The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1007 True or Not

Donna was a bit guilty to see George being so disheartened; after all, he was her own son. No mother in the world would like her child to be unhappy.

She sat by him and tried to make him feel better. "Well, you would need to let go of the past and move on. You should break up with Holley. I mean it. This would be for your own good."

"But Mom, was that true or not?" George asked. He tried to control his shivering hands.

Donna paused and asked, "What was true or not? What were you talking about?"

George said through gritted teeth, "Sula told me about Holley had murdered someone. I need to know if it was true or not." Even though they had been together for quite a long time, George realized that he really didn't know Holley that much.

He could remember that he initially doubted her once, but later dismissed it.

So that was why he now felt betrayed.

Donna looked at her son with gloomy eyes. She remained silent as she went over her thoughts.

She hesitated to tell him the truth.

George confirmed his doubts from the expression on his mother's face.

He took a deep breath and asked her again, "Mom, tell me the truth. I can take it."

She sighed, "Come on, my son. Couldn't you just let it go? Did you know why I never told you about it? That's because I didn't want to you to get hurt. So why wouldn't you just forget it?" George clenched his fists. "No, Mom, I couldn't. I wouldn't want to be treated like a fool. I need to know what happened. Tell me the truth, please!"

He recalled how touched he was when Holley initially told him about her sad stories. After hearing her, he made up his mind to take good care of her. All this time, he thought that he was the only one that she could rely on.

He never expected that Holley concealed the truth from him from the start. It was ironic that even though he noticed something was wrong with her, he never thought that he should investigate about her past. So it was possible for Holley to do that kind of thing to Susan.

Donna paused for a while, and then she glanced at George. "You would want to know the truth, wouldn't you?"

He nodded firmly, "Yes, Mom. Go ahead. I'm ready."

She sighed, "Okay. I'd tell you since you insisted. I didn't mean to ask for it, but I found it out by accident. You know, I didn't like Holley since the first time that we met. Later at Cary's charity gala, I learnt that she seemed to be hostile with Sheryl. So I thought that since they are nemesis, it would probably be a better choice to join forces with Sheryl to fight her. But I didn't expect Sheryl to tell me such an incredible story."

She smiled bitterly as she recounted what Sheryl had told her. George listened attentively. He grew more astonished as she went on, and turned completely pale after Donna had finished speaking. "George, are you okay?" Seeing him so upset, Donna regretted telling him what she knew.

He lifted his head. "I'm fine, Mom. Don't worry."

He was so frustrated that he could barely stand up. He just wanted to go back to Holley to ask her why she did it.

He wanted to ask her, "Are wealth and power really more important to you than our relationship for three years? How could you hide all that from me?

Why couldn't you tell me the truth? You had been cheating on me for three years, and I had no idea at all."

"Where are you going?" Donna interrupted his thoughts when she saw he was about to leave. "You told me that you could take it, right?"

"Mom, leave me alone. My brain is feeling like a mess now, and I could use some peace and quiet."

Donna decided not to argue with him. "Okay. But you should not do anything stupid. She would not be worth it. I wouldn't let you go if you didn't promise that."

George promised that he would be good. Now he could understand why his mother tried her best to prevent his relationship with Holley.

He went out of the house but didn't know where to go. He was sad and stressed out, so he decided to throw himself into a bar. He drank all night and hoped the booze would drown his sorrows.

He was drinking all night, in order to sleep soundly afterwards, and most importantly, to forget about all those sad things that were bothering him. In the contrary, the more he drank, the clearer he felt. The next morning, he decided to pay Sheryl a visit so he waited for her at the company's entrance.

He didn't doubt what Donna had told him, but he wanted Sheryl to personally confirm it.

That would be the only way for him to be able to say goodbye to Holley. Sheryl was a few meters away from the company when she noticed the shadow near the entrance. She squinted and felt a little scared when she saw a man squatting by the door. She looked around to ask someone for help but found nobody. At that time, she already planned to call Charles, but before she could, the the man looked up. "Good morning, Sheryl," he greeted. She was relieved when she recognized it was George. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

She looked at him questioningly and asked, "What were you doing here, George?

Would there be anything that I can do for you?" She noticed him being downhearted, but decided not to pry.

George said with a hoarse voice, like an old man, "I..."

He leaned against the wall as he felt dizzy and nauseated. "I had something to ask you." He glanced at Sheryl who was intently looking at him.

Since she didn't know what had happened to him, she tried to query carefully. "Okay, what is it?"

However, George was too sick to respond. Sheryl figured that he came to ask her about Holley, so she sighed and asked him, "Did you have your breakfast? There's a restaurant around the corner, would you like to eat something with me?"

The truth was, she already had breakfast but she deliberately said that she hadn't, that way George would not feel awkward.

He nodded. "That sounds good."