A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 963 Secret

Rae stared blankly out of the window. She didn’t move at all for a long time. Unknowingly, the time had passed. About two to three hours passed and it was already around eleven o’clock late evening now. Rae still didn't move. She sat in the office all the time. The building was very quiet and she didn't care about anything. Then, a low voice came from the door, “What are you doing here?”

Rae was slightly surprised. As soon as she turned around, she saw Marcel standing at the door. He stared at her deeply and delicately. Rae felt thrilled in her heart. For a person with such sharp eyes, Marcel’s existence could not be ignored. Rae once had him but now Marcel looked at herself with sharper and colder eyes.

Rae felt even more sad, but what happened today was what she wanted. She wanted to run over to Marcel now. She wanted to hug Marcel and tell him the secret in her heart. She wanted to tell him that she was Natalie, not Rae. She wanted to tell him, “I was your junior in the past. Have you forgotten me?”

However, she knew she couldn’t. She absolutely couldn’t. Maybe Marcel wouldn't believe it at all. She hadn't investigated anything yet. Her effort could go to waste if she did something wrong now.

Then all plans would be disrupted.

“Captain Hopkins, haven't you gone back yet?” Rae stood up, she packed her bags and was ready to leave.

Marcel kept quiet.

The breeze blew through the door, and a faint smell of tobacco came with the wind. The smell was very faint as if it was nothing, Rae smelled the familiar tobacco smell, which belonged to Marcel.

“What are you doing here?” Marcel repeated again.

“I'll leave now!” Rae didn't answer his question. She took her bag and continued to walk out. When she passed by Marcel.

Marcel's voice was soft and cold as the breeze in spring; it felt like a cruel breeze blowing the flowers falling to the ground. He said, "Don't try to save our relationship, you and I are impossible to be together!"

Rae was slightly surprised to hear this. In his eyes, did she look like she wanted to save their relationship? Oh, it turned out that he misunderstood her. She stayed in the office for several hours. Because she was trying to save their relationship? Rae didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but she didn't really care. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and she smiled lightly.

Rae slightly raised her head to look at Marcel. She asked gently, "Which eye of yours sees that I want to save our relationship?"

As soon as Rae said this, Marcel raised his eyebrows and looked at Rae’s face coldly.

Then, there was a silence between them.

Finally, in this rare silence, Rae took her own steps and walked past Marcel firmly and calmly. She walked out of the office.

Without looking back, she straightened her back and went out.

She didn’t even know where the future was? How could she think about relationship matters? She now had more important things to do than taking care of her relationship. She wanted to investigate all the mysteries and uncover the answers.

It was late at night when she came out. She was standing outside of the unit building, letting the chilly wind blow on her, invading her heart. It was just late autumn. Winter had not come yet but she felt like it

was already winter now.

Rae walked a few steps, and then she suddenly saw that the video store in the alley was still open. She thought about it, and then walked over to the shop. Then she saw Kane was still in the store. Someone was selecting CDs. Rae walked over and selected a few CDs too. She didn't go to the checkout until all the customers were gone. At this time, Kane spoke to her, "The weather is getting cold, remember to wear more clothes!"

He was speaking as if he cared about her. If this was in the past, she would be very happy to hear this because it was very rare that her father would care about her! But now, after knowing that she was Leonard and Mrs. Baxter’s daughter, her heart gradually grew colder when she looked at this middle- aged man who raised her. She really didn't know how she should face him.

Now she finally understood why Kane asked her to take revenge. She once thought that Kane loved her very much, but who would ask his daughter to take revenge on somebody?

At that time, she didn't understand it, but now she understood his intention to take revenge. Kane's hatred towards the Baxter family did exist. He made Leonard’s daughter avenge themselves and let them kill each other. Now it seemed that Kane's heart was cruel enough.

He wanted them, a pair of father and daughter, to fight against each other!

Since ancient times, had there been anything more cruel than this?

Rae looked at Kane. She couldn’t see from Kane’s eyes, how did he become a policeman last time? Being a policeman was the embodiment of justice. How could there be people like Kane? He was not only a bad guy, but also a selfish, cruel and psychopathic bad guy. This was how Rae thought about Kane, but her heart felt sadder acknowledging this. No matter what, Kane was the one who raised her and it was very painful for her to see him like this.

But to know the reason, Rae had to continue to recognize this villain of her family as her father.

She pretended to sob and said, "Father, I was wrong that day!"

Kane didn't seem surprised hearing Rae said so. He seemed to expect Rae to come and apologize to him. Everything seemed to be under his control.

Rae naturally noticed the complacency in Kane's eyes.

Rae kept silent.

Kane said in a more concerned tone, “Go back and have a rest. I wasn’t caring enough towards you, it must be hard for you!”

"No, it was me who didn't understand you enough!" Rae said. Actually she didn’t even know his father well enough. After all these years, only then she realized something but it was far from enough. There was still a lot to understand and investigate.

When Kane heard Rae's words, he finally showed a gratifying smile, “I’m very glad that you understood me!”

Rae said, "I'll go back first!"

After taking a step, Rae thought of something and said, "Father, take care of yourself too!"

"Sure!"

Rae originally wanted to try to ask Kane about something. In the end, she thought she shouldn’t ask. The best thing to do now was to plan properly, she shouldn’t show any interest or give any hints to Kane or else Kane would know what she was after.

She had made up with Kane now. There was no taxi anymore when Rae was going home. Instead of going back home, she went to the hospital first.

Now, she couldn’t express her mood in words.

Her biological mother was lying in the hospital, and she almost killed her when she did blood transfusion for her mother. Now her mother was still struggling, she could lose her life anytime. Rae felt even more guilty when she thought of this. She couldn't sleep too so she felt that it was better to go to the hospital to see her mother.

When she arrived, it was already twelve midnight. When she entered the ward, she saw Leonard sitting by the bed, holding her mother's hand in one hand, lying by her bed and sleeping!

The nurse was playing with her phone. Rae was a little angry when she saw this. She walked into the ward.

The nurse who devoted herself to playing with the mobile phone hadn't seen her yet. She was still focusing on her phone.

Rae walked over and looked down at the nurse who was fascinated by the game. At this time, the nurse probably felt the pressure above her. The nurse quickly looked up and saw Rae's indifferent eyes. She was so scared that she dropped her phone on the floor, making a loud noise. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Leonard was suddenly awakened by the noise. He looked up and saw Rae. Then, he looked at the mobile phone on the floor. Finally, he looked at the embarrassed look of the nurse after being caught not doing her duty.

Leonard shouted, "Rae!"

At this time, Rae said, "Diana, it's too late now. You can get off work now. I just applied for a leave from my unit. I'll take care of my mother in the future, so you don't have to come anymore!"

"Miss Baxter!" Diana, the nurse, knew she was fired, but she was reluctant to give up the job. The salary was high. Mr. Baxter was kind to everyone. She was very reluctant to give up such a good job, “I know I'm wrong. I won't play on my phone anymore!”

Rae shook her head, “It's not because of this. I really, really had applied for a leave already. I'll take care of my mother from now on!"

Rae didn't intend to fire this woman by shaming her. However, she couldn’t hire Diana anymore. She played with her phone and did not pay attention in taking care of the patient.

"Rae!" Leonard wanted to say something.

Rae immediately said, "Dad, I really applied for a leave. We did not need so many people here. I think Anne and I are enough to take care of my mother!"

Leonard stopped saying anything, he just said to Diana, the nurse, "It’s already been decided, Diana. My secretary will pay you one month salary tomorrow, let’s settle it like this!"

Although Diana was not happy, but when she saw that she would still get one month full salary even though she just worked for a few days, she knew that she had already earned more than the amount she deserved. So, she immediately picked up her phone and left.

Leonard just looked at Rae and was about to say something.

Rae came over and looked at Mrs. Baxter, “How's my mother? Is the infection in her body under control?”

"It stopped spreading!" Leonard said, “We will still need to wait for a few more days to get a detailed result!”

Rae looked down at her sleeping mother.

"Rae, about the nurse today!"

"Father, I know you want to say that I'm too direct and it will be easy for me to offend people!" Rae knew what Leonard was going to say next, she kind of understood her father, “But I can't take risks. She is my mother!”

She did not dare to take risks!

Especially when the woman in front of her was her own mother!

Leonard smiled, “Okay! You are right!”

Rae smiled when she heard Leonard say so. She saw Leonard looking very tired, so she came forward and held his arm. She naturally helped him to the bed next to him, "Father, you go to bed first, I'll look after mother and find a new nurse tomorrow!"

"I'll let the secretary handle this matter!" Leonard sat on the nursing bed next to him, "Why did you suddenly come here so late today?"

"I worked overtime and didn't go back!"

Rae stayed in the hospital until nine o'clock in the morning. When the doctor came to check on her mother, it was confirmed that Mrs. Baxter’s condition did not continue to deteriorate and Rae felt a little relieved.

Doctor Stevens' medicine was very effective and it suppressed the infection.

Leonard's secretary hired a new nurse for Mrs. Baxter. This time, they recruited an experienced and professional nurse.

Rae left the hospital at ten o'clock and went back to the Baxter house. Suddenly, she remembered that she had not done a very important thing yet. She was really worried about the three most important medicines she left at Marcel’s place!

At noon, Rae called Marcel.

Marcel was a little surprised when he received Rae's call. Marcel went out of the meeting room and went back to his office. He answered the phone, “Hello!”

"Hello, Captain Hopkins!" Rae spoke politely, “Sorry to disturb you!”

"What is it!" Marcel said directly, he was also very concise.

"I have a box that I left at your place. When are you free? I'll go and get it or you can bring it for me when you come!"

Marcel frowned. Since Rae left, he hadn't gone back to his apartment, not even once. Now that he heard Rae’s words, Marcel felt a little odd, he said directly, “Go and get it yourself!”