386 Hobo! (2/2)

”Take a bath,” said Clara. ”Did you even eat anything?” Nora shook her head making Clara glared at her in annoyance. ”Oh, so you plan on becoming a real hobo now!”

Nora smiled thankfully at her step-father but her smile was strained. Her heart was clenching in her chest. Jing Ge had truly been an amazing father to her. He loved her, cared for her, did everything to make her feel like they were family. She really didn't know how she was gonna look at him.

Would he really hate her if he knew what a failure she was? Would he also leave as her own father did? Or maybe, he wouldn't even want to see her again.

All these thoughts were running through her mind as Nora made her way to her room. She had put Jackie down at his room's door and now, she just laid on her bed staring at the ceiling with complicated feelings.

”Bitter or sweet, you're gonna have to face this reality,” she mumbled to herself before getting up to take a shower.

Downstairs...

”Don't you think something is wrong with Nora?” inquired Jing Ge looking at his wife.

Clara had a thoughtful look as she replied, ”Who knows what she's dreading now. But I'm sure she'll come around. You don't worry about it.” He nodded at her. ”Sister Qin, can you please make something for Nora?” she shouted from the lounge.

”Yes, madam!” came the reply from the kitchen.

When Nora came down, a bowl of noodles was already waiting for her. She sat down calmly and started slurping on the hot noodles. But just as she drank the soup of the noodle directly from the bowl, she froze seeing how her parents were staring at her curiously.

”You have something to say?” Clara started the conversation.

”How do you know that?”

”It's written all over your face,” said Jing Ge.

Nora pursed her lips before wiping her mouth with the napkin. She stared at their faces for a moment longer before speaking up, ”Mom, I told you about a boy I was in love with.”

Clara nodded her head. ”Yes, I remember.” Nora didn't have to repeat anything for Jing Ge because if his mother knew then there was no way her father didn't know. The one thing she loved about her parent's relationship was the fact they had a very transparent relationship. Both of them didn't hide anything from each other. Even if they both were in different fields of works, there was nothing that they didn't know about each other's life.

”I got pregnant back then,” she finally blurted out as she closed her eyes not daring to see their expressions. From the moment, she got to know about her pregnancy to the point she ran away to her grandmother, she told everything to them calmly and both of them didn't even interrupt her. However, their silence was the reason why she opened her eyes again to look at them when she finished her piece.