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“Yes, it was me who sent you away.” Before Calix could respond, she hurriedly continued, her speech fast, and she had to lower her head and gasp for breath, “I know it was wrong, but at that time, your eyes were not well, and I just wanted to find a peaceful place for you to recuperate.”
This time, Calix didn’t even respond. He simply tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up with a silent irony. Though he didn’t say a word, it made Pamela feel even more
embarrassed than if he had said a thousand words.
Standing in front of him, she felt utterly ashamed.
“Yes, I wasn’t happy when I sent you away, but can’t you understand my situation as well? I had no other choice. If there was any possibility, I wouldn’t have…” She continued to defend herself, with a touch of pitifulness.
Over the years, Calix had treated her with neither warmth nor coldness, but he had never mistreated her either. She wanted nothing more than to feel the love of her son, but as his mother, she couldn’t sense any affection from him.
Pamela didn’t like this feeling and had always wanted a chance to defend herself, but she had never dared to bring up this matter. Now that she had spoken, she wanted to defend herself thoroughly and hope for Calix’s understanding.
The next moment, she raised her voice again, “Back then, I couldn’t be blamed either. Your father had just passed away, and your eyes were completely messed up. The doctors said there was no possibility of recovery. Besides, you had such a bad temper, always exploding and throwing things. There was no way to communicate with you normally.”
“I couldn’t let your grandfather’s business fall into someone else’s hands, so I had no choice but to…” She tried to explain, sounding pitiful.
“Adopting another son was also an act of helplessness. In the end, it was all for your own good.
“Even if you were blind for your whole life, at least I would have managed the family business, and your later life wouldn’t be in poverty, right?”
Calix had always been reticent. Even if he had countless complaints about Pamela, he had never complained to her. But what she said was too shameless.
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The corner of his mouth arched with a deeper sarcastic curve, “With words like these, you sound guilty. How do you expect me to respond?”
Bang!
Pamela’s hand trembled, and the notebook in her hand fell to the ground.
Being so bluntly pointed out, she blushed with shame, her eyes flickering in confusion, and her lips trembling uncontrollably.
She reached out as if trying to hold onto something, but her hand was shaking too much to hold onto anything. Instead, she knocked over a cup.
As the cup fell off the table, it made a loud clanging noise and shattered into pieces.
Calix finally turned his head and looked at the woman in front of him.
Over the years, what he resented was not her adopting another son to inherit the family business, nor was it her decision to place him in a remote mountain area.
The fact that she didn’t come to see him after sending him to Evercrest Town was a major letdown for him. A girl he didn’t know took pity on him, and he was amazed by her willingness to listen and offer guidance on how to control his anger and begin anew…
But this biological mother of his completely ignored him!
It was not even proper placement; it was abandonment!
Clearly, Pamela didn’t understand.
Disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he took another step forward.
However, Pamela pushed over a chair in a hurry.
The chair hit the ground with a loud bang.
As a mother, she couldn’t tolerate her dignity being trampled upon. She couldn’t control her anger and yelled at Calix’s back, “Why should I feel guilty? I don’t feel guilty at all!”
To show her imposing manner, she shouted with all her might, “It’s you who is to blame! Had you not insisted on leaving, would your father have gotten into the car accident? Why does bad luck
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always seem to find our family?”
“Have you forgotten? Your father wouldn’t have died if he hadn’t protected you and suffered a brain injury that couldn’t be treated!”
Pamela slapped the table heavily. “You made such a big mistake, so what if you suffer a little injustice? And remember, I made you the Quinn family heir again and fixed your eyes. You haven’t lost anything at all!”
This time, no matter what she said, Calix didn’t stop.
The last thing she saw was his figure disappearing at the end of the stairs.
Pamela, on the other hand, slumped on the sofa after cursing him, unable to move.
She bent down and covered her face.
Even though Calix didn’t argue back, she couldn’t fault him for it. Pamela had long realized that her husband was just doing what a father would do and putting his life on the line to save Calix.
It was just that she couldn’t absolve herself of her own absurdity, so she blamed everything on Calix.
Calix returned to his room and rubbed his forehead.
He lay down on the sofa in the bedroom and let all his strength drain away.
After a while, he picked up his phone and sent a message to Cathy: “Good night.”
When he returned after taking a shower, he found two missed calls on his phone.
One was from Cathy.
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The other was from Linda, his assistant.
Linda was his assistant, and she wouldn’t call at such a late hour unless it was something imp
Calix pressed her number.
“President,” Linda’s voice came through the phone, clear and bright. “I’ve checked the matter you asked me to. I found information about the cornea donor from the hospital that conducted the transplant.”
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She took a deep breath and continued, “However, the donor didn’t leave a name, and there is no information about their age or hometown. I specifically asked the person in charge of this matter at the time, but they didn’t provide any additional information.”
“They did provide some information though. They said that back then, a young girl, around fifteen or sixteen years old, came. Everyone thought she was a posthumous cornea donor, so they carried out a battery of tests and found that her blood type and other data matched yours perfectly, making
her a suitable candidate for cornea transplantation to you.”
“She expressed her willingness to donate her cornea while alive, but obviously, this goes against the law and hospital regulations, so no one was willing to perform the operation for her.”
Listening to all this, Calix’s heart was deeply moved, and he couldn’t help but ask, “It’s been ten years since these events. Can those people still remember?”
“Although it’s been ten years, the incident was too unusual at the time. A girl in her teens wanted to donate her cornea while alive. It became a big news story. Moreover, the girl was quite persistent: she kept bothering the chief doctor for several weeks. How could anyone forget that?”
“What surprised everyone even more was that later on, this girl actually went to a private hospital and had her cornea removed for real.”
“Are you sure?” Calix’s chest tightened with extreme pain upon hearing this, spreading little by little.
“Well… I’m not completely sure, but… the hospital on the other end sent the cornea with specific details for transplantation to you, and all the blood type and other factors matched yours. Besides that girl, there couldn’t be anyone else.”
Corneas are already scarce. Only a limited number of people die each year, and less than one percent of them are willing to donate their organs. Considering Calix’s specific blood and genetic factors, the requirements for a cornea match were even higher. Even if we considered all living individuals, the chance was less than one in ten million.
That’s why the entire Quinn family believed he would be blind for the rest of his life.
After hanging up the phone for a long time, Calix remained frozen in the same posit reser
a statue.
After a long while, he called Cathy.
“Calix.” On the other end, Cathy’s voice sounded clear and joyful. “I never expected you to send me a message. It’s been so long since I received a message from you before going to sleep. I’m so happy.”
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Calix took a deep breath, “Is that person… you?”
