Marcus approached the stray woman as he called her his aunt. The woman froze and turned her hazy eyes t o Marcus. The tears from her eyes flowed down her cheeks, washing the dirt away as they went. She looked at Marcus with blood-like tears falling from those eyes. In a hoarse voice, she asked, "Young man, what...did you just call me?"
Marcus stepped forward and held the woman's hands i n excitement. "Auntie, you are my aunt, right? You are not the child of my step-grandmother, but my actual grandmother. You are my aunt by blood."
His speech was unorganized due to his frantic state." But auntie, you were raised by my step-grandmother. The two of you were forced to move away from the Shaw residence and lived in a small house. In the year you turned eighteen, my step-grandmother told my grandfather that you are actually my grandmother's child. My step-grandmother, she was an incredibly talented person. I still keep her drawings with me till this day..." Marcus studied his aunt's expression, but most of her face was covered by her hair, and what little part of her face that was showing was covered in dirt, so Marcus could only see those hazy, dazed eyes.
More and more tears streamed down her cheeks. She looked at Marcus and whispered under her breath. " Who knew that there's still someone who remembers my mom and her drawings...?"
"Auntie!" Marcus fell on his knees. "You are my auntie..."
Behind them, the old Master Shaw was so shaken that he took a few steps backward. "You...are my...my daughter?"
Marcus lifted his head to look at the stray woman in both excitement and desperation, "Did you know that my...my parents, my three brothers and I have been looking for you everywhere, Auntie? My brothers have made countless trips overseas in search for you and m y parents travel around the country year-round to look for you. We have been looking for over thirty years now, Auntie. Back when you ran away from home, you were only eighteen years old, and now thirty-three years have passed and you should be fifty-one this year. Isn't that right, Auntie?"
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