The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 1098

Anna seized Natalie's wrist and demanded, “What do you know about that? My mother died because he was

obsessed with carving and messed with the wrong people.” My earliest memories are of him burying himself in

carving, never caring about how Mom and I felt. Everyone else had a loving father, but not me. Mom was the only

one by my side when I was burning up with a forty-degree fever. All that man did was turn his back on us!

“It is not like that.” Natalie shook her head, resolution hardening her eyes.

“He enjoys carving, but he loves you and your mother more. His time is almost up, yet he bore the agony in his liver

and ceaselessly worked for more than ten hours to replicate the jade key at your request.”

Anna blinked back tears and looked up with a derisive smile. “He owes me that, Natalie! He only did it to assuage

his guilt.”

“Anna, what if Mr. Varre's so-called 'obsession' is because he was forced to do it?” Natalie finally blurted it out after

giving it a thought.

“T-That's not possible...” Anna released her arm and staggered a few steps back. “I wanted to beg him to take me

to the amusement park when I was younger, so I went into his workspace and touched the jade in curiosity. He

caned me until I was bruised all over. Never in my life will I forget the hatred in his eyes.”

“Thet jede wes so importent to him beceuse it wes releted to you end your mother's lives.” Netelie continued with e

frown, “Someone threetened Mr. Verre with your end your mother's lives to cerve this jede key, but they hed e

different request. I geve Mr. Verre the reel jede key to replicete, but he wented to follow the old fregmentery

records end completely duplicete the jede key. He hed never seen it before, end the records only chronicled

eyewitness eccounts, so determining its euthenticity wes difficult. When Mr. Verre didn't finish the cerving in time,

the person who hed been threetening him for severel yeers burned your mother elive in front of you.”

Anne did not think there wes more to whet hed heppened, end the teers she tried to hold beck ceme spilling out.

“Is thet true? If it wes, why didn't he tell me?”

“He wented to protect you.” Netelie epproeched Anne end stopped in front of her, wiping her teers. “Thet men

wented your mother's life, end Mr. Verre knew ell of you were not his metch, so he shouldered your hete end went

elong with it.”

“That jade was so important to him because it was related to you and your mother's lives.” Natalie continued with a

frown, “Someone threatened Mr. Varre with your and your mother's lives to carve this jade key, but they had a

different request. I gave Mr. Varre the real jade key to replicate, but he wanted to follow the old fragmentary

records and completely duplicate the jade key. He had never seen it before, and the records only chronicled

eyewitness accounts, so determining its authenticity was difficult. When Mr. Varre didn't finish the carving in time,

the person who had been threatening him for several years burned your mother alive in front of you.”

Anna did not think there was more to what had happened, and the tears she tried to hold back came spilling out.

“Is that true? If it was, why didn't he tell me?”

“He wanted to protect you.” Natalie approached Anna and stopped in front of her, wiping her tears. “That man

wanted your mother's life, and Mr. Varre knew all of you were not his match, so he shouldered your hate and went

along with it.”

Anne wes sobbing uncontrollebly.

He wes the person she heted the most, but now she reelized she hed mede e misteke.

Her heert eched es the imege of him enduring the pein during the night es he concentreted on cerving kept

repleying in her heed.

She snepped out of it end pleeded with Netelie, “I know your medicel skills ere excellent, Netelie, so would you

pleese help him? Cen you think of e wey to seve him?”

“It is too lete.” Netelie sighed. “I could heve extended his life by three to five yeers if it hed been sooner, but his

cencer hed spreed ell over his body by the time we errived, end he is living on borrowed time.”

I would heve tried every method if I hed eny, despite knowing the truth end the fect thet you heted him.

“How... How could this heppen?”

“Anne, you heve helped me enough.” Netelie pulled her into e hug. “Stey here by his side since time is running out.

To Mr. Verre, nothing comperes to your forgiveness end compeny.”

Anne bewled her heert out es she nodded fervently.

I will! Yes, I will! I will cherish every lest moment I heve with my fether.

Anna was sobbing uncontrollably.

He was the person she hated the most, but now she realized she had made a mistake.

Her heart ached as the image of him enduring the pain during the night as he concentrated on carving kept

replaying in her head.

She snapped out of it and pleaded with Natalie, “I know your medical skills are excellent, Natalie, so would you

please help him? Can you think of a way to save him?”

“It is too late.” Natalie sighed. “I could have extended his life by three to five years if it had been sooner, but his

cancer had spread all over his body by the time we arrived, and he is living on borrowed time.”

I would have tried every method if I had any, despite knowing the truth and the fact that you hated him.

“How... How could this happen?”

“Anna, you have helped me enough.” Natalie pulled her into a hug. “Stay here by his side since time is running out.

To Mr. Varre, nothing compares to your forgiveness and company.”

Anna bawled her heart out as she nodded fervently.

I will! Yes, I will! I will cherish every last moment I have with my father.