"Wow, I didn't know she was here! How is she?" Diana had always liked Aunt Cook.

"She will be happy to see you."

Diana got up and went in. Brian tried to follow Abby, but Uncle Cook stopped him.

"I'm afraid my wife is gravely ill. I suggest you don't let Abby go inside."

So Brian stood and waited behind outside with Abby.

As Diana went inside, she saw aunt Cook lying in bed, looking terribly pale.

Diana couldn't believe it. Just a few years ago, her family had dined together with the Cook's. Back then, Jerry was still alive, and Aunt Cook was beautiful and healthy.

"Darling, look who is here," Uncle Cook said tenderly to his wife.

Aunt Cook slowly opened her eyes.

"Diana!" Diana's unexpected appearance made her quite excited.

"I'm here, Auntie."

"Diana is here with her husband and child," Uncle Cook said to her with a smile.

Without warning, Aunt Cook suddenly burst into tears.

"If Jerry were still alive, he would be married and have his own child as well…"

Uncle Cook moved quickly to hand her a tissue.

"Don't cry in front of the child. You have to be strong, darling."

A sense of bitterness sprung up in Diana's heart. She couldn't stop the tears from trickling down her face. Uncle Cook was about the same age as her father, yet he had aged far worse.

After leaving his wife's bedroom, Uncle Cook wiped the tears from his eyes and said apologetically to Diana, "Sorry, Diana, to let you see this."

Diana shook her head. "How long has Aunt Cook been like this?"

"After Jerry passed away, she fell sick." Uncle Cook sighed despairingly.

Looking at the run-down company, he felt bitter about how things had gone.

"In order to pay for your Aunt's treatment, the company almost couldn't carry on. But anyway, Diana, enough about these sad matters, I forgot to ask you why you came to see me today?"

Diana took a paper bag out and passed it to him.

"Uncle, take a look at this."

After inspecting the sample of bad medicine, Uncle Cook called his assistant with some amount of anger.

"Explain this to me!" He threw the wrapped medicine to the assistant.

The assistant checked it, then he looked at Diana questioningly.

"What's wrong? You said…"

Uncle Cook interrupted him, "What did I say? I told you the medicine for Anderson's drugstore should always be the best quality. Remember?"

The assistant was suddenly enlightened, "Sorry, Mr. Cook, I must have mixed up the medicine."

"Go away!" Uncle Cook shouted angrily. Naturally, the assistant backed away quickly.

"Uncle Cook, you…" Diana didn't know how to broach this topic. She wouldn't have thought that he would sell second-rate goods at top quality prices. He was spoiling his brand's reputation.

Uncle Cook rubbed his head painfully.

"Diana, I was desperate. I needed a lot of money to pay for your Aunt's treatment."

Without saying a word, Diana took out her checkbook and signed her name. "Uncle Cook, please accept this."

He shook his head over and over.

"No, I can't take it. Your family has already helped us a lot."

But Diana insisted on giving him the money.

"Uncle Cook, you take this first. You can fill in any amount you need. But don't mess around with your product quality anymore, it is damaging your reputation."

Uncle Cook was embarrassed. He knew most of his customers were willing to cooperate with him out of friendship. He didn't want to bother them, let alone borrow money. Reluctantly, he took the cheque.

"Well, I'll pay back this money to you in the future."

Diana nodded. She knew Uncle Cook would not accept her help unless he was at the end of his rope.

"Uncle Cook, I hope you can continue supplying the medicine for Anderson's drugstore."

Uncle Cook was moved, "Thank you, Diana."

After leaving the company, Diana was silent.

"What are you thinking about?" Brian had picked up on Diana's strange mood.

"I was just thinking… I don't know. It's just crazy how quickly things change."

In their previous encounter, the Cook family was high-spirited and vigorous. No one would have expected that the next time they met, everything would have changed.

"That's why we need to treasure what we have now," Brian said meaningfully.

This did at least help a little. But Diana still worried about the past.

"Do you hate me?" she asked.

"For what?" Brian laughed.

"For my leaving without telling you and taking Abby away." Diana looked serious.

Brian shook his head and answered, "No, I want to thank you. Thank you for giving me an adorable daughter and a beautiful wife. And Diana, it's me who should say sorry. I'm sorry that I wasn't with Abby in her early years. I'm sorry that I didn't take good care of you too," he said apologetically.

"Well, let it go. The past is the past. Let's restart now," Diana said in a soft voice.

"Let's start again," Brian agreed.

Diana smiled to herself. Abby was sleeping soundly in her arms, she and Brian were getting on well again. She felt like everything was going well, surrounded by the ones she loved. This is what life is all about, Diana thought.

***

When they returned to Anderson's drugstore, the employees had already cleared away the defective drug and replaced it with a good one.

Jason was in charge of the store, but since Diana was back, he was thinking of handing everything over to her.

Seeing this, Brian quickly pulled Diana upstairs to his office. This time, Diana didn't refuse.

When they came out on the top floor of the building, Diana was shocked to find that her old office hadn't changed at all.

"The office…" Diana wanted to ask, but she had no idea what she should say.

Brian hugged her from behind and said gently, "Surprised? It's strange, although I lost my memory, I had a feeling about this office. I told myself I couldn't do anything to it."

Diana was moved by his words.

"Maybe deep in my heart, I still remember you, and this made me keep waiting for you," Brian added.

Diana turned around. They could both truly feel the love between them now. Then Brian kissed Diana gently on the lips.

Business at the Anderson's Drugstore was affected by the incident with the bad batch of medicine.

To make it better, Jason put forward an idea, which was to provide a discount to customers for three days. It would be 'buy one get one free' on everything in the store.

Diana didn't want to overrule Jason and agreed it could be a good way to get things back on track.

Since there had never been such a sale in Anderson's Drugstore before, the promotion attracted a lot of customers.