is only eighteen. If you’re not going to take responsibility for your actions, you mean you’re going to let her take care of the child alone? For God’s sake, Lean, Lily’s your daughter! Don’t you have a shred of conscience in your heart?” Lean closed his eyes, visibly irritated.

“It was an accident. I didn’t even want to sleep with her in the first place. And what’s wrong with her age? She’s eighteen, isn’t she? She’s an adult now and should face the consequences of her actions.”

I wasn’t Tina, but I knew Lean’s words must have been devastating.

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