304 Wedding Reception (1/2)

”Still, it's all Old Madam Liu's fault. If she had just let mom and her older son have a happy life, there would have been no tragedy!” Rizie huffed. They were inside a van that was headed to the wedding reception party.

”Ouch!” she cried when her back was hit by Grandma Terry.

”You! Spurting nonsense! If none of that had happened, do you think you would have still been born? What happened was tragic, but all things happened for a reason. Your mother met your father, then you were born… This brat…” Grandma Terry scolded her, and  Rizie ended up scratching her head.

”Thom has suffered a lot too... He saved me first… I'm sure he was blaming himself for Charlie's death…” Sheila mumbled.

Sheila remembered the look in Senior Liu's face when their eyes met earlier at the church. She could see years of sorrow reflected in his eyes.

She knew Thom well... Even before she had reciprocated Charles' feelings, she and Tom had been good friends. Just like Charles, Thom had always treated her well. At one point, she had even gotten confused about her own feelings. Sheila was not insensitive not to have noticed Thom's affections toward her. She did like him, but she loved Charles…

Sheila's thoughts were interrupted by her mother, who was patting her shoulder and said, ”Zach understands you well. Now you are free from that burden, from the truth…”

Sheila let out a long sigh… Her mother knew her so well. Hiding the truth from Zach had been a big load on her shoulders for as long as she could remember. She had been planning to tell Zach about his real identity once he had settled down with his own family. But the truth had caught up with her instead. Before she could reveal anything to Zach, the truth had decided to show itself first.

Meanwhile, Keira and Zach decided to go home after their families had made sure that they would take care of their guests on their behalf…

But during their ride home, Zach suddenly ordered, ”Jim, go to the reception hall instead.”

Keira frowned and asked, ”Are you sure? Aren't you tired from everything that happened? We can just go home and rest. Dad will explain everything to the guests. He will tell them that we are just too impatient to celebrate our honeymoon…”

Zach smiled as he kissed Keira's hand that he was holding. He responded, ”Hmm, everything was really unexpected and overwhelming. I still need to digest all the information slowly... But I'm alright. They are our guests, and they have come to celebrate our big day with us. So we must be there and celebrate it with them. No one died, so I don't see the point for us to sulk and rest…”

Keira smiled at her husband lovingly and gave him a kiss on his cheek. She just received a message from Thea, informing her that Old Madam Liu was doing well and would wake up soon. She passed her phone to Zach to let him read it.

After reading Thea's message, Zach looked at Keira and told her, ”After this… I would like to know all about my real father. How he looked like and what kind of a man he was. I also want to visit his grave…”

Keira smiled and nodded.

...…..

At The Wedding Reception

”I still can't believe Zach is Old Madam Liu's grandson. Gosh… Look at the similarities,” Lana sputtered, as she showed Charles Liu's old photograph on her mobile phone to May, Drey, and Cielo.