Mrs. Lewis continued: “Liberty, don’t listen to Duncan’s hurtful words; he is now… He doesn’t want to see anyone who comes to see him because he is like a hedgehog covered in thorns, and they all claim that others come to see him out of sympathy.”
“Mrs. Lewis, I won’t blame Mr. Lewis.”
Liberty gently withdrew her hand.
She’s not used to being held hands so intimately by Mrs. Lewis.
“Liberty, I came to you today to ask for something.” Mrs. Lewis got to the point, she looked at Liberty with pleading eyes, and said, “Liberty, we are all very sad for Duncan now but we can’t persuade him.
He likes you very much, and he doesn’t want to see you recently. He has low self-esteem, thinks he is disabled, and doesn’t want to drag you down, so he refuses to see you.”
Liberty listened to Mrs. Lewis silently but said nothing.
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