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Chapter 866
“No one had to tell me anything. I am not a three-year-old kid anymore, I can see and hear what’s happening.”
“How would you understand what it is like to like someone or not like someone?”
“But I know that Mommy is married to Papa Charlie and that Mommy will not get back together with you. And it will
never happen.”
It was Meredith who told Nia about these things, simply because she did not want Nia to try to get them back
together.
Nia had grown up a little and she could slowly understand what was happening.
“But don’t worry Daddy. Even though you and Mommy won’t be staying together, I will still love you and Mommy.
And I promise to come to visit you often.”
Josiah was relieved to see Nia being this considerate, yet at the same time, he felt something heavy weighing down
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He did not expect that Nia would give up on trying to get him and Meredith back together.
Feeling slightly defeated, he asked, “Don’t you want to live together with Mommy and me? Just like how we were
two years ago, as a family.”
Nia pondered on the question and shook her head. “No.”
“Why is that?”
Josiah wondered if it was because Nia had forgotten about the happy times they had together as a family after she
lost her memories.
“Because Mommy said that she likes Papa Charlie and that is why she got married to him. Mommy also said that
since she’s married to him, she has to be loyal to her marriage and her family. She shouldn’t waver.”
Josiah kept quiet.
Studying the disappointed look in his eyes, Nia asked, concerned, “Daddy, what’s going on? Did I say something
wrong?”
“It’s nothing, darling,” Josiah shook his head and said, “I’m just feeling a bit sad and regretful.”
He was regretting his choice of letting go of such an understanding and loyal woman.
He hated himself for choosing to believe those ugly lies and ended up hurting the woman that meant the world to
him.
“What are you regretting about, Daddy?”
“That I gave up on your Mommy.”
Nia patted her father’s hand and comforted her, “Don’t be too hard on yourself, Daddy. I’m sure you’ll meet a nice
lady just like Mommy.”
Looking at his ‘unreliable’ daughter, Josiah could not help but ask, “Are you so eager to see your Daddy get married
to someone else? What if I have another child with the lady? Then I won’t be able to love you as much as I did back
then.”
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Josiah had to stop the conversation before he got even more heartbroken by his daughter’s words.
Nia though, added, “Because I want you to still be happy even if Mommy is not around anymore.”
Feeling touched, Josiah pulled her into a hug and said, “I knew it. Daddy only has Nia.”
“No, Daddy,” Nia shook her head and said, “great-grandma cares a lot about you too. When she heard that you got
into an accident, she almost fainted because she was too worried.”
Josiah believed that it could have happened because his grandmother had always cared for him even though she
could be mean with her words sometimes.
But what he cared more about right now was how Meredith reacted when she first heard of his accident.
So he asked Nia, “What about your Mommy? Did she almost faint when she heard about my accident?”
Nia shook her head. “No.”
“Then did she want to rush to the hospital right away to see me?”
Nia shook her head again. “No, because Mommy had to stay home to take care of Papa Charlie.”
Nia had taken away his last grasp of hope. “Alright. Nia, you should head home and get some rest too,” Josiah
sounded disappointed.
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