My Heart only Beats for You

"Auntie, you can callNatalie. You heldwhen I was a newborn, there's no need to be so formal," said Natalie seriously as she looked at Jessie. Jessie felt as if something had tugged on her heartstrings.

Indeed, when Natalie was first born, she had held her in her own arms.

Back then, Natalie was still a wrinkled, tiny baby, crying loudly in her arms.

Jessie was still young back then. It was her first tholding a child, so she was particularly emotional when she held the tiny Natalie.

When she sent Natalie to the orphanage, she had even fed Natalie.

In the blink of an eye, the little baby in her arms had grown so big, even taller than her.

Jessie suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Natalie," she whispered. "Honestly, it's all in the past." Natalie sighed.

How could she not know that it was all in the past? It was just that she had not yet received closure, especially when she found out how her parents had died.

"Auntie, you didn't tellin detail last time. I want to know exactly what happened to my parents back then. Please, Madam Lawson, tell me." Natalie's serious and determined eyes were fixed on Jessie's face.

Jessie hesitated.

After a while, she took out a newspaper from the drawer next to her and handed it to Natalie. She said, "This is the report about the incident at that time. You can have a look at it." After saying that, Jessie turned her head away and did not look at Natalie again.

When Natalie saw the newspaper, which had already faded yellow, her fingertips trembled violently.

She took a deep breath, then took a look at it.

The newspaper was from over twenty years ago. It had a report on a shooting incident which happened on the streets of the United States.

At that time, a high official from the United States had gone on a trip and was about to be assassinated by a special agent. Fortunately, the agent was discovered by an army officer called Santiago Lawson and was shot dead on the spot.

In the newspaper, Natalie saw a photo of her father.

It was a man with a fierce face. He had thick brows, with vicious-looking eyes.

For sreason, when she saw her biological father, Natalie did not feel anything at all.

Natalie put down the newspaper and asked, "Auntie, do you have a photo of my mother?" Jessie shook her head.

Natalie's eyes turned gloomy.

"Then, have you met her before?" Jessie paused for a moment.

"Yes, and no. She took a bullet straight to the head. When I saw her, she was already gone. Her whole head was covered in blood, so I couldn't see her face." Natalie's body quivered.

Though Jessie had only used a few sentences to describe it, Natalie felt as if she had seen it with her own eyes. She could see her mother lying in a pool of blood, her head mutilated.

She felt strong emotions surge within her.

There was a long silence.

Natalie asked again, "Auntie, do you know where the officer named Santiago Lawson is? I want to meet him." Panic flashed through Jessie's eyes.

"Natalie, why do you want to see him? It's already in the past. Besides, he was only doing his duty back then. Are you seeking revenge? Natalie, it's not practical," Jessie said anxiously.

Natalie shook her head weakly. "No, that's not my intention. I just want to meet him for a bit, the man who caused my parents' deaths. I want to ask him personally, was there no other way back then other than killing my father on the spot?" "Forget about it, Natalie. Let bygones be bygones." "No, I must see him." Natalie was still very adamant about it.

Jessie didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

The nurse cin and wanted to examine Jessie. She asked Natalie to leave the room.

"I'll cback later then, Auntie," Natalie said to Jessie.

"It's late now. Why don't you have dinner first?" Jessie looked at the time. "There's a cafeteria in the hospital. I'll ask my daughter to take you there." "Thank you, Auntie," Natalie replied softly.

Watching as Natalie left, Jessie's eyes were filled with guilt.

After all, she had once held this girl in her own arms.

Jessie still remembered what she felt when she first held Natalie. It was an indescribable emotion towards a new life.

She felt so much love looking at Natalie in her hands. If not for her own unfortunate family conditions, she wouldn't have been willing to hand Natalie over to the orphanage, and would rather have adopted her as her own.

Jessie still remembered that on the way to the orphanage, Natalie had opened her eyes and smiled at her. That smile almost melted her young heart.

Even after over 20 years, Jessie never forgot that smile.

The nurse left after conducting a physical checkup on Jessie.

Jessie was the only one left in the ward.

After sthought, Jessie made a phone call.

The call was quickly connected.

A gentle female voice was heard over the phone. "Madam Lawson, what can I do for you?" Jessie frowned.

The voice was so gentle, yet it was repulsive to Jessie. At the stime, it made her feel extremely incompetent.

She was already so old, yet she felt threatened by a woman who was so much younger than her. "Yuna, Natalie has come."

The person on the other end of the line paused for a second. "Is that so? Is she still asking about her own background?" sath thi FindNI.n't website on Gøøgl to access chapters of early and in the highest quality. "Yes." In a bargaining tone, Jessie said, "Yuna, why must we lie to Natalie? Her birth parents are already gone, why must we fabricate such an elaborate lie for her?" She really couldn't understand why this woman named Yuna had suddenly looked for her and asked her to make up such a lie.

A burst of laughter cfrom the other end of the phone.

It was very cheerful laughter.

"Madam Lawson, have you becsoft-hearted?" Jessie pursed her lips tightly.

Indeed, she had becsoft-hearted.

Though she had only seen Natalie a few times, this was the girl whom she had carried personally when she was just born. She couldn't bring herself to lie to this girl. Her birth parents were already dead, but...

"Madam Lawson, if you've becsoft-hearted, think about what you did back then. Do you want thatm incident to be made known to everyone? What would your colleagues and friends from back then think of you?" Yuna's voice was gentle, yet threatening. Jessie tightened her grip on the phone.

"I understand." After a while, Jessie hung up the phone.

Jessie's daughter brought Natalie to the hospital cafeteria to eat.

She was around the sage as Natalie, with a bright and bubbly personality. During the meal, she kept chatting with Natalie, asking about news within Glevania.

Jessie's daughter also said that although Jessie seemed okay at the moment, the truth was that the root of her illness hadn't been dealt with yet.

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