At Georgia’s words, Aston’s face went white.
He fell silent, and Carr sighed at Georgia.
“We’ll take Aston back home to rest for now. I want our families to meet before my wife and I go back.
Bring your two kids then, and we can share a good meal. He’s been spoiled, so don’t take what he said
back then seriously. We didn’t raise him right.”
Georgia smiled and shook her head, and they saw Aston and his parents to their car.
When the car drove off to a good distance, Elsie grinned.
“That was a good scolding back there. Who does that guy think he is all glaring and jabbing at you?
He’s not your parents. So lax. And what does he know? From what you said, he’s just sad over his
breakup and taking it out on the people beside him. The way I see it people like this need society to
beat them down some more, have a few more women leave him, and he’ll grow up.”
Georgia laughed, while Robert spoke as well.
“Lucky he seemed ashamed with what you said, or I would have said something too. Who does he
think he is looking for trouble with my wife? Does he not see her husband there? Does he think our
family’s good for bullying? The next time I see him I’m going teach him a lesson. Just because he’s an
elder cousin doesn’t mean he can pretend to be big brother.”
“Well, you two are of the same mind today. Forget him. I’m not taking it seriously. Other than being
especially smart when he’s doing lab research, he doesn’t have too good of a grasp of his emotions.
I’m the dumb one for taking his words seriously.”
The group chuckled amongst themselves and got ready to take the children to the garden to sit down.
Wesley tugged on Georgia’s hand, who looked at him confusedly.
“What is it? Do you have something to tell me?”
Wesley’s brow furrowed.
“Auntie Georgia, Daddy, I feel strange. My head hurts. I want to rest. I don’t know why but my head
feels funny. Like it’s stuffy and going to burst. Can I not go to the garden?”
Only then did Georgia notice that Wesley’s face was white.
She exchanged a look with Robert.
“We’ll go bring you for a checkup right away, Wesley.”
Saying that, Georgia turned to Elsie and Wilson.
“Take Annie outside for some fresh air and play around. We’ll take Wesley for a checkup. He really
doesn’t look good right now.”
Georgia and Robert hurriedly picked Wesley up and went upstairs.
Wesley’s whole head hurt, so they did a cranial exam.
Wesley then up and fainted and kept on having nightmares all the time, his body covered with cold
sweat, his slumber unsteady.
When the test results came out, there was nothing unusual, but Wesley was still unconscious, and the
nightmares continued incessantly.
At eight or so at night, after everyone had had dinner, Wesley finally woke.
Georgia and Robert stayed by his side until he was finally awake.
Robert was concerned at the side.
“Tell Daddy, Wesley, why did you feel sick? Daddy’s done a test for you and your body doesn’t have
anything out of the ordinary. Can you talk about what you’re feeling? I’ll have the doctors check and
evaluate you.”
“I don’t know why, Daddy, but when you were talking with that old mister and old lady, I heard their
voices, then looked at them, and my head hurt a lot. I don’t know why, and then it all went black, and I
don’t feel strange now. I didn’t sleep well, and I had lots of dreams, but I don’t remember what I did, not
one bit at all.”
Georgia and Robert exchanged a glance, their expressions growing heavy.
Annie chimed in next to them, concerned.
“Daddy, Wesley’s fine, right? He still looks pale. Why doesn’t the hospital know?”
Georgia hugged Annie to her chest.
“Don’t worry, Annie, Wesley’s checkup turned out mostly fine, but we can’t be sure why his head hurt.
We need to go for a full checkup.”
Even though it was the night, Robert had requested it personally, so the medical staff got busy again
and examined Wesley from head to toe, making a report on every nook and cranny of his body. The
data would only come out tomorrow morning, though.
None of them slept well this night.
Other than tucking the two children in, Robert still had to visit his own mother.
She’d gone into a delusional state again, and with tranquilizers, she’d slept through the night, but she
still wasn’t awake.
Robert couldn’t leave his own mother out to dry.
So as Georgia and the kids were asleep, he came in front of Maisie’s room.
“Why are you coming to see me, son? Did you bring your Dad home? Tell him I’m pregnant, and that
we’re going to have another children. Tell him not to have children with women outside. Tell him I can
still give birth.”
As Robert walked in, Maisie smiled at him and said that. Her eyes were blurry, and her gaze towards
him was even pleading.
Seemed like his mother wasn’t sober yet. This time, she was in a longer period of madness.
According to what Robert had experienced several times before, if he told the truth, his mother’s
emotions would grow especially pained and delirious.
This time, he lied to her and went with her words.
“Dad’s outside working right now, and he’ll be back next week. If he knew I’m going to have a sister and
a brother, he’ll be overjoyed. And Dad doesn’t have a woman outside. You must be too busy lately to
suspect him like this. Dad wouldn’t do something like this.”
At Robert’s words, Maisie showed a happy expression.
“You’re right. Your Dad’s always been a good husband. He’s so good to us. Who’s babbling that he’s
seeing another woman outside? How could I suspect him? I was wrong.”
As Maisie said that, she laid her hand on her belly, her face growing happy and expectant.
Robert, though, felt a throb of sorrow.
After that, his mother suddenly turned mad again.
She grabbed Robert’s hand, deranged.
“Where’s the killer who crashed into your sister? Didn’t you say you were going to teach them a
lesson? Is the killer dead yet?”
Seemed like his mother had recalled that segment of memory now. Robert could only continue to
comfort her.
Robert waited until she was finally asleep in the middle of the night, then left the room, staying quietly
in the corridors.
But after a while, his secretary gave him a call.
“Sir, we’ve just seen Mr. Vincent Poole. He was vacationing overseas earlier and is planning on flying
back. He’s agreed to come back to meet you and should be back in the country by noon tomorrow.”
That had Robert relaxing. He’d already decided to pay Vincent a visit in person. He didn’t want his
mother to be lost in this madness forever.
So he wanted Vincent’s help to wipe all the painful memories from her.
The following morning, Wesley’s reports came out.
The reports showed that there was nothing wrong with Wesley, and his body was within very healthy
parameters.
Georgia and Robert looked at each other, not quite understanding.
“Was yesterday’s headache just an accident?”
Georgia thought about it, her face pale. Then she remembered something.
“Wesley’s only six years old this year. Sierra vanished last year. If she could get Wesley to
acknowledge her as his birth mother, did she do something to Wesley’s memories or his
brain?”
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