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Chapter255
“What's the point of trying so hard?
Sthings aren’t meant for you, understand?
Hard work doesn’t always pay off.”
Noelle looked at her with contempt: “Someone like you, born disabled, should stick to what the disabled do.
Don’t dream of reaching the top in one step. You're not fit to dance.”
Despite Noelle’s repeated suppression, Maureen never gave up dancing.
Until one time, when she went to a dance competition, her hearing aid was taken by someone during a break.
That time, the little girl could only hear chaotic noise, not the music clearly. She made countless mistakes at the
national competition and was eliminated.
After returning, Noelle cut up her dance costin front of her and threw her dance shoes into the trash.
“You don’t need to learn dancing anymore. If | ever see you dance again, I'll break your legs.
Maureen thought about everything that had happened, curling up and hugging herself, her body trembling
slightly.
Spains from childhood might never heal in this lifetime...
In the music room, Maureen was lost in the repeated blows from Noelle in the past and didn’t notice a figure
walking in.
“Reenie.”
The familiar voice brought Maureen back to the present. She turned her head to look at Geoffrey.
“What brings you here?”
The woman's voice held a hint of hoarseness.
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSince losing his sight, Geoffrey's hearing had becexceptionally sharp. He walked up to Maureen, wanting to
reach out and hug her but afraid she might refuse.
Feeling her way to the nearby piano, she sat down. Under Maureen's puzzled gaze, her slender hands settled on
the black and white keys.
Though his memory was gone, muscle memory took over, and soon a soft melody flowed from the instrument.
Maureen stared at him, stunned. “You can play?”
Geoffrey used to complain her playing was noise. She'd always assumed he couldn't play at all.
As the last note faded, Geoffrey stopped. “Not really.”
He began another piece, and Maureen realized it was her own recent composition.
He'd only heard it occasionally, yet remembered it perfectly.
While playing, Geoffrey pointed out sections Maureen had found problematic.
“I think this part needs adjustment.”
He played the modified phrase, and the issue vanished.
At this moment, Maureen couldn't help but see him differently.
Swere born with a silver spoon; Geoffrey truly forged his own path.
Maureen immediately corrected the score.
With Geoffrey's help before dinner, she miraculously fixed every single problem area.
“Have you really lost your memory?”
Maureen gazed at him, disbelief written across her face.
The two stood close, Geoffrey catching her scent as she spoke, his Adam'’s apple bobbing slightly.
“Hmm.”
His voice cout gravelly.
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Lately, he'd been dreaming fragments of his past with Maureen-intimate moments surfacing without warning.
“You still don’t trust me?”
Maureen studied his expression, too raw for deception, and shook her head.
“It’s not that. I'm just amazed. Blind yet playing piano, even correcting my sheet music.”
The melancholy in her words explained the defeat he’d sensed when entering-how she’d radiated sorrow.
“Because | have to be exceptional.”
He spoke slowly.
Maureen froze.
Geoffrey continued, “Lately | dream of childhood. Endless lessons, indoctrinated that I'd lead the Sutton family.
No choice but to excel.”
Pausing, he turned to her: “And now? If I'm not extraordinary, how can | protect you and our baby?”
Maureen found no words.
Suddenly he pulled her into his embrace.
“Reenie, let's start over?
| love you. So much.”
The old Geoffrey would never have said those three words.
He had been the beloved one since childhood, never bothering to like anyone else.
Even if he did like someone, he wouldn't show or say
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It was the first tMaureen heard Geoffrey say he loved her...
In her shock, she didn’t push him away.
Geoffrey held her tighter and lowered his head to kiss her.
“Mommy, Uncle Alex...” an untimely voice rang out.
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Maureen snapped back to reality and pushed Geoffrey away.
She stood up and went to the door: “Jacob, you're back.”
Jacob, with his backpack, was coming upstairs. Seeing Maureen and Geoffrey cout one after the other, he
felt something was off but couldn’t put his finger on it.
“Yeah.”
The three of them went downstairs together.
Maureen went to call Zoe and the caregiver.
Jacob walked alongside Geoffrey and lowered his voice: “Tell me, what were you and Mommy doing in the music
room?”
Hearing this, Geoffrey raised his sharp eyebrows slightly.
“You want to know?”
“Spit it out. Did you bully her?”
Hearing the urgency in his voice, Geoffrey deliberately kept silent.
“Is that how you ask someone?”
Jacob got a bit anxious: “Geoffrey, if you dare bully my mommy, don’t blme for being rude.”
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