So what if that would impact a lot of people? At least, in that case, Victoria wouldn’t have so many regrets in her life. She was mistaken as a mistress even when she passed away. Her biological son was so close to her, but she didn’t dare to expect him to call her Mom.
Jayden wondered how much she had suffered as the birth mother who carried Cormac for ten months and gave birth to him.
Cormac picked up his cup and clinked with Jayden’s. He gulped it down as if he was drinking a shot. He put down the cup and said, “Let’s go to the hospital together. I’ll find you the best doctor.”
“I don’t want to spend my last moment in the hospital.” Jayden was afraid that they would do that, so he chose to hide it from them at first, “It’s at the late period already. I might go pretty soon. Even if I stayed in the hospital, I might live only a few days longer. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”
“Dad.” Loredana originally thought that it might be at the early or middle stage, so there probably be some hope to cure him. However, she felt quite overwhelmed right now, “The medical technology is quite advanced now. Probably there’s still hope…”
“I’ve done a complete checkup. I know you are quite filial. If you truly want me to be happy, please accompany me to move back to the Mendelsohn Mansion. I spent my life with her staying there. After she’s gone, I dare not to go back. Everything in that house has fulfilled the memories with her. I dare not touch anything. Now, it’s the last stage of my life. I want to stay at our house. When she was alive, she didn’t have a chance to reunite with you all. But you can fulfil my last wish by doing so right now.” Jayden looked quite haggard.
“Okay. But you must take the medical treatment.” Cormac was quite determined.
Loredana also agreed with him. No matter what, they should treat the best to cure Jayden. Earlier, she didn’t look at Jayden carefully. Now taking a closer look, she could tell that Jayden didn’t only lose much weight, but also looked yellowish and his lips were extremely pale.
“I agree with Cormac.” She grabbed Cormac’s hand, “We were also upset when Mom was gone. For us, you should be cooperative with the doctor. Joshua can’t speak yet. I don’t think you are reluctant to leave him, are you?”
Jayden agreed to take the treatment.
After leaving the tea house, Loredana started preparing for moving. Cormac took Jayden to the hospital. He wanted to know his father’s current condition in detail.
When Loredana came back and told Coral that they were moving out, the latter sensed something wrong. In secret, she asked Loredana about Jayden’s condition.
Loredana didn’t hide it from all people in the family. She also reminded them, “Just behave as normally as usual. We can’t have special behaviours. Otherwise, he would feel stressed.”
Kevin was quite upset. He couldn’t believe that Jayden would have cancer, “Would the checkup be wrong?”
“I don’t think so,” said Loredana. Jayden had been taking that kind of prescribed medicine, so it should be confirmed by the doctor. That kind of medicine could suppress his condition.
“I won’t go back to City C for the time being then. I must stay here to take care of him.” Kevin had treated Jayden as his brother-in-law a long time ago. Although Victoria and he got together not for love at the beginning, they gave birth to Cormac. In the past decades, Jayden had been taking care of Victoria. Kevin wanted to do something to him right now.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so ashamed when meeting his younger sister in heaven again.
Tears well up in his eyes. Kevin said, “I’m going to call Oscar and let him know my decision.”
As he spoke, he walked out of the living room.
The atmosphere in the living room became pretty frustrating. Coral and Maxina were also quite upset. Loredana said to them, “Please stop being like this. If Dad comes back and sees it, he will feel stressed.”
“We’re not upset.” Maxina tried her best to calm down. She had experienced such moments, so she just couldn’t help thinking about a lot of things.
Coral, however, couldn’t calm down at all.
Maxina pulled her and said, “He’s still alive, so we still have time to take good care of him. Come on. Let’s help them pack.”
“Lola.” Theresa walked over. Joshua had fallen asleep in her arms, and now he was sleeping soundly, “I don’t know what to say to comfort you.”
“I’m fine, Theresa,” said Loredana, “Please help me look after Joshua for the time being.”
“Sure.”
With Maxina and Coral’s help in packing, Loredana hired the hourly servants to clean up the Mendelsohn Mansion.
No one had stayed there for a while, so the whole house was quite dusty. Windows needed to be opened to get fresh air inside.
The house was full of furniture and all kinds of facilities. They could move in with some daily supplies.
After cleaning up the house, they needed to wait for at least one day before moving in.
In the evening, Cormac and Jayden came back to the villa. All people behaved as usual. After digesting the news for a whole afternoon, they looked quite natural. However, they couldn’t help feeling concerns about him.
Coral had cooked Jayden’s favourite dishes and urged him to eat more.
“You always cook the kids’ favourite dishes. Why are you so enthusiastic today?” Jayden raised his head and looked at Coral.
For a moment, Coral didn’t know how to answer.
Maxina chimed in, “Coral always cares about the kids. Now, she has finally realized she needs to care about us.”
Jayden heaved a sigh. He could tell from all their expressions that they had known about his health issue, “I hide it from you just because I’m afraid you would be like this.”
None of the adults at the dining table had the appetite. Only the children didn’t know anything about it. Amanda picked up some food for him, “Grandpa, are you unhappy today?”
Jayden rubbed her head, “I’m not unhappy. Even if I wasn’t happy, I would be happy as soon as seeing you, Amanda.” After that, he looked at others and said, “Let’s eat.”
“Let’s start eating.” Loredana didn’t have any appetite, but she still urged others to eat. She didn’t want the atmosphere to be so stressful, which wasn’t good for Jayden’s sickness.
Firstly, he must have a good mood, which helped cure him.
After dinner, Loredana carried the baby upstairs. Cormac went upstairs as soon as he came back home. He said he had some urgent businesses to deal with, so he didn’t come downstairs for dinner. Loredana knew that it was because of Jayden’s condition.
She pushed the door of the bedroom open. The room was completely dark. The curtain wasn’t pulled down in front of the window. She saw a black figure sitting there. She walked over and turned on the lamp on the nightstand. The yellow light lit up the bedroom. She put down the baby on the bed. The little fellow hadn’t slept yet, but he didn’t cry after being put down.
Loredana walked to the window and sat on his lap. Cormac wrapped his hands around her waist, pressing his head in her arms. She held him and asked, “What did the doctor say?”
Cormac was silent for a long while.
Loredana could clearly feel that he was slightly trembling. His lips and cheek that were clinging to her were icy cold.
Feeling sorry for him, Loredana kissed him on the forehead. She knew that he was the most upset one after knowing that Jayden had cancer, “No matter what, our children and I will always be with you. I also want to transfer the tailor’s shop in City C to Theresa.”
Theresa had the capability and she should something belonging to herself.
In fact, Loredana had such a thought for a long time. It was just because there wasn’t a good chance before. Right now, she would take a chance to do it, and Theresa shouldn’t refuse.
“I’ll stay home with our children. I won’t go anywhere. I’ll be by your side and take care of Dad.” She held his face with her hands, making him look into her eyes, “I’m so upset when seeing you so frustrated.”
Cormac pushed her hands away, pressing his head in her arms again. He said hoarsely, “Just let me calm down.”
Loredana kept silent while holding him.
After a long time.
“He got advanced lung cancer. It’s spreading. There’s a shadow in his brain now,” Cormac muffled in her arms.
According to the doctor, the cancer cells might have spread in Jayden’s brain, which was quite dangerous. If not, he could make another three to six months. Otherwise, if it had been spread in his brain, he could only have another one to three months.
It was cruel news.
Loredana had been fully prepared, but her eyes were still reddened. She had thought that they should have one or two years. Much to her surprise, it had become so serious.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.