A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 79 Disappeared

Sherry had a quiet life for the next few days. William did not disturb her anymore. A week after the blind date banquet, her life began to return to usual. William and Liam had disappeared.

Dan had just enrolled in an elementary school. Sherry was worried that he couldn’t keep up with his lessons, but the little guy seemed to be at ease. After enrolling Dan came back once a week, Sherry had more leisure time than usual that she was not very used to.

Weekends were the time when the mother and son could get together.

Dan did not mention the matter anymore after he cried that day. Although he did not mention it, Sherry felt that he had changed and was much more silent than before.

She felt pity for her son, but he was already hurt. All she could do was to care for him more, hoping to gradually heal the trauma in him.

“Mommy, why doesn’t Sammy come to our house anymore?” While cooking, Dan couldn’t help himself from asking.

Sherry stunned, thinking that maybe her words influenced William. He would not harass her again. “I don’t know!”

“It’s really strange!” Dan frowned, “I’ll do my homework first!”

“Okay! Mommy will be done with the cooking soon!” Sherry looked back at her son and thought of William- He wouldn’t bring Sammy to their house again, would he?

Soon after finishing his homework, Dan turned on the computer. Last time he exchanged numbers with Sammy and agreed to chat online.

“Sammy, are you there?”

Soon, a message was sent from the other side, “Zai(Yes).”

Sammy did not know how to type the Chinese characters, so he could only type out the pronunciations. He could not recognize as many words as Dan could. But Dan understood what he meant.

“Is your daddy at home?” That was what Dan wanted to know most. It was because he had not seen Mr.William for some time.

“Dan, wohaoxiangqunijiawano(I want to go and play in your house)!”

“Let’s use the voice chat. Reading the pronunciations that you type is too tiring!” Dan launched a video invitation.

After a while, the two children met and laughed.

“Hello! Sammy, can you hear me?”

“Dan!’ Sammy was very shy and sat in front of the computer with a big headset on his ear. “Do you think my dad really likes your mommy?”

“Didn’t you ask him?”

“No!” Sammy shook his head. “Daddy is always in a bad mood recently. Grandpa won’t let him come home!”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. Grandpa didn’t mention it!”

“Then your grandfather is extremely strict! He won't even let his son come back home!”

“Yes! I’m afraid of my grandfather, too!” Sammy said as he peeped out the door. “Shh, don’t let him hear that!”

“Ha! You’re talking about your grandfather behind him!” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“Don’t say that. Grandpa will be angry. I don’t want him to be angry!” Sammy said obediently.

“Well! If your father comes home, don’t forget to ask him to bring you to my house!” Dan rolled his eyes, “by the way, my mom misses you very much, too!”

“Really? Does Miss Sherry miss me?” Sammy was excited at once. Although he was still very shy, he was obviously more active. “I miss Miss Sherry, too.”

“Then ask your father to bring you here. My mommy is cooking dinner.” Dan continued to tempt him.

“But daddy seems very tired! I heard Daddy coming back! I’ll go and have a look. Talk to you later!” Sammy turned the video call off.

Dan smirked. Well, he could see that Mr. William liked his mommy very much from the beginning itself. It would be nice to have a daddy like Mr. William. At least mommy would not be lonely. If he didn't see Mr. William hugging mummy that night, he probably wouldn't have the idea of getting his mommy and Mr. William together. Anyway, they looked like a good match!

“Daddy! When shall we go to Dan’s house?” Sammy couldn’t wait to ask, as soon as he saw William.

William smoked on his cigarette silently. The first thing that came out from his son the moment he walked down the stairs, made him frown and exhaled in a mouthful of cigarette. “Sammy, daddy is very tired recently. Can we go some other time?”

“When?” Sammy obviously couldn’t wait anymore.

“Maybe when daddy is not busy.” Even he couldn't sort out his mood at the moment. He did not see her again after the blind date banquet a week ago. If she needed a peaceful life, he felt that he owed her that! Because her life was destined not to be simple anymore once she knew him.

“Well, but I miss Miss Sherry so much!”

“Who is Miss Sherry?” A stern voice came in suddenly.

William did not move. Sammy shuddered in shock, he said timidly, “grandpa!”

“Who is Miss Sherry?” Jack was a little surprised when he heard their conversation. Did his son have some woman that he likes? Did he introduce her to his grandson?

Sammy lowered his head. He didn't know the reason why he was afraid of his grandfather. He didn't think his grandfather liked him, because he did not smile at him at all when he was around him!

“Sammy, tell grandpa about this!”

“Grandpa, she is a beautiful …”

“Sammy, go upstairs!” William patted his son’s shoulder.

“Ok.” Sammy went upstairs obediently.

“Was she the reason you refused to go on blind dates? Or her identity is…?” Jack was upset, he couldn’t help himself from shouting, “if she is some woman like that, she would not have my permission to get into this family as long as I’m alive!”

“Sammy is timid, and he would be scared if you shout like this!” William glanced at his father. “If you keep showing this look on your face, I will take my son out of this house. I’m worried about my son’s mental health if he lives with you!”

“You, disobedient son!” Jack was trembling in anger.

William curled his lips and stood up. Without saying a word, he turned and went out.

“Young master! Young master, you just came back. Are you leaving again?” Seeing that he was going to leave, Mrs. Howe immediately called out. “You haven’t been back for a week! You look thin. Have you forgotten to eat again?”

“I’ll go back to my apartment!” William glanced at Mrs. Howe. There was a tint of warmness in his eyes. He said softly, “I’ll be fine!”

“Don’t go now. It’s already so late.” Mrs. Howe was worried that he would not take care of himself, staying alone. “There’s no one over there to take care of you!”

“It’s okay.” William smiled. “I’m leaving now!”

“Daddy said he was busy!” Sammy told Dan about the matter, then he was moody. “Grandpa was mad again!”

Dan was also disappointed. “Well then. Mommy is calling me for dinner. I’ll talk to you later!”

William was driving around the streets alone in his car. Suddenly, his phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Will!” A woman’s voice came from that end, “How are you?”

It was Lisa’s voice. William frowned. “Haven’t I said, not to speak to me anymore?”

“But I can’t forget you!”

“Too bad. I’ve forgotten you.” William hung up the call after he said that.

Unknowingly, his car was already at YX road. The luxurious Bugatti stopped at the entrance of the lane. He got off the car and lit a cigarette. The streetlamp of the empty street reflected a long shadow of him.

* * *

For nearly two weeks, Sherry didn’t receive any calls from Mr. Fox. She was a little nervous without any reason. She was so afraid that he would suddenly disappear that she would never be able to see her son again.

Holding the mobile phone, she hesitated for a while, tapped the driver’s number, and gazed at it for a long time. But she didn't dare to press the dial key. After hesitating for a long time, she finally hit the dial button.

“Miss, may I know is there anything you want me to assist you?”

“Mr. driver, can you contact mister for me?” She finally said it. “Or can you tell me his number so that I can contact him myself?”

“Miss, I may not be able to contact him. I’ll give it a try anyway.” The driver was cautious.

“Oh! I'll wait for your call then!” After putting down the phone, Sherry was extremely nervous. She knew that it was too dangerous to call rashly, but she was afraid that he would disappear.

It was Thursday. Dan was not at home.

Sherry felt that it was a long night. As soon as she stopped doing anything, she would start to miss her son, whom she had only met once. She was afraid that she would never be able to see him again for the rest of her life.

It seemed to be a little chilly. She curled up on the sofa.

Waiting made the time passed slower. After about 15 minutes, a short and quick beep of notification sounded from her phone. It was a message from an unknown number.

Sherry frowned in puzzled. She tapped on the message and saw a few words: I heard that you were looking for me?

Was that him?

Sherry was not sure. She decided to call, but the other side hung up the phone.

Followed by another message-Let’s communicate through the messages!

She was stunned. She had an intuition that it was him. She held a deep breath and sent a message- When can I meet my son?

After sending it, she stared at her mobile phone and anxiously waited for his reply.

When she was a little anxious after waiting for a long time, the phone beeped again. She quickly tapped into the message,-After some time.

She wrote a message again-When exactly?

“And after meeting him?”

Sherry was stunned when she saw the message. Yes, she wanted to see her child. What would she do after seeing her child? What could she provide the child by meeting him?

Five years! The child had grown up, five years without her participation. She could vaguely remember that night. He answered a call with a gentle tone, and he seemed to have a wife. He must be finding someone to be his wife’s surrogate mother because she could not give birth. Otherwise, no woman would accept the child given birth by some other woman.

Five years later, she agreed to the man’s unreasonable request regardless of everything, all she wanted was to see her son. She didn't know if it was a good choice for the child!

“I don’t know! But I want to meet him.” She replied.

After sending out the message, she suddenly fell into a daze. She was a little lost and curled up, and she felt sad as if her heart was taken away.

Grievance surged into her at once. She felt sad and tears rolled down from her eyes. Why did fate torture a weak woman like her?

“How about being my woman?” After a long silence, another message came in.

The sentence was so familiar that it made Sherry’s heart ached!

With a bitter smile, “The deadline?”

“A lifetime!”

Her heart trembled. A lifetime was like a promise, but she was used to seeing other’s joy and sorrow, reunion, and breaking apart because of unspoken promises.

The moment she saw the two words, her heart began to shudder. “Can I meet my son if I do so?”

“You can be with him!”

She felt a tight feeling in her heart. “Do you mean I can always be with him? As long as I agree to your request? With such just the request of being your mistress?”

“No status, just my mistress!”

“Can I see how you look like?” She didn’t know why. She wanted to see his face, eagerly.

“Why do you want to see me?”

“Are you going to wear that mask your whole life?”