After discussing with Aiden Taylor and Callix Linton, Easton Holmes decided to proceed with the wedding as scheduled, but he didn’t consult the two elders about the proposal. He quietly made the decision himself and planned to complete it on the night before the wedding.
Lily Turner was completely unaware of the decisions made by these three men. However, she also made a decision on her own, deciding to visit the grave on Daxton Taylor’s death anniversary,
the biological father she had never met.
After making this decision, Lily Turner immediately called Sophia Wood to inform her mother on the other end of the line. Her mother remained silent for a long time before nodding in agreement with her decision.
"Mom! Will you go with me to see Dad that day?" After holding the phone in silence for a long time, Lily hesitated again and again, yet eventually asked the question she wanted to ask.
Once again, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone. Just when Lily thought her mother wouldn’t reply, Sophia’s voice came through the phone, "I will!"
This "I will," though a bit late, was spoken with determination.
"Mom!"
Lily Turner sighed deeply, trying to calm her uneasy emotions, and then continued, "I was inconsiderate before. I shouldn’t have pestered you for birthday gifts. From now on, I won’t..."
"It’s not your fault. It’s all mom’s fault. I shouldn’t have treated you that way."
Upon hearing Lily say she wanted to visit Daxton’s grave, Sophia Wood realized that Lily already knew of his death anniversary. As for how Lily found out, she didn’t know, and it didn’t matter anymore.
Hearing Lily’s words just now, Sophia felt that she had been excessively selfish in the past.
At that time, her daughter knew nothing, yet she projected her own pain onto her clueless daughter.
Her daughter was so small, so fragile...
Thinking of all she’d done before, Sophia’s eyes welled up with tears, her heart aching profoundly.
"Mom! Why are you crying? Whose phone call is it?"
Alice Turner’s voice suddenly came from beside her, causing Sophia to quickly wipe the tears from her face with her hand. Only then did she turn to look in the direction of the voice, by which time Alice had almost reached her side.
Over the phone, Lily also heard what Alice had just said. It was then she realized that her mother hadn’t spoken because she was crying, which made her feel even more upset.
"Why did you come over here?"
As Lily was about to say something, Sophia’s voice came from the other end of the phone. However, she wasn’t speaking to her but rather to Alice, who had unexpectedly appeared.
After receiving Lily’s phone call last night, Alice couldn’t concentrate on anything. Her mind was filled with the matters Lily had told her.
She’d wanted to rush over to see the situation last night, but it was too late, so she suppressed the urge to dash over.
Today, as soon as she got off work, she drove over and didn’t expect to walk in on such a situation.
"Mom! Your words wound me deeply. This is also my home. Do I need a reason to come back and visit?" Alice Turner walked over, wrapping her arm around Sophia’s, and simultaneously tilted her head to press her ear against Sophia’s phone. "Is it a call from that girl, Lily?"