Chapter 1091: Chapter 1031: A Letter from 20 Years Ago
"Mom is always like this. When others think differently and you say they are wrong, it means Mom is also wrong."
Sienna Johnson cupped Curly’s face, rubbed her chubby cheeks, and said, "Plato once said: Truth is often held by a few! Understand?"
"Mom, you bully me because I’m a child."
Sheehan started crying. Sienna Johnson stood up and went to the inner room, gently saying, "Sheehan, are you hungry or did you wet yourself? Let Mommy check. Oh dear, you’ve wet the bed again, little rascal."
"Little brat, either pooping or peeing!" Curly mumbled.
She glanced at the metal box on the table, took it, tucked it in her arms, sneaked a peek into the bedroom to see if her mother noticed her, and, seeing that she hadn’t, carefully backed out. She retreated to the door and then ran away.
...
Eastminster Group,
Sienna Johnson arrived at the office in the morning and saw a bouquet of lotuses on her desk. She thought Adrian Desmond had sent them from Abyanabad and didn’t mind it much.
Sienna Johnson was a woman, and although she was rational most of the time, she also liked these occasional small romantic gestures.
Tessa Harrington walked into the office, saw the look on Sienna Johnson’s face, and said, "President Johnson, you look radiant today. Did Sixth Master return to pamper you last night?"
"If you dare speak nonsense again, I’ll complain to Sixth Master."
Tessa immediately mimicked zipping her lips and shook her head vigorously. She dared to joke with Sienna Johnson but not with Adrian Desmond.
"Give me today’s schedule," Sienna Johnson said.
Tessa read through Sienna Johnson’s schedule for the day. It was all routine activities, nothing special.
"President Johnson, you received a letter today." Tessa handed a letter to Sienna Johnson.
"I know, you can leave now."
"Yes, President Johnson."
Sienna Johnson took it, used a paper knife to open the envelope and pulled out the letter inside. There were two pages in total, one of which was obviously old and yellowed.
Sienna Johnson unfolded the yellowed letter and was captivated by its contents.
The letter in front of Sienna Johnson had childish handwriting, even worse than a first-grade primary school student.
—To myself 20 years later
Hello, Belinda Rafael, I am you from 20 years ago. What do you look like 20 years later?
I think in 20 years, you must be married to Drew and have two cute little babies. One boy and one girl.
The boy looks like Brother Drew, and the girl looks like me...
Sienna Johnson read line by line, the gates of memory opened, and she remembered this letter.
It was Christmas at that time, a university student volunteer came to the orphanage to teach, but Sienna Johnson forgot what that teacher looked like. She only remembered that they asked everyone to write a letter.
The content of the letter was: Writing to yourself 20 years later.
She struggled to think and wrote it for a long time, and at that time, Drew wanted to see it, but Sienna Johnson refused.
Sienna Johnson finished reading the letter with its childish strokes and felt a lot inside.
Facing the letter, Sienna Johnson said softly, "In 20 years, I did become very beautiful. I found my biological parents. But... my father passed away. I regret not being able to show him filial piety properly..."
"..."
"You are not an illegitimate child. You have parents who love each other very much. Because of some bad people, you ended up at the orphanage."
At that time, Sienna Johnson was very pretty, and some said she was born to an unmarried woman whose man left her and abandoned her at the orphanage.
"I didn’t marry Brother Drew; I married a man named Adrian Desmond. He has many flaws, but he treats me well. He loves me very much, and I love him too."
"..."
"I have a pair of cute babies. One boy and one girl, both look like Adrian and not like me.
Dad is handsome, and looking like Dad is pretty good too.
The daughter is very naughty and mischievous, spoiled by Dad, not as well-behaved and sensible as you.
You must envy her, don’t you? So happy, enjoying everything you and I never had."
"..."
"I didn’t become a kindergarten teacher. Now my identity is as a businesswoman. Our family doesn’t have a son, so I inherited my father’s company..."
"..."
"Although I went through many setbacks and hardships, fortunately, I am very happy now."
Sienna Johnson looked at the lotuses on her desk, plucked a petal, placed it near her nose to smell, closed her eyes, and reminisced about the past as if it were another lifetime.
The phone rang, Sienna Johnson opened her eyes, saw the flashing indicator light on her phone on the desk, and picked it up.
It was Noah Phillips calling.
The two had been in frequent contact recently, and Sienna Johnson didn’t know what Noah Phillips was planning.
"Hello..."
"Baby, I received a letter from Dean Rafael at the Welfare Home. Did you get it?" Noah’s tone was a bit excited.
"Oh, I received it." But I haven’t read it yet.
"Will you attend the reunion?"
"What reunion?"
"The orphanage children’s reunion... Don’t tell me you didn’t see the invitation letter? Didn’t the Dean send it to you?"
Sienna Johnson picked up the other letter, quickly skimmed through it, and said, "Oh, I received it; I just didn’t notice it just now."
"I want to see the place where we used to live. You should come too." Noah invited sincerely.
Sienna Johnson hesitated a bit. If Noah hadn’t been acting so strangely lately, she might have gone without hesitation. But Noah’s recent pursuit made Sienna Johnson a bit uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Adrian, that dominant, possessive man, wasn’t around; otherwise, he’d go beat Noah up.
Sienna Johnson tactfully declined, "Isn’t it on November 17? That’s a long way off. Let’s talk about it then. I still need to check my schedule arrangements."
"Are you busier than I am? Come on, Dean Rafael also wants to see you. Oh, by the way, I’m bringing Teddy too. Teddy misses you and wonders why you haven’t visited him."
Noah’s aunt opened a special school, and Noah took Teddy there. Sienna initially visited occasionally but later, being busy, met him less.
Especially after having children... Sienna felt somewhat sorry for Teddy.
"Okay, I’ll come." Sienna agreed.
"Then see you there."
"Mm."
Just as Sienna was about to hang up the phone, Noah suddenly asked, "Did you receive the treasure chest I sent you?"
"I did. I didn’t expect you kept it; I thought you’d thrown it away."
In Curly’s eyes, it was just a pile of junk that even children wouldn’t pick up if you threw it outside.
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