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After Deloris’s tirade, Ellsworth said, “Amiyah is sick. I was just
paying a courtesy visit.”
Deloris was so angry she laughed, staring straight at Ellsworth
and changing her form of address. “Mr. Townsend, was it also
courtesy when you had my Miss pretend to be Ms. Graham at
the hotel to clean up your messes?”
“You haven’t even finished the divorce with my Miss, yet you
parade around with Ms. Graham. the Graham family goes
around calling you their son–in–law. Is that courtesy?”
“Over the years, women have come to my Miss every so often,
asking her to step aside, and you keep making her deal with
those things. Is that courtesy?”
“You didn’t have a wedding, didn’t even buy my Miss a wedding
ring, but you wear matching rings with other women. Is that
courtesy?”
Seeing Ellsworth’s face change, Deloris didn’t back down and
continued to argue, “Mr. Townsend, I’m just a simple person,
not well–educated, but I know none of these things are in line
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with traditional etiquette. None of them show respect for my
Miss.”
“Since you’ve been sneaking around with Ms. Graham for so
long, you should just get the divorce done and let Ms. Chavez
go.”
After following Ellsworth to Amiyah Graham’s ward, Deloris had
been holding in her anger until now.
So, now that she ran into Ellsworth, she said everything she
wanted to say.
If she offended him, so be it. If she was aggressive, so be it.
Harriet and Ralph were dignified people, mindful of the old ties
between the families, but she couldn’t bear it and had to speak
up for them.
Besides, as an old woman, what could Ellsworth really do to
her?
Faced with Deloris’s aggressiveness, Ellsworth just said coldly,
“Deloris, I’ve never looked down on Harriet.”
Deloris replied, “Then, Mr. Townsend, please do my Miss a favor
and get the paperwork done, let her go, so she can date and
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marry like a normal person.”
She kept insisting on the divorce, but Ellsworth just kept a cold
face and ignored her.
He went straight back to Harriet’s room.
In the corridor, Deloris looked back at Ellsworth, thinking she
was glad she ran into him and finally got to vent her anger.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to sleep tonight from
being so upset.
Inside the hospital room, Harriet sat motionless on the bed,
head down, flipping through her book as if nothing had
happened, her eyes calm.
When Deloris was speaking, she wasn’t far from Harriet’s room.
The door wasn’t fully closed, so Harriet heard everything.
She didn’t go out to stop Deloris or prevent her from scolding Ellsworth–not because she wanted Deloris to scold him, but because she didn’t want to play the saint and defend him at this
point.
At that moment, the hospital room door was pushed open.
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Ellsworth came in.
Harriet glanced at him indifferently, then looked away and
continued reading.
At this point, Ellsworth asked emotionlessly, “Did Vicente call
you?”
“Yes,” Harriet replied softly.
Harriet was calm and unruffled. Ellsworth said, “You seemed to
enjoy the commotion just now, didn’t you?”
Harriet turned a page and said coolly, “If you dare to do it, why
shouldn’t others be allowed to talk about it?”
Unimpressed by her attitude, Ellsworth looked down at her.
“Harriet, do you think that just because you left the Townsend
Group and bought a house, you’re all grown up now?”
At his words, Harriet gently put down her book and looked up at
Ellsworth.
After looking at him for a while, she said calmly and steadily,
“Ellsworth, you’re not my parent. You have no right to say that to
me.”
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“And the truth is, I’ve proven I can live well after leaving the
Townsend Group. There are many things I can do besides
working there.”
“As for the patent fees from buying my house, people came to
buy the patent even when I was still at the Townsend Group.”
“So even if I hadn’t transferred it to Galaxy Innovations, even
without your additional investment, I could have cashed out.”
“But Ellsworth, even so, we’re still partners. We’re equals. And
your future returns will far exceed your investment.”
“I’ll also get even greater rewards.”
They looked into each other’s eyes. Seeing Ellsworth didn’t
respond immediately, Harriet calmly added, “If the assets you
transferred to me weren’t given willingly, I can return them to
you at any time.”
“But for those three years at the Townsend Group, I was
working. I didn’t get a free ride.”
“So it’s not about being all grown up. If you insist on using that phrase, then all I can say is, I have the confidence to leave the
Townsend Group, and I have the confidence to leave you.”
