You're The Best Medicine For Me
Chapter 60: Shirley Vacillates

Mildred chuckled at the other end of the phone. When she heard from Cameron that something happened to Shirley before, she was so anxious and even wanted to book an airline ticket so that she could fly back to the country as soon as possible. But later she learned that Bryan had saved Shirley and heaved a sigh of relief.

After the joke, Mildred said in a serious tone, "Shirley, you'd better think over this. After all, the two children all know that Bryan is their biological father and you can't stop them from meeting their father for the rest of their lives. Moreover, you insisted on waiting for Bryan last night. You know what it means - you trust him more than you have imagined."

Shirley was lost in her thoughts again.

Last night she drove Dawson's dogs crazy with the help of perfume. Otherwise, she would have lost control of herself before Bryan came to save her.

And all in her mind at that time was to wait for someone.

But she herself had no idea about whom she was waiting for.

"All right, let's stop here." Mildred said in a gentle voice.

There came some busy tones from phone after a short while.

Shirley put down her phone and browsed the comments on the Internet again. Now most of the online users had a negative comment to Sabina. Shirley was so curious about the Thomas family's next countermeasure and she wondered how Sabina would do to reverse the situation.

She surfed on the Internet for a longer while and then walked towards the two children.

Jacob studied Shirley with the corners of his eyes, while Emma was so guilty that she didn't dare to look straight into Shirley's eyes.

When the two children did something wrong, they usually didn't dare to look into her eyes. It seemed like that they were the persons who disclosed the things that caused a sensation on the Internet. "Jacob Thomas." Shirley called his name in a serious tone.

Jacob froze. The blocks he built just now dropped onto the ground. Emma immediately stood up and ran towards the wardrobe. She opened the door, hided herself into the wardrobe, and then closed the door again.

Emma was rendered speechless by his sister's reaction.

Was her reaction telling their mother that they were guilt-stricken?

Shirley stared at the wardrobe, feeling both angry and amused. She stood up, "What did you two do? Tell mommy truthfully."

Emma slowly pulled open the door of the wardrobe and poked out her head from behind the door. She said in a cute voice, "Mummy, you have to go to work now. Hurry up to replace Daddy. I and Jacob will be obedient."

Shirley felt sulky.

In usual times, Emma would embrace her leg and ask her to carry her, refusing to let her go out. But now, when she did something wrong, she urged her to leave home.

These two children were really annoying now.

Shirley looked down at Jacob who was still sitting on the ground and called his name with her teeth gritted, "J-A-C-O-B T-H-O-M-A-S!"

"Alas, Mummy, you're so wise, you must have guessed it, right?" Jacob slowly stood up. With a toy gun in his hand, he shrugged his shoulder as if he was about to accept the upcoming punishment from his mother, "I can't bear her treating mommy like that and I'm afraid that she will hurt you one day. Mummy, if you are angry, you can beat me."

After finishing the words, he reached out his hands with the palms upward.

Emma who was squatting in the wardrobe got tears in her eyes.

She was afraid of Shirley beating her palms the most, but she was not a coward.

She gently pushed open the door of the wardrobe, walked out of it, stood beside Jacob and then reached out her hands with her palms upward.

"Mummy, I will accept the punishment together with my brother."

"You two..." Looking at the two children, Shirley felt distressed. She was not that angry now.

She squatted down and looked at the two children who were admitting their faults with their heads lowered. In the end, she couldn't help putting her hands on their heads and gently rubbing their hair. She recalled what Mildred told her tonight and asked, "Jacob, Emma, do you miss your daddy?"

The two children looked up at Shirley at the same time and then exchanged a glance.

"Mummy, of course we miss him." They then replied simultaneously.

Shirley knitted her brows tightly. She had been hoping to hear a negative answer from the children. She hoped that they would tell her that it was enough for them with mummy by their side, but the reality told her that she was deceiving herself.

Shirley abruptly pulled the two children into her arms and asked, "Do you want to come to the Moores' Manor?"

When associating what happened in Garand café today, Shirley had to reconsider Bryan's suggestion.

The Moores' Manor was guarded strictly and without the consent of the Moore family, the journalist and the other people who might bring damage to it would not be allowed to enter the mountain. Undoubtedly it was the safest place.

Shirley wasn't afraid that she herself wound encounter dangers, but she was afraid that her two children would get hurt.

The two children were mused again. They didn't know what was wrong with Shirley today.

Emma wrapped her arm around Shirley's and said, "Where is mummy, where are we. If mummy wants to go to the Moores' Manor, we will go there too. But if mummy doesn't want to go there, Emma will also not go there either. Mummy, why did you ask this question? You want to abandon us?"

Emma then burst into crying.

The Moores' Manor was a castle for the Moore family. Except for its family members, no one could enter it without the prior consent of the family.

Jacob remained silent.

If Shirley asked him to choose one between her and their father, he would definitely choose to live with her mother.

Shirley was amused. She wiped away the tears on Emma's face, "What are you thinking? You daddy told me that the Spennor Residence had incomplete safety precautions and that the Moores' Manor is relatively safer. Moreover, it's closer to your school. He will provide us with meals and a villa, for free. And the villa is detached."

Emma immediately stopped crying, "Really?"

She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, "Mommy, you don't like us to get close to daddy, do you? But when we live in the Moores' Manor, we will get many chances to get along with daddy." Jacob felt delighted inwardly when he heard the words, but he still didn't show it on his face.

Shirley sighed in her heart. Mildred was right - she couldn't stop the two children from meeting their biological father for the rest of their lives.

"Emma, do you want to go to replace your daddy?"

"Can I?" Emma widened her black eyes with a trace of delight flashing across them. Anticipation was written all over her face.

She then tugged Shirley's cloth with uncertainty, "Mummy, is that true? Can I?"

Shirley lowered her head. This question was way too heavy for her.

Of course she didn't want them to come to Bryan. But the two children had scarified a lot for the sake of her, how could she be so selfish?

She stood up and held up their hands, "Go wash your hands and go to bed."

"Mummy, mummy, you haven't give me an answer." Emma asked why jumping.

Shirley led them into the bathroom, "Be obedient. Then I will bring you to see your daddy."

"I will. I will go to bed now."

After washing their hands, the two children went back to the bedroom to have a sleep. Shirley sat by the bedside and only walked out of the bedroom after making sure that they had fallen asleep. When she came back to her office, she found that twenty missed calls in her phone.

When she found that the caller ID were all "Mr. Moore", her face uncontrollably became red...☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐