Eugene spoke with a blank expression. “Everyone has their bottom line, Penny. I only attacked your mother for the things that she did, and I’ve never once got you involved in this. However, I can’t say much if we share different viewpoints now. I’ve always treated you like family, but it’s fine if you hate me. I just hope that you choose to attack those who are involved and not hurt those who are innocent.”
Penny let out a hearty laugh. “I can’t believe you’re still worried about Olivia at this point.” “No! I’m worried about you. If you do anything to my wife and son, I’m not sure what they might do to you!” Eugene said with a straight face.
As Penny glared at him, she couldn’t stop her tears from trickling down her face. She left the Nolan Residence without saying anything else. Eugene let out a long sigh before he turned to glare at Connor. “Go punish yourself!” Eugene ordered. “Got it, Mr. Nolan,” Connor replied.
“You’ll be done if such a thing ever happens again!” Eugene growled. “Got it!” Connor replied once more. Eugene headed upstairs only to find a slim figure standing on the third step from the bottom of the stairs. “Why did you come down?” Eugene asked.
Olivia wrapped her arms around him as she gazed at him with a rather amused smile on her face. “I came down to take a look because you were taking so long,” she explained. He chuckled as he stepped forward to stop in front of her. “Were you worried about me?” He slipped his hands into hers.
She heartlessly pulled her hands away before. staring down at him for a few seconds. “You shameless man,” she hissed. “Why would I be worried about you?” “Why don’t you say something sweet to please me for once?” he chuckled. “Would you believe it if I said it?” she asked in return.
“Why not? I believe everything that you say,” he replied. Olivia was speechless for a moment….But between you and Penny, Penny’s the only one who would get hurt. She’s no match for you. I would be a hypocrite if I said that I was worried about you,” she uttered honestly.
Eugene gazed at her seriously while engaging in a debate with her. “Do you think it only hurts when one is physically attacked? Do you know that words can do more harm than knives sometimes?”
She gave him a suspicious look as if to check whether he was fooling around. “What did she say? Olivia finally asked. He sighed. “She said that I never treated her as my sister.”
“What did you do?” she asked again. “I slapped her. She tried to knock her head against the coffee table, and she was acting as if she could kill herself right there and then, but I didn’t stop her. That was when she said those words, Eugene explained. “You’re probably sad to hear that,” Olivia replied.
“I really didn’t want to get her involved in this, but I can’t allow Lara to roam around freely out there. I understand how Penny feels. She will no longer have a home since her parents are in the detention center. Even though they deserve what they got, I still feel rather bad about it. So, I was able to accept anything that Penny did to me. However, I couldn’t stand it when she got others involved,” Eugene explained.
“Is that why you said those things?” Olivia asked.
“Yeah. Previously, Penny left for Mastar and claimed that she wouldn’t come back during the new year. I don’t know how she ended up returning, but she made it just in time during this critical period of the court case. Perhaps she wouldn’t have done all of this if the sentence had already been concluded!” he replied.
“Alright. You should stop thinking about this. Since you can understand things from her point of view, you should just let it go,” Olivia uttered.
“Is Grandpa feeling better?’ he asked. “Yeah. I gave him some soup, and he’s listening to North’s jokes now,” she replied. “I’m so thankful that North is here,” he mumbled. Olivia nodded before she turned to head upstairs. Eugene followed closely behind her.
Meanwhile, Penny headed directly to meet Evan after leaving the Nolan Residence. When she was there, she bumped into Ben. Ben looked like he had just woken up as his hair was messy and his gaze was blank and lifeless. He shuffled across the ground lazily and walked down the stairs.
