Chapter 107 Steven's Awkward Apology
As for Mr. Hayes's order, we need to get all the items ready these days and then ship them out to him.
Speaking of Mr. Hayes, he had asked her to show Duke around South City, but it had been two days and he hadn't sent her any messages.
"I'll go make lunch." Nora got up - it was already eleven o'clock.
She'd also make some soup for Olivia to bring to the hospital, so Olivia could have it when she woke up.
After Nora washed the ingredients and plugged in the slow cooker, she suddenly remembered something.
Today was a workday - why didn't Steven have to go to work?
Just then Steven came out of his room, and Nora asked him, "Don't you have to work today?"
Steven's eyes shifted, and he said casually, "I took the morning off. I just need to get to the office by two this afternoon."
"Did you take leave because you slept in?"
Steven made a sound of agreement.
"Is grilled cheese sandwich okay for lunch? I just checked the fridge - there's only bread and cheese left."
"That's fine." Steven came in to take a look and stood beside her, handing her the butter.
It was just like any other day again.
Nora's mood improved a bit. "Spread it."
Steven spread butter on the outside of two slices of bread. Nora put cheese between the slices, then placed the sandwich in the preheated pan to fry. "Done."
"Grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty easy to make." Nora picked up a plate. "You could learn how then when you're hungry later, you can make it yourself. Just add some cheese and bread, and you can eat."
Steven walked behind her, also holding a sandwich. The two sat facing each other at the dining table.
Steven thought to himself that he wouldn't learn.
If he learned, Nora wouldn't cook for him anymore.
"Has the hospital called?" Nora asked again while eating her sandwich.
Steven glanced at his phone. "Not yet."
They couldn't go to the hospital without notification.
The two ate quietly.
More than ten minutes later, Nora was full. "That was pretty good - maybe I was just hungry."
Steven smiled. Wanting to apologize for yesterday, he got up and took the initiative to clear the table.
Nora could tell, so she didn't bring up yesterday's unpleasantness. People probably don't mean what they say when they're angry anyway.
She was about to leave.
"Nora," Steven called her.
"What?" Nora turned around.
Steven pressed a card into her hand, his expression slightly awkward. "Go buy it."
Meaning for her to go buy the gold.
Nora was stunned, then realized. "Is this your way of apologizing?"
He took the dishes into the kitchen without answering her.
Nora looked at the card, smiling as she looked toward the kitchen, deliberately saying, "Mr. York, you need to work on your temper. Otherwise, at this rate, you'll have to buy ten or twenty gold bracelets a month - you'll go broke!"
Steven stood in front of the dishwasher. Hearing her words, a faint smile spread across his face.
She had forgiven him.
Nora sat down on the sofa and, after thinking it over, decided to call Marcella.
Marcella might be busy, so she gave the phone to Wayne.
"Hello, Nora."
Hearing Wayne's voice, Nora didn't really want to talk, but since it was about Olivia, she had to say something.
"Dad, I need to tell you something." Nora held the phone and pressed her lips together. "Olivia had a fall last night and miscarried. The baby's gone."
Before she could mention that Olivia almost had her uterus removed, Wayne's criticism came.
"What happened? How could she suddenly miscarry out of nowhere?" Wayne snorted. "Was she out playing around again and fell because she wasn't careful? I told her not to go out all the time when she's pregnant. If something really happens, who can take responsibility for that?"
Nora frowned.
Steven came out of the kitchen and sat on the sofa, listening to her phone call.
Wayne said, "She knew pregnancy was hard, but still kept running out to play. She brought this on herself."
Never expect Wayne to listen properly - he would only mock and say irrelevant things.
Over and over, it was the same few phrases: "I said from the start she shouldn't marry into that family," "She knew she was pregnant but still ran around everywhere," "She loved going out, now look - the baby's gone, happy now?" "This is the only way she'll learn her lesson."
Nora was tired of listening and just asked him one question: "Are you coming to the hospital to see her or not?"
"She miscarried, and her in-laws aren't taking care of it?" Wayne asked back.
Nora was very disappointed. "They're them, you're you. Olivia is your daughter - don't you need to come see her?"
"Where's the time? Your mom's at home taking care of Jasmine, and I'm not free either. I don't know how to take the bus, and I can't read. What could I do if I went?"
Nora understood.
They weren't coming.
Something this serious happened to Olivia, and they didn't care whether she lived or died - they would only criticize.
Nora pressed her lips together and said, "That's it then. I'm hanging up."
Wayne said, "As long as her in-laws are taking care of it, that's fine. She's a Reed family person. The baby's gone - they need to take full responsibility."
Nora hung up.
He was always like this - never standing up for them, only criticizing their faults. No matter how miserable Olivia was, all he'd say was "Who told her to marry Willie?" and "She chose it herself, can't blame anyone else."
One phone call with him could make Nora die of anger.
She tossed her phone on the sofa, feeling irritated.
If she wasn't even the person involved, and these words made her this angry, who knows how heartbroken Olivia would be if she heard them herself?
"Your parents aren't coming to see Olivia?" Steven sat beside her - he'd heard most of what she said.
"No," Nora responded flatly, seeming not to want to talk about her family.
So Steven didn't ask further.
Some things don't need to be pried into.
Steven's phone rang. He glanced at it. "It's the hospital calling."
"Quick, see what they're saying."
Steven answered Chris's call. Chris said a few things.
Steven made a sound of acknowledgement and said to Nora, "Olivia's awake. She was just moved to a regular room. Chris says we can visit her now."
Nora felt relieved hearing this.
Finally out of danger.
"I'll drive you over." Steven picked up his car keys.
"Wait for me - I'll go change." Nora went to her room to change, then took Steven's Audi to the hospital.
On the way, Nora asked, "Steven, do you know any lawyers?"
These past two days, Nora had watched many divorce videos and gained some understanding of divorce. She thought Olivia would probably need one soon.
The Reed family was worse than animals.
Olivia's baby was gone, and she'd nearly died on the operating table, but except for Willie, not a single Reed family member had shown up.
No need to think about it - this marriage had reached its end.
The Reed family not coming to see Olivia made their attitude clear, too - they didn't want her to come back.
"I do." Steven glanced at her. "Alton is a lawyer."