Villains Act Shamelessly: The Heiress was the Great National Master!-Chapter 245: Only Lauren Blair Knows How Much She Has Suffered
Thea Shaw heard that Mrs. Blair wanted to talk to her alone, and at that moment, her heart skipped a beat.
Then she calmed down, after all, it had been so long since they met. Maybe it’s just to ask about things in the Sutton Family, probably to ask if she has been bullied.
No matter how many times it was clarified over the phone, it’s still better to explain things face to face.
In the spacious hotel room, Lauren Blair sat there, tapping her leg.
The car accident back then left her with physical issues and some latent problems, like her leg, which would ache after walking for a while.
It was more severe at first, which was why Thea needed to take a break from school to come home and take care of her.
Lauren Blair sat there looking at Thea Shaw, who was a delicate woman when she was young; now older and worn out from life, she naturally couldn’t maintain herself as well as Mrs. Sutton, with obvious age and some wrinkles on her face.
Thea asked her, "Mom, is your leg okay now?"
"It’s fine."
Lauren Blair smiled slightly, "Didn’t the doctor say a long time ago, there’s nothing wrong with my leg, I just can’t walk too much. Thea, do you still remember how mom’s car accident happened?"
Thea paused for a moment.
It happened so long ago that she hadn’t forgotten the main part, but she couldn’t remember the details.
"You went out to buy groceries and were hit by someone driving fast."
Fortunately, you were only grazed and thrown into the roadside flowerbed; if the impact had been a bit harder, you might have died on the spot.
Afterward, Lauren Blair had serious aftereffects, and the person was sentenced to compensate the Shaw Family with hundreds of thousands of yuan and was sentenced to two years in jail.
But on the surface, Lauren Blair’s problem didn’t seem big; in reality, the long-term treatment and subsequent care required a lot of money, and that compensation merely filled the gap. Mr. Shaw’s earnings couldn’t keep up with the expenses, which is why the family later showed signs of strain, fortunately, Chloe Shaw was there.
Thea was somewhat puzzled as to why Lauren Blair would ask her about this.
Lauren Blair looked at her carefully: "At that time, there were many things going on in the family. Chloe was too busy with work to leave. She couldn’t come back. You chose to take a break from school to care for me, but I knew that in your heart, you still resented Chloe. No matter how busy Chloe was with work, could it be more important than her own mother? Yet it was still you who took a break from school to care for me."
"I was quite immature then."
Thea sat nearby and smiled peacefully, "If my sister didn’t earn money, the family’s burden would be heavier. I just took a year off school. I’m back to studying now, it’s really not a big deal."
The way she spoke genuinely lacked any sense of resentment, even her eyes were clear and calm, as if she had truly let it go.
As she spoke, Thea seemed to realize something. After all, she had been through a lot, and now she started to react and looked at Lauren Blair.
Lauren Blair had been smiling, but now as she looked at her, a hint of red quietly crept to the corners of her eyes, "Yes, your sister has her difficulties, but how old were you at the time? You were just an adult. You grew up by my side without worry, barely facing the hardships of life. You usually seem optimistic and cheerful, but would I not understand you? At that time, you couldn’t even understand your sister, how could you understand the Sutton Family who took your place for twenty years?"
Thea: "..."
Thea opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but then saw Lauren Blair’s tears fall; "So, mom doesn’t know what you went through to choose to forgive everything. I don’t know how much you suffered to finally let go."
