Ashes of Love, We’ll Never Meet Again

Seeing that she did not say anything, Jackie paused for a moment and then said, “I'll pack up her things and put them in the second bedroom.”

As he spoke, he opened the door of the master bedroom and started tidying up.

Mara came over at this time, her eyes full of disdain. Jackie was busy packing her things and not paying attention to the outside. 

She leaned over to Clara's ear and said, “If you have the guts to leave, don't come back! Jack has been so happy with me these days.

“I am Jack's first love. Men always remember their first love. You may not know that he found me a few years ago.

“Without love, they can be husband and wife, but without love, they can never be lovers. Who do you think he loves more?”

There was a hint of sarcasm in Mara's eyes.

Then she shouted into the house, “Jack, I'd better leave first. You don't have to worry about my illness. I can take care of myself.”

Hearing the shouting, Jackie came out quickly and looked at me with dissatisfaction as he said, “You are old now, so you cannot live without someone else by your side.”

“No, Jack, I'm afraid Clara won’t welcome me either. After all, this is not my home.”

Mara covered his chest and left slowly.

Jackie was left behind, sighing as he cleaned the table.

‘Never mind, I do not want to argue with him,’ I just sneered in my heart and left him too.

A few days later, her daughter came back. As soon as she entered the house, she took Clara's hand and asked, “Mom, where is my dad?”

“Your dad went to South Park.”

Her daughter's eyes were wet and she was about to speak when she was stopped by Clara.

Children could not control their parents’ affairs and at that time, Clara really did not want them to worry about it.

She took out the jewelry she had worn over the years, including a pair of gold bracelets with diamonds on it, which her mother had given her when she got married. 

She also showed her several gold necklaces and gold earrings, which were all given to her by Jackie on birthdays and anniversaries over the years. 

Although they were all old styles, they were still very valuable items.

All these things together were worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. She gave them all to her daughter because she knew how hard her daughter had worked.

She also kept some cash for herself to spend for the next two months and gave it all to her daughter.

“By the way, this old house was left to me by your grandfather, so I'll leave it to your brother. It's up to him to keep it or sell it. He's the pillar of the family and the pressure is always greater, so don't think too much about it.”

In an instant, her daughter understood the meaning of her words, if they were her last words, so she could not stop crying. Her mother's forced smile and pretended relaxed look made her feel even more distressed.

When Jackie returned, his daughter had already left. Only the nutritional supplements and fruits neatly arranged in the living room proved that his daughter had been back.

“Has our daughter ever come back?”

“Um.”

“Why didn't you tell me that our daughter was coming back?”

But she just left him in silence. 

Usually, Clara cared most about the reunion day. So, she had been acting out of character lately, traveling alone and eating alone at the dining table.

She used to be the most timid person and never dared to go out alone. Jackie felt a little flustered for some reason.

He moved his lips, wanting to chat with Clara about something, but seeing that she was not interested, he closed his mouth again.

A moment later, Clara transferred the house to her son. This house used to be the old house of the Gallegos family after all. 

Since she was the only daughter of the family, she had lived there since her parents passed away, so it had always been in the name of Clara.

Jackie was not aware of it until he received a call from his son, “Dad, why do you and mom want to transfer the house?”

After completing the formalities, Clara sat in the living room, leisurely eating an apple.

“Clara, what happened? Why did you transfer the house to your son?”

He was breathing heavily and it was obvious that he had run back in a hurry.