staring at Susan’s hands, Sigrun asked in surprise, “Ms. Susan, your hands…” “Vivi, can you go downstairs to buy a bottle of detergent? Sigrun can go with you.” Suddenly, Kurt came out of the kitchen and asked Vivian to buy something for him.
Vivian agreed to it right away.
Then, she skipped happily toward Sigrun and grabbed her arm to leave the house.
Susan heaved a sigh of relief after they left.
Just as Susan wanted to return to her room, she heard Kurt’s voice from the kitchen.
“There are some Band-Aids in the wine cabinet. You should treat your wounds.”
Susan was a little taken aback, for Kurt could seemingly see her even though his back was facing her.
Moments later, Susan slowly came up to the wine cabinet. She opened the drawer and took out two pieces of Band-Aids.
After treating her wounds, Susan came to the kitchen and offered to lend Kurt a hand. “Kurt, let me help you.”
Kurt neither agreed nor declined as he continued working.
As Susan was wiping the plates with a dry towel, she couldn’t suppress her curiosity and asked, “Kurt, can you tell me… what has happened to him?”
“What do you mean?” Kurt, who was busy washing the dishes, asked Susan back calmly.
Susan turned around to gaze at Kurt. That question from him was the final straw on the camel’s back, and she found she couldn’t suppress her emotions any longer. In an instant, tears started to well up in her eyes.
Susan was smart enough to know that Kurt had helped her ease the situation by asking Sigrun to leave the house. As such, it was logical for Susan to believe that Kurt was aware of what had happened to Ian.
“Ian was sick. After returning from the company, he locked himself in his room, just like how he did for three days after Duncan died. However, this time, he locked himself in his room for a week.”
Crash!
Once Kurt finished explaining, a plate fell from Susan’s hands and shattered on the floor.
The next moment, Ian came out of his room because he heard the noise.
“What happened?”
Although her body trembled violently, Susan dared not turn around and merely stood still.
In the end, Kurt crouched down to pick up the shattered pieces of the plate.
“It’s nothing serious. I accidentally broke a plate.”
“I see. Don’t wear Aunt Susan out. Since she has just arrived today, please let her get some rest. Why don’t you hire a housemaid to do the dishes if you’re busy?” Ian instructed Kurt before he left the kitchen.
From those words, one could tell that Ian still cared about Susan.
However, Ian didn’t realize that his words were like piercingly sharp knives that plunged into Susan’s heart.
The pain was excruciating, so much so that Susan’s legs could barely support herself.
“Well… what happened next?” Susan asked after Ian left.
In the end, Kurt decided to tell Susan the truth. “Worrying that something would happen to Ian, I got a psychiatrist to check up on him. The psychiatrist advised US to erase his painful memories, given that he has a hereditary disease. When he was soberer, I asked if he wished to heed the psychiatrist’s advice. He eventually agreed to it.”
In other words, Ian lost part of his memories voluntarily. Since Susan had said that her relationship with Ian was over, he decided to give her what she asked for by erasing his memories that were related to her.
That night, Susan couldn’t even remember how she got back to her room.
All she knew was that the sky was completely dark when she woke up.
The first night that Susan spent in a foreign country was surprisingly silent. Slowly, she stood up from the floor and walked toward the window.
Looking out, she saw her dog, which was tethered to a post downstairs.
While everyone in the apartment slept soundly, Susan went downstairs to hug her dog. Apparently, it also couldn’t fall asleep because of the unfamiliar environment.
“Lotus, can you tell me what I should do next?” Woof!
Snuggling itself in Susan’s arms, Lotus gently barked because it didn’t know how to speak.
Meanwhile, Susan hugged Lotus tighter and rested her head against its back. Moments later, tears streamed down her face non-stop. She stayed in the backyard with Lotus for quite some time before returning to her room.
Upstairs, Kurt was also awake.
Given his years of training, Kurt would jolt awake at even the slightest noise. Besides, he had had to keep Vivian company earlier. She had asked him to watch a soap opera together and only fell asleep not long ago.
Before Kurt fell asleep, he thought Susan would give up on Ian soon.
After all, in Kurt’s eyes, Susan wasn’t brave enough to fight for what she wanted.
Surprisingly, after everyone woke up in the morning, a sumptuous breakfast was already served at the dining table.
At the same time, a petite figure was busy preparing food in the kitchen.
“Oh, are you guys awake already? Come and have breakfast! The food is ready.”
Susan quickly asked everyone to freshen themselves up and come to the dining room.
At the sight of the delicious food on the table, Vivian was absolutely delighted.
