Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 10 Surprising Secrets

Scarlett rushed into Mammy's room, where she was lying quietly on the bed, as if asleep.Scarlett didn't dare to disturb her, and walked over on tiptoe, quietly looking at the old man who was so tortured by the disease that she could hardly recognize her.

Her entire body shrank several times like a deflated balloon, half of her originally black hair turned gray, her previously thick and strong hands were almost as wrinkled as the pine bark outside, and her jet-black eyelids Closed tightly, like two old hinge locks, the whole body trembles up and down with irregular breathing like a steam engine that is about to be scrapped.

Mammy is really getting old.Scarlett thought sadly.She thought Mammy was the same strong, strong Mammy who had brought her up, letting her put her head on her breast and enjoy the caresses she had done as a child; she thought Mammy was the understanding Mammy who would always support her, She can let her confide the secrets in her heart without any scruples; she thought...but when she really met, she realized that Mammy was old and could no longer take care of her.

"Then let me take good care of her." Scarlett sat by Mammy's bed, took her hand, and rubbed it against her face.

She seemed to hear something, was Mammy talking?Scarlett opened her eyes, and it was Mammy's old, dim eyes that met her.These eyes once saw through her countless little tricks, and once tried their best to fight her wits and courage, but now they turned into two withered yellow beads, and they were covered with a thick layer of white shadow.

"Miss Ellen, is that you? I know you have been suffering all these years, and you can't tell anyone, but I know it all. I know you don't love Mr. Gerald, and you have always been thinking about your playboy Tang Brother. What's his name, Philip, but he's dead. Why can't you forget him? He's not half as good as Mr. Gerald? But when you're sick, all you think is all you say It's him, I can't bear it. Dilsey, that stupid bitch, let the lady know about it. Fortunately, they don't suspect it, and neither does Mr. Gerald. He treats you sincerely, and wants to die It's all about you. But he doesn't know, you don't have him in your heart. Fortunately, he doesn't know, and he is a happy fool in the end. I thought, when you get there, you won't have so much suffering, you can Looking for your Philip."

Scarlett was stunned.She suddenly remembered that she had just escaped from Atlanta during the war. She asked Mammy how she died and who she called before she died. , just don't take it seriously.Now Mammy's words have completely awakened all her memories and explained the questions that have puzzled her for a long time.

Mom doesn't love Dad.Her heart was ashamed, and waves of uncomfortable feelings spread throughout her body like turbulent waves, making her hands numb.She tried her best to restrain her emotions, and gently put down Mammy's hand, the expression on her face was still warm, but her heart felt cold.She propped herself up on her hands and forced her limp legs to stand up.

Very good, now, leave quietly.She can't let Mammy know that she knows about it, and she can't let Suellen and the others know that, like Mammy, she will keep this secret for a lifetime.

"Miss Scarlett, be good." Mammy's voice suddenly came from behind, scarlett almost fell down.

"You haven't combed your hair for many days, and Miss Ellen has no time to care about you. Don't forget, you have to comb it a hundred times. Be gentle, and don't break the comb again. Wear a sun hat when you go out, and don't tan yourself like A country girl."

"Okay, I get it, dear mammy. I won't go out in a shirt with off-the-shoulder before three o'clock, and I won't eat and drink at other people's banquets. I will act like a real lady." Jiali knew that Mammy had forgotten what she had just told her, and she thought of herself as a 16-year-old girl again.She turned her face away with a gentle expression like an angel.

"Why are you so obedient this time? I don't know what the hell plan is coming up again." When Scarlett was about to go out, she heard Mammy talking about her again.