"A date?" Madam White added a hint of disappointment in her tone, "Alright, since the young couple has a date, let's let it be. Let me speak a few words with Joanna."
Gary White passed the phone to Joanna Lawrence, "Mom wants to say something to you."
Joanna took the phone and sweetly called out, "Mom."
"Joanna..."
Madam White rattled on and on for almost half an hour, before she finally hung up.
"Joanna, don't think that Mom is being clingy. She's been feeling guilty for having sent you away and not managing to bring you back. She has always been worried about how you're doing, and now that she's finally found you after so many years, she just wants you by her side all the time."
"She wants to make it up to you, to take care of you."
"Brother, I understand." Joanna nodded.
"Alright, as long as you understand. If you're not too busy, do visit home more often. Mom is always thinking of you."
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