Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 564 The Hostess of the An Family

"There's a rumor going around that Ruth has been an old man's mistress for three years."

"Just recently, the man's wife finally found out about her. The wife became so furious that she chased

her in the streets and hit her multiple times. Witnesses even said that Ruth was running half naked

when it happened!"

It was rather apparent that Violet was having a blast talking about the miserable state Ruth was in. At

the thought of how arrogant and hateful Ruth usually was, Violet just couldn't help but think that it was

just karma hitting her hard and that she deserved every bit of it.

Upon hearing that, Rhys suddenly cropped up in Carla's mind. Just the other night, she happened to

catch a glimpse of him at the hotel.

Ruth had been with Rhys for some time. However, Rhys decided to leave her because she always had

too much drama going on that he couldn't handle it anymore.

"It shouldn't be surprising though. After all, she has been relying on some guy's support ever since she

attained her college degree. She's probably going to find another man soon enough. Oh, is that why

you wanted to come here? To tell me about that?"

Violet truly enjoyed seeing karma striking back on bad people.

"Of course not! Despicable people like Ruth aren't really worth my time to bother coming all the way to

your house!"

Violet replied. Then she glanced over at Sally and Cody. After giving it much thought, she went on and

said, "How about we leave the kids to themselves, let them play here and look for a quieter place

where we could talk in private?"

Carla found the secretive look on her face a bit weird. "Okay. Hannah, can you please come over?"

Carla called out to Hannah and asked her.

At one point, Hannah was regarded as the best kindergarten teacher in all of JA City. She was already

retired. Terence was the one who decided to hire her to be Sally's tutor. When they had things to take

care of, she would help them look after her from time to time.

Carla then proceeded to take Violet to the balcony on the third floor. A breeze blew in when she

opened the windows.

She went ahead and took a seat on the comfy couch. When she looked up, she noticed that Violet was

still standing up and hadn't taken a seat yet.

"Is there something wrong? Why don't you take a seat?"

"Carla! I am so jealous of the rich lifestyle you are living!" Violet frankly told her what she was thinking

as she marveled at the view outside.

After recovering from the shock, she sat right across Carla. The servant came in and served some

pastries and sweets as well as cups of tea for them.

"If you would like to, please feel free to come over and visit me every day!"

Seeing the envious expression on her face, Carla told her that and smiled at her. Then, she let out a

soft sigh and asked her, "Have you ever considered getting back together with William? At the end of

the day, you two have a son together."

Violet grabbed her warm tea cup using both of her hands and peered at the beautiful sea.

"To tell you the truth, that's actually the reason why I came here. After all of you left on that day, William

had a bit too much to drink. He ended up telling me a lot of things.

It has just been me and Cody living together for a number of years now. It's been so long that I've

already gotten used to living without a man in my life. However, when I saw him again that day, I

somewhat felt like I was tired of living that kind of life. I don't want to be too hard on my son. I want a

shoulder I can lean on when times get rough.

What do you think? Am I just being stupid? I guess, all of my wounds have healed through the years,

and I've already forgotten how painful it was."

Carla moved a little closer toward her and replied, "Why would you think that? I honestly believe that

the two of you were meant to be together. What happened back then was all just a big

misunderstanding. You two simply needed some time apart to think things through."

"I think that by losing you, he had already paid for that misunderstanding. But it wasn't really all that

bad. At the very least, it actually even helped him realize what you really meant to him. Why don't you

try to forget about the past and give him a chance to start anew?"

Shaking her head, Violet lowered her gaze and answered, "I've been cudgeling my brain about it. But I

have my pride. He walked out on me to be with another woman without even having a moment of

hesitation.

I don't think I can forgive him as easy as that!"

Her pride wouldn't allow her to come to terms with it.

"So what is it that you're planning to do? Are you gonna keep raising Cody on your own? Has the

thought of finding a father for him ever crossed your mind?" Carla said as she softly held her hand.

Being a young boy, Cody needed a father figure to look up to in his life.

"I have no plans of doing that in the foreseeable future. Carla, since William already knows about Cody,

I'm not going to lie to him. I am thinking about looking for a job in JA City. That means I'm certainly

gonna be dropping by more often when that time comes!"

Heaving a heavy sigh, Violet let go of thoughts that had been weighing her down.

She had had enough of hiding from William along with all the people she loved.

She made up her mind to live her life the way she wanted.

It would be impossible to keep hiding for the rest of her life anyway.

"Are you serious? That's great news!"

Hearing her decision, Carla couldn't contain her excitement! She shouted, "Deal! Sally is entering a

kindergarten that's just close by! Let's get Cody to the same school so they can spend time together as

well! What do you think?"

"That indeed sounds like a great idea! But the kindergarten your daughter will be attending is probably

gonna be an expensive school. Isn't that right? As much as I would like for them to attend the same

school, I'm afraid that I won't be able to afford sending that brat to a school like that,"

Violet sadly remarked. In fact, that school's tuition fee might even cost more than her annual salary.

"Violet, please don't worry about it! He is not really a brat! Have you forgotten that he is my godson?

Just consider the tuition fee as my welcoming gift to you. Okay?"

Carla stated, obviously dead set on doing it no matter what Violet said.

Carla would really love to have Cody become Sally's playmate.

Violet was her best friend in the whole world. In the past couple of years, she had also been through a

lot of hard times. So, if Carla could lend her a hand in some way, she didn't see why she shouldn't be

able to do so.

"Oh, alright. Thank you so much then! It would be of great help!"

Given how insistent Carla was being, Violet had no way of saying no to her. A smile crept onto her face

as she lifted her tea cup. Now that, that was settled, they started leisurely chatting about their kids and

lives.

As the day was about to come to an end, Carla asked the driver to escort Violet and Cody home.

Originally, she was intending to have dinner with the two of them. However, Edmund suddenly gave her

a call.

He invited Carla, Terence and Sally to come over and have dinner at his place.

After just a little while, Terence came back.

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"Mr. Terence and Mrs. Carla, welcome back!"

The housekeeper and servants had been awaiting their arrival outside the house.

As soon as he was informed that they had arrived, Edmund went outside and walked toward the car to

welcome Sally.

"Is Sally with you? Come over! Give your grandpa a hug!"

Edmund was all smiles, as he walked over and carried her granddaughter out the car. As he was

holding Sally in his arms, he said to Carla, "Carla is here as well! Let's go inside right away! We

shouldn't keep the food waiting!"

Upon telling them that, he walked inside, carrying Sally in his arms.

As soon as they turned around and went inside the Manor, Terence raised his eyebrows and glanced at

Carla. They proceeded to follow them inside while walking hand in hand.

It seemed that Edmund had turned over a new leaf, and his attitude toward Carla had improved after

she had Sally.

It appeared as though he was sincerely being nice to Carla this time.

As soon as they went in, Carla noticed that Rhys, along with the rest of his family, were also here.

There was also a little boy with them.

"Carla is finally back! Welcome! Come over here and sit beside me!"

Eunice noticed Carla the second she walked in, so she walked over toward her and held her hand, just

as a good friend would, and led her to the dining table.

"Carla, that was really scary! I thought I wouldn't be able to see you again for the rest of my life!"

The enthusiasm in Eunice's voice caught Carla by surprise.

She couldn't help but wonder whether she truly cared about her or she was just putting up a show for

everyone around her.

"Sorry for making you worry. Thank you so much for taking care of the family while I was gone!"

Carla smiled back at her despite being unsure whether Eunice was being sincere or not.

Everyone looked so happy to see that she was safe and sound. It seemed like a good start.

The smile on Eunice's face turned frigid for a moment. That being said, she quickly lowered her head

and replied, "What are you talking about? We are family! You don't need to thank me for anything at all.

You just came back! So just take a good rest! You shouldn't be worrying about the family right now."

"Hey, everyone! Let's all take a seat and enjoy the dinner!"

Carla went ahead and took a seat.

She knew that Eunice had taken her place as the hostess of the An family during her absence in the

past four years.