Chapter 8

Catherine said, "Adam..." She still didn't know him well enough. Adam hung up the phone and said, "Grandma, have a good rest. I'm going back to Red Pine City." Looking at his tall and lonely back, Catherine realized for the first time that she seemed to have done something wrong. She didn't want Adam's marriage to be an exchange of benefits like his parents, so she found a girl of ordinary background for him. She hoped their relationship could be clean and pure, but she ignored that a good marriage needed affection for each other. It was going on midnight. Lumma was awakened by a call when she was soundly asleep. She fumbled for the phone in a daze. When she saw "Mr. Hills" on the screen, she became sober instantly. Lumma sat up and answered the phone respectfully, "Mr. Hills." There came a strange man's voice. "Mr. Hills is drunk. Come to Kells Bar and pick him up." "Wh