Before the kids could speak, Elsie grinned at Robert from the side.
“Because you’re wife’s incredible, of course, easily teaching these two kids to play mental games.”
Robert saw the Rubik’s Cubes in the kids’ hands.
“So you’re playing with these. I know how to solve those too. Do you want me to teach you, you two?”
Annie straight up shook her head.
“Mommy already taught us how. I don’t need you now, Daddy.”
That was quite a blow to Robert. Wesley, though came up in front of Robert with the cube.
“Maybe your way is different from Auntie Georgia’s Daddy. I want to learn some more.”
As Wesley said that, even Ivan couldn’t resist chiming in.
“Your Daddy’s especially quick with this. He can solve it even with his eyes blindfolded. I have to see
what I’m doing to solve it. If he teaches you, you’ll learn it really quickly.”
For the next half-hour, the adults in the room played with the kids.
By the end of it, Ivan even ran downstairs and bought more some Cardano’s Ring puzzles.
The adults even started competing to see who solved the Rubik’s Cubes and Cardano’s Ring the
quickest.
In the end, Robert won with the cubes, while Wilson won with the rings.
Robert had been one second behind.
Georgia was at a consistent third.
Her skills were rusty and she’d almost forgotten how to play with those puzzles. Only when she held
them did she recall those memories.
After playing with the kids for a while, Robert and Georgia said goodbye to Elsie.
Wesley’s body checkup turned out fine, and she was fine too, so they were leaving the hospital today.
Elsie’s wound had her confined to the hospital for another week, so Georgia had to take the kids home.
But before leaving the hospital, the family paid another visit to Jasper in his room.
“Are you two coming to visit me to poke fun at me?
“I saw you come into hospital while I’m here, and now I’m seeing you leave. Now I have to stay inside
for a few more days. Oh woe, nobody understands my loneliness and sorrow.”
Georgia chuckled.
“We just asked the doctors. You’ll be out the day after tomorrow. What’s with the pessimism?”
“You don’t get it. You had a husband by your side in hospital, had two kids chatting along with you, and
even Elsie was hurt by accident and placed not far from you. You’re all rowdy and fun every day. With
me, though, other than my parents visiting me every day, it’s only been you coming just to go through
the motions. There hasn’t been anyone bothering with me that much otherwise.
“Back then, someone I didn’t know too well came to see me. I thought it was genuine concern, but it
was just to mock me. What’s so good about staying in hospital? Leaving the day after tomorrow doesn’t
make me happy either. I’d kill to leave right now. But the doctors say I have to wait. Oh woe.”
Jasper sighed theatrically, and Robert chuckled.
“You look like you’re fine. You were deathly sick before, and this is already great. Don’t overthink it.
When you’re out, you can travel the world for a while and relax. I think you’re getting depressed moping
in here.”
As they spoke, Elliot and Bailey just so happened to come inside the room.
The old couple each picked up Annie and Wesley and played around with the kids, seeming to really
like them.
They chatted for about half an hour before Robert and Georgia got ready to drive home with the two
kids from the underground carpark.
But before they left, they saw a discharged Selena come to Jasper’s room with her child.
Robert and Georgia didn’t see Selena’s kid too often. He looked pretty cute now, and beamed at
everyone he saw.
Georgia held him for a while before leaving with Robert.
Husband and wife sat in the car, with Ivan in the front seat, getting ready to go home with them.
As for Maisie, she’d cut her wrists, so her wounds needed to be observed, so she couldn’t be
discharged just yet.
The hospital was in complete lockdown, and nobody dared approach.
Anyone devious enough to bribe the doctors and nurses or slip inside the hospital had been dealt with
heavy-handedly by Robert, and they didn’t dare chance anything else.
And the online drama had been dealt with just as cleanly.
Robert paid all the major websites to delete comments and accounts, so people couldn’t discuss it
anymore.
That method did cause some rage.
But soon enough, rumors of a loving couple in the entertainment industry actually cheating on the
either side leaked, and people lost interest in this particular bit of wealthy tabloids.
After all, there wasn’t any concrete proof.
Even with the interview that day, after guiding the internet commentary, people grudgingly believed that
there was a mystery behind it and the Simpsons were being attacked by competitors.
So that blew over temporarily.
Returning home, the kids went to sleep, exhausted.
They’d played games for a long while in the hospital, after all. As for Georgia, Robert and Ivan, they sat
inside the living room, discussing Wesley’s body with grave expressions.
“It’s entirely possible to hypnotize someone and alter their memories. It all depends on the hypnotist’s
ability. If they did it on a child, it’s actually easy, because children have low will and few memories.
They’re easy to brainwash. Those methods won’t affect their body, but they’ll muddy memories. If they
go for continuous brainwashing, though, it’ll affect the target’s mental condition. After all, with all sorts
of jumbled memories mixing around in the brain, it’s easy to cause confusion in the consciousness and
cognitive impairment.
“Wesley, though, looks to be in a good mental condition. His sudden headache must have been
triggered by some past memories. People react to things they’re familiar with, even if his memory’s
been altered.”
Hearing Ivan’s explanation, Georgia raised a dubious question.
“Back then, we were with Annie, Wesley, Elsie and Wilson. We were headed to the garden. There was
nobody else around until we saw Aston and Aston’s parents. After we spoke for a while, Wesley’s head
started hurting. If Wesley’s headache was triggered by something familiar, no matter how you cut it, it
can only have something to do with Aston and his parents.”
“You could take Wesley to see Aston’s parents again and watch if he reacts. If he does, your
speculation is correct.”
“I’m just afraid that when they meet again, Wesley’s head will start hurting and he’ll feel sick again. He’s
already gone through that yesterday. I’m afraid of provoking his mental state.”
Naturally, Georgia knew she could confirm her hypothesis like that, but she was worried such methods
would cause a serious mental burden on the child, and that Wesley wouldn’t be able to take it.
“Georgia, it should be fine in theory. If he only had a headache the first time, the next meeting should
have less severe symptoms under regular circumstances.
“Besides, isn’t Sierra in prison? You could go see her and see if you can loosen her lips. Even if she’s
unwilling to tell the truth, you could try other angles. She might let something slip.”
At that, Georgia and Robert exchanged a glance, then nodded at Ivan.
“You’re right. It’s worth trying. But before that, we have to find a professional to examine Wesley.”
As Georgia said that, Ivan chuckled.
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda