“Listen to me,” said Brettley in a slightly hoarse but gentle voice. “Neil was a hero. He used the last of his strength to protect his sister. Listen.”
Brettley let out an exhale and took out a necklace from his shirt pocket.
Bethan lifted her head and fixated her gaze on the necklace.
She recognized it. This necklace belonged to Neil.
When they returned to Banyan City, Nigel had prepared three necklaces for each of them so that they could communicate with each other. The necklaces even had a voice recording function.
However, all three necklaces looked distinct from each other, so Bethan could recognize that the one Brettley was holding was Neil’s.
“The police found this a distance away from the explosion site. Although it’s a little damaged, it didn’t get burned. What I’m guessing is that Neil used the last of his strength to toss it out of the fire.”
Brettley let out another sigh, then pressed the small button on the necklace.
After a small click, Neil’s voice rang out of the necklace, “Mommy, Nigel, Nellie. By the time you hear this recording, Uncle Theo and I are probably gone now. If by the time you hear this, you’ve already received news of my death, please don’t be too sad–this is what Uncle Theo and I wanted.”
Neil let out an exhale and continued with a hint of a smile in his voice as if he had already braced himself for the worst, “Zach and Yuri took Nellie with them and pretended to escape, but in reality, they hid themselves. We know that whoever’s coming after us won’t be fooled by the empty car, so if Uncle Theo and I left as well, they’d shift their target and search the nearby houses to find Nellie.”
“Uncle Theo and I are willing to wait for them to come after us so that they won’t hurt Nellie. If we manage to escape, then hopefully, they’ll chase us, and we can lead them away from Nellie. If we don’t manage to get out of here… then it’s not our fault either. It’s not that Uncle Theo and I were too weak to fight them back; it’s simply because there were too many of them.”
Finally, Neil let out a sigh and said, “Mommy, I know that you’ll be devastated, but if I really died, there’s no turning back time either. I can’t come back to life anymore, so can you promise me you’ll take good care of yourself?
“Don’t stay up too late for work all the time, and always remember to take your meals on time. If there’s some way to save Nigel, please try your best, but if there’s not, please know that you’ve already done enough.
“In the future… you have to take good care of Nellie. Nigel and I have spoiled her, so Mommy, you have to be more patient with her and look after her well…
“I don’t want you to forget me.”
Neil’s voice started to choke as he said, “But if it’s too hard, then please forget about me. I’ll be okay with that.”
The recording ended after that.
Bethan sobbed so fiercely throughout the entire recording that she passed out right in Brettley’s arms.
Brettley sighed, then picked her up, walked slowly out of the cemetery, and got into the car.
The heavens still wept.
After Brettley’s car pulled away, a woman holding a transparent umbrella strode into the cemetery.
She stared at the intricate, beautiful little yard and curled her lips into a smirk.
All of a sudden, her phone rang.
“Miss, what are we supposed to do with the man and the little boy?”
The woman curled her red lips into a sneer and replied, “I’ll take care of them.”
When Bethan woke up once again, it was already the next morning.
Gwen, who had been watching over her the entire night, was forcefully taken away by Luke.
At that moment, it was Anne who sat at her bedside.
Anne sighed helplessly as she saw Bethan stirred from slumber, standing up to gently tuck her in.
“Gwen and Brettley are too reckless. You’ve been unconscious for almost a month, yet they passed on such a miserable piece of news to you the moment you wake up, and even took you to the cemetery under the rain. I truly wonder if they have any brains at all! “
Anne calmly sighed before casting Bethan a considerate gaze. “How are you right now? Are you feeling better? I know–you’ve lost a son. You won’t be able to recover from the grief so soon, but…”
Anne took a deep breath.
“Bethan, although you’ve lost two children, you have another two waiting for you. You need to buck up, get well, and live for them. If you can’t get well, how do you expect Nigel and Nellie…to do the same?”
Bethan lowered her head and drank some water. Her tears fell into her cup.
“I know. I’ll try to get better soon and help them both.”
Bethan understood very well that the triplets shared a close, intertwined bond.
Nigel was terminally ill, Nellie never was physically healthy, and Neil died protecting Nellie.
If she did not feel better and recover quickly in the shortest time possible, Nigel and Nellie’s situation would only worsen.
Bethan closed her eyes. The recording that Brettley played for her in the cemetery the day before rang in her ears.
Neil wanted her to help Nigel as best as she could as well as take good care of Nellie.
This was his dying wish. How could Bethan disappoint Neil because of her problems?
At that thought, Bethan picked up the cup of water and downed the warm water in one go.
Bethan took a deep breath and placed the empty cup in Anne’s hand. “Take me to see Nellie.”
Anne paused for a while. “Actually…you can also see Nigel.”
Bethan raised her brows in confusion.
Anne sighed and said, “Brettley knew everything after you passed out. He went abroad and was even willing to take ten percent of the Morrison Group shares as an exchange to get Malcolm let him see Nigel.
“Malcolm didn’t agree to it, though. Brettley spent a week waiting outside Malcolm’s house, and only then did he manage to convince Malcolm to let him see Nigel.”
Then, Anne sighed and continued, “Nigel followed Brettley back to Banyan City after that. He’s currently in this hospital in the intensive care unit…”
Bethan was stunned for a while.
In the end, she shut her eyes. A sense of helplessness washed over her.
“He still found out about it in the end…”
Seeing how disappointed Bethan was, Anne hesitated for a while before comforting her immediately.
“Bethan, this outcome is good too, don’t you think? The plan to get pregnant with another child to cure Nigel won’t work anymore. Now that Brettley knows about Nigel’s situation, he’d use all his powers to help find Nigel a matching bone marrow. Brettley has more powers than Malcolm. He’d also use all his might to find…
“This is our last hope. No matter how big the world is, we’ll surely find a match, right? We’ve searched for ourselves for so many years. Even if you had more time, you still wouldn’t be able to find it. With Brettley’s help, perhaps a miracle might happen?”
Bethan bit her lip.
Although she knew that Anne was just saying that to comfort her, Anne’s words made some sense, too.
Brettley had enough influence and power to do many things that Malcolm could not.
Bethan sighed. She leaned by the headboard, closed her eyes, and pondered for a while before opening her eyes once again.
“Then, take me to see Nigel.”
Compared to Nellie, Nigel was more understanding. He was easier to comfort.
Anne nodded and gently helped Bethan get down from the bed.
They had just reached the entrance when they heard a commotion coming from outside.
From a distance, Bethan heard an angry middle -aged woman’s voice.
“Isn’t she awake already? I heard that she went to the cemetery to see her son yesterday. What about m y son? Has she gone to see my son? The two of us are already so old. We only have one son! He is a talented artist. The things that he could create are priceless! He lost his life all because of that woman…”
Bethan vaguely heard the noises coming from outside, and her brows scrunched a little.
This voice was rather familiar. “Here we go again.”
Anne had already opened the door, but when she heard that voice, she could not help but sigh and close the door once more.
She helped Bethan back to her bed. “This will go on for quite some time. We’ll wait for a while before going.”
Bethan, however, did not lie down, cocking her head and listening to the commotion outside. “Who is she?”
“Theo’s parents.”
Anne sighed and gently held Bethan’s hands. “That day, when Hailey’s men were hunting Neil and Nellie, Theo was also there. They split up halfway.
Theo and Neil were together, while Zach and Yuri left with Nellie.
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