Chapter 224 Chasidah, Are You My Mother?


Ebony thought, 'A gift?'


Ebony looked at Chasidah, and then she thought of that expensive jade ring.


Ebony wanted to refuse, but Grace had already stood up, took her hand, and led her to the dining room.


Once Ebony walked into the dining room, she saw that the table was piled with gift boxes of all sizes.


Ebony said with wide eyes, "So many presents?"


Grace picked up a box at random and said, "You just turned 20 years old. At least, we have to prepare 20 gifts. Look, it's my gift for you. See if you like it?"


Ebony took the box and opened the package. Then, she saw that inside was a very expensive designer bag!


Ebony felt that she was holding the bag as if she was holding 20,000 dollars! She thought the gift was too expensive!


Then Grace chose a box and said, "This is a gift from your Uncle Beau. He kept it a secret. I don't know what it is. You should open it and see."


Beau came over with his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "Ebs, I'm giving you something practical."


Ebony thought, 'Something practical? Is it a gift like a watch or something?'


Ebony hesitantly opened the box and then took out a nunchaku from inside.


Ebony felt speechless.


Grace was rendered speechless.


Beau laughed as he said, "Hahaha! I've seen videos of you fighting against others before. Your upper body dexterity still needs to be improved. If you play with nunchaku more, it will build up the muscles on your forearms."


Ebony held the nunchaku and was silent for a long time. Then she could only say, "Thanks, Uncle Beau. I'll work on my upper body..."


"Don't mind him!" Grace immediately took the nunchuck away and tossed it aside. Then she slipped a box to Ebony and said, "Here. This is a gift from Virginia."


When Virginia heard her name in the living room, she quickly ran over, but Chasidah grabbed her.


Then Virginia turned around and looked at Chasidah in confusion.


Chasidah sighed as she stroked her granddaughter's head, saying, "We're not going over there. Ebony doesn't seem to like us very much."


Virginia froze and became anxious. "Why doesn't Ebony like me? I'm... I'm a good girl!"


Chasidah shook her head. She could see that Ebony had avoided her several times tonight.


Lloyd heard what Chasidah said by the side. Then, he frowned as he said, "She didn't mean that..."


"Llo." Chasidah suddenly interrupted Lloyd and asked, "Does she know?"


Lloyd gave a start and then looked down.


Seeing Lloyd's expression, Chasidah immediately understood what was going on.


Then she said with a bitter smile, "She really knows. Did you tell her?"


Lloyd shook his head and said, "No, I didn't."


Chasidah froze. "It wasn't you? Then who..."


As Chasidah said this, she suddenly reacted and said, "At that time, you deliberately told her the value of the jade ring. You deliberately wanted her to find out..."


Lloyd pursed his lips and looked at the dining room. Then, he said in a light voice, "She will definitely find out."


"So she's found out now." Chasidah shook her head and said, "That's why she's avoiding me..."


Lloyd didn't make a sound.


Chasidah added, "She's so smart. It took her less than a month to find out... Ebony is extraordinarily judgmental. It's like that variety show called The Ghost that she was on two days ago. She's the only one who can crack the questions that the other guests can't. And she can also weld."


Lloyd felt speechless.


Chasidah was talking with tears in her eyes. "What a miserable life Ebony used to live! She actually knows how to weld..."


Seeing Chasidah crying, Lloyd could only hand her a tissue.


Then, Chasidah took the tissue and wiped her eyes.


At that moment, Ebony and Grace came back. When he saw Chasidah crying, Ebony froze.


"Gee, what's wrong?" Grace quickly went over and held Chasidah's shoulders as she said, "Chasidah?"


Chasidah shook her head. Then she said bitterly, "It's too late. It's time for Virginia and me to go."


Grace said quickly, "Don't go. It's already midnight. You can go back tomorrow."


Chasidah shook her head and said, "No. Otherwise, we're disturbing you too much..."


"Not at all..."


At that moment, Ebony suddenly said, "And it's not safe to walk at night."


Chasidah froze and immediately looked at Ebony.


Grace then happily patted Chasidah on the arm.


Ebony averted her eyes awkwardly and said, "You can go tomorrow..."


Chasidah covered her mouth for a moment. She wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.


At that moment, Beau came over with a box and said, "I found it. It's a gift from Chasidah."


Beau brought the weighty box to Ebony's face.


Ebony's throat twitched. Then she looked over at Chasidah. When she saw Chasidah's expectant gaze, she took the box.


The box was heavy. And she didn't know what was in it. Given the weight, she thought it should contain something big like jade or ancient porcelain.


Ebony had already thought about it. If it was a particularly valuable antique, she would have to return it to Chasidah immediately!


Grace handed her the scissors. After opening the box, Ebony put her hand inside and touched it.


After a while, when she pulled her hand out, she had a power drill in her hand!


Given its look weight and size, it was not an electric drill but an impact drill.


Beau was speechless.


Grace was rendered speechless.


Lloyd was speechless.


Virginia felt speechless.


And the maids felt speechless.


Ebony looked at the impact drill in her hand with a bewildered expression. Then she looked up at Chasidah.


Chasidah squeezed the tissue paper. With an expectant look on her face, she said, "I don't know what you like. You didn't seem to like the last gift I gave you. Then, I watched your live stream and tried to learn about your hobbies. Later, I found that you joined the wire quite fast. Then, I bought a set of impact drill kits for you. And there are many other accessories there. Plumbers and electricians also use it. And it's quite functional. Do you like it?"


Ebony felt speechless.


The others remained silent.


The large room was silent. No one spoke for a long time.


If Grace didn't know Chasidah was not this kind of person, she would have thought Chasidah was deliberately playing a prank on Ebs.


She wondered why Chasida's gift to Ebony changed from an emerald ring worth 200 million dollars to a set of 40 dollars impact drills in the hardware store.


Ebony wiped her face.


Then, she took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. Finally, she nodded vigorously and said, "I like it!"


Chasidah was overjoyed and said, "If you like it!"


Virginia sat in Chasidah's arms and quickly asked, "Ebony, do you like my gift?"


Then, Ebony lifted her right hand. A red braided bracelet was already on her wrist.


Virginia immediately said proudly, "This is a bracelet I made up myself!"


Then Ebony smiled as she nodded and said, "Virginia, you're great."


Virginia immediately puffed up her little chest. She looked so proud.


Then Ebony looked over at Chasidah, whose eyes had turned red.


She hesitated and whispered, "Aunt Chasidah, m-may I ask you a question?"


Chasidah froze. She immediately shoved Virginia into Grace's arms. Then she stepped forward and took Ebony's hand as she said, "Go ahead and ask!"


Ebony bit her lower lip nervously, then looked up seriously at the dignified and graceful lady in front of her.


After a long moment of hesitation, Ebony asked, "Chasidah, are you my... m-mother?"


Chasidah's voice was a little muffled. She choked out, "What do you think?"


Ebony looked torn and said, "We look so much alike. It would be hard for me not to admit it. And I asked Harley about it, and he said he was surprised to see you..."


Chasidah looked at Ebony's eyes and nodded. "Then would you like to..."


Ebony closed her eyes and interrupted, "But I still can't believe it! W-when did you and my father meet? You're beautiful, but I still can't believe that my father would cheat in marriage... He and Roxanne weren't divorced at that time..."


Chasidah felt speechless.


Beau and Grace were speechless.


Lloyd felt speechless.


"Wait, wait..." Chasidah was about to cry, but her tears were stuck at the edge of her eyes and could not stream down.


Then she looked at Ebony with difficulty and asked, "A-Are you talking about M-Mr. Pine?"


Chasidah felt speechless.


"E-Ebs..." Grace then tried to help Chasidah explain.


The moment she spoke up, she suddenly heard Chasidah yell out, "W-what did you call me? Did you call me mom?"


She said as she immediately went forward and hugged Ebony tightly!


Grace felt speechless.


Then, Grace was a bit embarrassed, but that was not the point...


Beau now really felt that his old friend Stewart was too miserable.


Although his wife didn't ask Stewart to come over to celebrate her daughter's birthday, after Beau listened to their conversation, he found out that Ebony actually thought his biological father was his stepdad.


Beau could see that Chasidah might have wanted to divorce Stewart for a long time.


Beau now wondered if Stewart was currently separated from his wife and daughter or not.