lcionline Chapter 1218: Just Tell Me the Truth
Chapter 1218: Just Tell Me the Truth
Athena Linton was more doubtful than trusting in her heart. Without considering anything else, the mere fact that she’s transferring schools in her senior year is full of suspicions. From the beginning, she felt this matter was not logical.
"It’s true." Serena Zimmerman saw through Athena Linton’s disbelief, but she could only nod affirmatively and say it’s true.
"Mom! You should just tell me the truth, okay? What’s really going on here?" Athena Linton always felt there was something fishy about the whole thing. It just didn’t seem as simple as her mom made it out to be. She had to get to the bottom of it; she couldn’t just leave Golden Morning so cluelessly.
Serena Zimmerman still insisted that what she said was true and didn’t lie to Athena Linton. "Everything I just said is true."
She held on tightly, refusing to easily let go.
"I don’t believe it, and if you’re not honest with me, then I’m not going anywhere. I’ll stay right here in Golden Morning, by you and Dad’s side." Athena Linton was convinced there was something off, and she was determined to stand up to her mom. If her mom wouldn’t be honest, she wasn’t going to attend school in Flame City.
Seeing this, Serena Zimmerman knew Athena Linton’s stubbornness was kicking in. She understood her daughter well; once her stubbornness takes hold, no one can change her mind.
"Why are you being so stubborn, child? Just go already, why keep asking so many questions." She still didn’t want to tell the truth, not wanting to reveal those things.
"How am I being stubborn? I just want to know the truth, that’s all." Hearing her mom say that, Athena Linton became even more sure that something unusual was going on, but she still couldn’t figure out how transferring schools was related to what happened on New Year’s Eve.
In her heart, she wondered if something had happened to her dad, making her transfer schools at such a critical time in senior year.
"Mom! Just tell me the truth already. I’m eighteen now, I’m an adult. I’m no longer a little child who knows nothing." To press her mom for the truth, she emphasized her age quite heavily.
Upon hearing this, Serena Zimmerman took a close look at Athena Linton, realizing her daughter had indeed grown up. She had overlooked this fact earlier.
She had always treated her daughter like a child, not realizing that gradually her daughter had become a young woman. She shouldn’t be using the same approach she did when Athena was a child.
"Our Athena really has grown up, it’s always been Mom who got it wrong." Serena Zimmerman patted Athena Linton’s head and, after sighing, continued, "Since you’re already grown and an adult, I’ll tell you. But promise you won’t get worked up when you hear it."
She didn’t continue immediately, instead, she fixed her gaze on her daughter, seemingly waiting for her reaction.
Wanting to hear the truth from her mom as soon as possible, Athena Linton didn’t give it much thought and immediately nodded, "I promise I won’t get worked up, Mom! Just hurry up and tell me."
She was becoming a bit impatient, urging her mom to speak quickly.
This time, Serena Zimmerman didn’t make Athena Linton wait any longer. As soon as Athena’s words faded, she began to recount the story of Autumn Gower coming to their house today. She didn’t go into much detail but summarized the key points and main gist of the matter.
"The ’dream guy’ told his mom we were dating? Why would he say that? Isn’t he just deceiving his mom?" Athena Linton didn’t understand why Grant Heath would say such a thing. Serena Zimmerman had only mentioned Autumn Gower’s visit and hadn’t yet had the chance to talk about the romantic entanglements between Grant Heath, Easton Holmes, and Lily Turner.