Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“It’s nothing, really… It’s just that he found out that I had actually been in Emerald City for several days now, but I just hadn’t shown up in front of him,” Valda lowered her head and habitually tugged at the hem of her long dress.
Camille can somewhat guess Brian’s feelings. “Okay, he searched for you so hard, but you avoided him by going back to Emerald City. This is partly your responsibility. When he comes back, talk to him and say some kind words. I promise he will be fine. Trust me.”
“Camille, I want to pack up and leave now. Can you help me move some things later?” Valda said. After all, she had many personal items, including everyday items and work-related things, that she left in the villa when she first arrived.
Now that we are moving back to the apartment, it’s natural that we will also move these things back.
Camille was startled, “Are you really planning to move back?”
“Mhmm,” she responded.
Valda’s expression let Camille know that her friend wasn’t joking or acting impulsively, but was serious.
“Have you discussed it with Brian?” asked Camille.
Valda’s eyelashes fluttered and her eyes drooped slightly. “He said that as long as I tell him directly, it will be enough. I left a note for him in his room and also told the servants in this house to let him know when he returns.”
“But…” Camille looked very troubled.
“Camille, I really want to go back to my own apartment early. If you don’t want to help me move, then I can do it slowly by myself,” said Valda.
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to!” Camille quickly said, looking at her friend with a determined expression, but also with a hint of embarrassment and self-doubt in her eyes. Camille felt sorry for her friend.
Is Valda feeling insecure about her legs? Valda and Brian already had some insecurities when they were together, and now it seems like those insecurities have only gotten worse.
Unfortunately, this kind of inferiority complex cannot be solved overnight. It can only be gradually overcome in the future through guidance and support.
While helping Valda move her things, Camille secretly called Brian when her friend wasn’t paying attention..
Unfortunately, the phone line was still not connected, which made
Camille feel like she wanted to vomit in frustration.
Yesterday she couldn’t get through to Valda on the phone, but.
today she can’t get through to Brian’s phone.
After almost everything was loaded onto Camille’s car, she still couldn’t reach Brian on the phone. She left him a message and then drove away from his villa with her friend.
At this moment, on the other side, Brian is pulling Patrick to drink together.
Patrick looked at his friend who had already consumed two bottles of red wine with a skeptical expression. Apart from the two months when Brian couldn’t find Valda, he used to drink frequently and almost got alcohol poisoning. However, he rarely drinks now, and even when he does, it’s only a small amount.
However, at this moment, Brian is drinking alcohol as if he’s just pouring water.
“What happened? Did you drink so much alcohol?” Patrick couldn’t help but ask. “Why don’t you tell me about it? Maybe I can give you some advice?”
“Valda is back,” Brian said, leaving Patrick stunned. “What did you say? Valda is back? Have you seen Valda?”
“Yeah, I saw him,” Brian said with a bitter smile, then took another sip of his drink.
“But this doesn’t make sense. She’s back, so why are you still dragging me here to drink alone?”
Patrick said, puzzled. Normally, at a time like this, Brian and Valda should be clinging to each other, not wanting to be apart for even a second, right?
“She didn’t want to see me at all. She came back several days ago, but she would rather limp around in a small hotel room alone than appear in front of me. If it weren’t for Camille blurting it out. yesterday, she might have avoided me even longer!” Brian said dejectedly.
His longing and searching, in the end, seemed like a joke.
Patrick was even more surprised, “What, you’re saying… Valda has a lame leg?”
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In Brian’s eyes, there was a hint of pain. “Her leg is lame. Yesterday, I consulted a specialist to examine her leg. They said that the treatment was delayed, and now the chances of curing it are very slim.”
At this point, Brian slammed his glass heavily onto the ground, causing it to shatter into pieces of glass shards. The liquid inside the glass spilled all over the floor.
“Why, why treat her like this! Why does she have to endure such pain? Why isn’t the crippled person me instead!” Brian cried out in agony, pounding heavily on the nearby wall. “Why? Why?!”
Patrick was looking at his friend’s painful expression, still in a state of extreme shock.
I didn’t expect Valda to have a limp.
In the past, when he learned that Valda had given up her chance of survival to save Grace’s daughter and chose to be swept away by the water, he greatly admired her bravery and selflessness.
After all, how many people in this world can actually achieve something like this?
Even for people who love each other, when faced with life and death situations, they may go their separate ways. So how much emotion could Valda have for a child she has only met a few times?
All I can say is that Valda’s decision was driven by her kindness and her desire to do what’s best for Brian.
“So, shouldn’t you be staying by her side if that’s the case? Have you asked her why she doesn’t want to see you? I mean, she loves you, right?” Patrick asked after a while.
“I don’t know,” Brian said bitterly. “I told her I love her and miss her very much, but she thinks I only said those things out of pity and guilt for her. She doesn’t believe me, she doesn’t believe…”
Brian suddenly grabbed Patrick and asked, “What should I do to make her believe what I’m saying? Tell me, please…”
Patrick was being pulled by the collar by Brian, almost out of breath. “You…at least calm down first and let me help you think!”
“Think…yes, please help me think…” Brian murmured, then let go. of his hand and slumped onto the sofa, picking up another empty glass and drinking from it.
He drank heavily, as if trying to numb the pain with alcohol.
Over the course of the year, Patrick witnessed too many of his friends in pain. He thought that finding
Valda would put an end to all of this.
I didn’t expect Valda to come back now, but Brian’s pain doesn’t seem to have ended.
“Have you ever considered that maybe she’s feeling insecure?” said Patrick.
“Inferiority complex?” Brian looked at Patrick in confusion.
“Yeah, it’s insecurity,” Patrick said. “Valda was originally just an orphan who lost both parents. Over the years, she has been living under the care of others. Even though she has achieved some success in drawing comics, in the end, it’s just a small comic, which is a far cry from what you can do.”
“I don’t care about any of this at all!” Brian growled.
“You may not care, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care. As far as I know, when she’s with you, your family has accepted her, but in high society, others have talked behind her back, saying she’s trying to climb the social ladder and using other derogatory words. This is just what I know, how do you know what kind of things she’s heard before?”
Brian was stunned, “But she has never told me that.”
“With her personality, she naturally wouldn’t bother you with these messy things. Although she used to be insecure, at least she could overcome her insecurity for the sake of her feelings for you. But now…”
“Are you saying that her feelings for me are now unable to overcome that sense of inferiority?” Brian interjected.
“Valda now has a limp in one leg. Patrick analyzed that her mindset may change due to this and also due to her disappearance, which may have caused some experiences that could affect her mindset.”
Brian murmured, “Is it because of insecurity?” Is it because of her insecurity that she doesn’t want to believe him when he says he loves her? Is it because of her insecurity that she doesn’t want to see him?
But the feeling of inferiority is completely unfamiliar to him, something he has never experienced before, yet it has always been present by her side.
How much about their past relationship does he not know?
After guessing this possibility, all that remained in his heart was more pain… pain for this foolish woman.
Camille helped Valda move all her things back to the apartment.
Fortunately, Brian often cleans the apartment himself, so there is no accumulation of dust or anything like that. Everything is normal, and now we can skip the step of cleaning the floor.
“Would you like me to stay here with you for a few days?” said Camille.
“I don’t need it,” Valda said. “Camille, I know you’re worried about me and want to take care of me more, but… really, I don’t need it.
Even though my leg is injured, I still want to try to be as normal as possible. If you keep trying to take care of me like this, I’ll only feel more uncomfortable.”
“Sorry, I, I just…”
“I understand,” Valda smiled slightly. “You don’t need to apologize to me. Everything can be just like before! By the way, now that
I’m back, I want to start working hard again and earn money to support myself. As an editor, you wouldn’t want to let me go, right?”
“How could that be? I’ll help you come up with a work plan so that nav you can gradually return to your normal work,” said Camille.
“Thanks!” said Valda. “Also, over the years, I’ve saved up some money and I want to buy another apartment of around 90 square meters with two bedrooms and two living rooms. When it’s time to look at properties, I may need you to come with me and give me some advice.”
“What, you don’t live in this house anymore?” Camille asked in surprise.
“This place is a bit small and only has one bedroom. I plan to have my godmother come and live with me in the future, so I want to buy a bigger place. As for this house, I will rent it out in the future and collect some rent.” said Valda.
“Godmother?”
“It’s the person I told you about who saved my life. She saved me when I was like a vegetable lying there for 10 months. She didn’t give up on me and did everything she could to save me, which allowed me to recover.” Valda said, deeply grateful to Lisa. “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be alive. So later on, I recognized her as my godmother. She has no children and lives alone in the village.
This time I came back, I wanted to settle down here first, and then bring her over to live with me.”
Camille said, “Okay, then I will definitely accompany you to look at houses and also keep an eye out for any suitable ones. When you bring your godmother to Emerald City, I must thank her for saving my best friend!”
After Camille left, Valda looked at her desk in the living room and the comic tools on it. For her, who hadn’t touched a paintbrush in a year, they had become somewhat unfamiliar.
Even though her hands were intact now after 10 months of being a vegetable, her reactions were probably much worse than before.
Even if she picked up the paintbrush again, it would be much more difficult.
For her, it wasn’t just one leg that was lame, but her whole life.
In the future, she will need to put in more effort than before!
Just as Valda was thinking, the door of the apartment suddenly opened and Brian rushed in.
“Valda, are you really planning to leave me? Is that why you moved all your things from your previous place to mine without even saying a word to me?” Brian rushed to Valda and grabbed her shoulders, questioning her.
Valda frowned slightly and smelled the strong scent of alcohol on him. “Have you been drinking?”
“Yes, I was drinking… I went out for a drink…” he said. That’s why he didn’t answer Camille’s call. When he and Patrick came out of the bar, he realized that his phone had somehow turned off. When he turned it back on, he saw
Camille’s message.
And upon returning from his trip, all he saw was a note left by her.
“Valda… Did I leave early this morning and make you angry? Is that why you only left me a note and left?” Brian asked with a hint of drunkenness.