Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection - Season 3 Episode 30

Ignoring him, I found my phone and dialed Rachel’s number. After a few rings, the call was hung up.

When I tried to call again, it was already unreachable. I only received a text message, “Tabatha, I know

what I want and what I should or shouldn’t do. I’m not a child, I don’t need you constantly telling me

what to do. I want some peace for a while, please do not disturb!”

Looking at the message sent on my phone, I felt a lump in my throat. Was she blaming me for

meddling in her affairs?

Taking a deep breath, my headache worsened. Yes, I was not her provider, had no right to meddle in

her personal affairs. We were just friends since childhood, I had no place in the things she wanted to

do.

Yes, she was able to meet William ultimately because of me. I could rationally analyze the pros and

cons, but I couldn’t rationally watch her so-called compliance with her heart.

Putting down my phone, I felt a heavy discomfort in my heart. If William and Emma really ended up

parting ways because of her impulsiveness, how should I face Emma?

“Woo woo woo…” The phone started to vibrate.

I glanced sideways, the caller ID showed it was my mother. I answered the call, and my mother’s voice

came from the other end, “Tabatha, are you asleep?”

Listening to her voice, my face brightened considerably. I asked into the phone, “Not yet, Mom, when

are you and Mr. Borseth coming back?”

“I was just about to talk to you about this,” Mother began, “After Alexander and I attended Mia’s

wedding, we came over to Alexander’s old home here in the mountains. It’s quite remote, but the air is

good and the scenery is nice. The only problem is the inconvenient road. Our car couldn’t make it up

the mountain this afternoon, so Alexander and I had to hike in. You wouldn’t believe it, I’ve never

walked such a long mountain path in my life. It was really tiring!”

Listening to my mother’s nagging voice, I realized that she and Alexander had gone into the mountain

that had collapsed ten years ago. I quickly spoke up. “Didn’t you say you were just going to take a

look? Why did you go into the mountain? The mountain is almost entirely hollowed out with mines,

what were you doing in there?”

My mother, on the other hand, didn’t seem to mind. She said, “It’s okay. At first, I thought the same as

you, that this mountain must have been unsafe due to past disasters. However, when Alexander and I

came today, we found it wasn’t as dangerous as you thought. The previously collapsed mountain has

almost recovered, and now it’s all dense forests. I’ve asked around, and the government often sends

people to investigate, so there’s no problem. You can rest assured, nothing will happen. Besides, there

are still many villagers living deep in the mountains. They said that apart from the natural disaster that

occurred ten years ago, there haven’t been any major incidents here in recent years. Don’t worry.”

Aware that I couldn’t persuade my mother from such a distance, I took a slight breath and reluctantly

said, “Alright, I won’t worry. But tell me, why are you going to the mountains? When will you be back?”

Mother chuckled, “I was just about to tell you this over the phone. Alexander, he initially just wanted to

come back for a visit. But when we got to the foot of the mountain, we met a villager who said that it

seemed like the remains of those who perished in the disaster ten years ago had been found over the

years. Hearing this, Alexander decided to come back to see if he could find his parents’ remains and

give them a

proper burial.”

I frowned, the mountain had been hollowed out years ago, most people were buried hundreds of

meters deep in the mountain, how could the remains of the victims suddenly appear?

Even if it were to occur, it would be due to tectonic movements or extensive development of the area

that the remains of the victims might be discovered. In the short span of ten years, there had been no

earthquakes or other natural disasters in that area, let alone extensive development. Since the incident,

the Hinton family had not done any development on the mountain, and had basically left the land

untouched, not to mention others.

“Mom, are you sure that the bones found by the villagers over there are from the victims of that year?

It’s been ten years, there might have been other accidents in that mountain, the remains might not be

from those victims.” I voiced out, somewhat doubtful.