“Malcolm. I just lost two children, yet you’re here discussing with me when I’m going to lose my third child. Do you think it’s appropriate?”
Malcolm paused a little. He said nothing.
“I know you’re being kind, but you really can’t understand what I’m feeling right now. I don’t want to argue with you, so I’m going to hang up.”
Once Bethan hung up and lifted her head, she saw a scrawny figure by the door.
Nigel was much skinnier compared to when she first left him and returned back to the country. A light breeze blew by Nigel in his hospital gown. It emphasized how skinny his body and limbs were.
Even though he was skinny, his face was quite round. Not because he was plump, but because it was swollen.
Nigel stood there, silently looking at Bethan with his huge black eyes. Seeing how he noticed her, Nigel smiled a little.
“Mommy, you’ve gotten skinny. You have to eat more.”
Upon hearing how mature and adult-like Nigel sounded, Bethan’s tears instantly fell.
She frantically got down from the bed. Her legs dragged the blanket down, which indirectly swept all of the things by the nightstand to the ground.
However, Bethan could barely care about all that. She immediately rushed forward and hugged Nigel in her arms.
“Why did you come? How long have you stood there?”
“I was here for a long time. I was listening to you and Uncle Malcolm discussing my funeral, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
Nigel’s words made Bethan’s heart stutter fiercely. Her eyes were wet as she wanted to say something but could not find her words.
She hugged Nigel in her arms tightly. Her heart and eyes were equally warm.
“The doctors told me that you woke up already. Aunt Anne said that you’ll visit me, so she told me to wait.”
Nigel reached his hand out and gently patted Bethan’s bony back.
“But I don’t want to wait so long. Mommy, I missed Bethan could no longer control her emotions upon Nigel’s words. She hugged Nigel and sobbed out loud.
“Nigel, is your mother useless? I can’t save you, and I can’t protect Neil nor take good care of Nellie. I even killed your future brother or sister. I’m the most useless mother in this world; I don’t deserve to be your mother. I’m not worthy to stand…”
Nigel hugged Bethan. His eyes were filled with tears, but he forced himself to not let his tears all.
“Mommy, don’t think nonsense. I’ll live well, and Nellie will get better, too. Also…”
Nigel took a deep breath and gently patted Bethan on the back. “Neil and I are identical twins from the same egg. His thoughts and I are synced. He isn’t dead. He must be in some corner of the world, waiting for you to find him. So, Mommy, don’t be sad. Get well soon, please?”
Bethan sniffled. She did not know if Nigel was telling the truth or comforting her.
However, she still hugged Nigel tightly. “I believe you. I believe that Neil is still alive.”
“Then, get well soon.”
Neil tried to force a smile and gently drew circles on Bethan’s back.
“Mommy, get well soon. Perhaps, I could be cured. By then, when I’m cured, I could go and search for Neil with you and take care of Nellie. What do you say?”
Bethan’s tears fell. “Of course! That’s great! I promise you! “
The mother-and-son pair hugged each other tightly by the entrance.
At the elevator in the corridor in the distance, Brettley heard the conversation between mother and son, then he slowly turned his head over.
Luke patted Brettley on his shoulder.
“Since your eldest son has already said so, do you want to send men over to search?”
Brettley sighed, then he turned and left.
He understood Nigel’s reluctance. He also knew that Nigel was like Nellie, reluctant to accept the truth.
However, he was an adult, and he had to face the cold, harsh reality.
The scene had so much blood belonging to Neil and Theo…
The doctors said that from the amount of blood bled, if they were not sent to the hospital in time after the incident, they would not have survived even if they escaped.
Also, at that time, there were only Neil and Theo at the scene. Those charred body bits…
If they did not belong to them, who else?
At that thought, Brettley took a deep breath. He stopped in his tracks.
“Help me get your men to search around.”
Luke paused a little.
“Why do you want my men to search?”
Brettley said nothing and left.
Luke looked at Brettley’s back, brows slightly furrowed as he did.
Bethan hugged Nigel and cried for a long time.
In the end, Nigel gently hugged Bethan. “Mommy, let me treat you to a meal.”
Bethan, who was hugging Nigel, paused a little.
She looked at Nigel, stunned. “Treat me to a meal?”
“Mmh.”
Nigel nodded seriously. “Although I just came back to Banyan City not long ago, I know a good restaurant! Aunt Anne took me there previously.”
Nigel pushed Bethan away and looked at her seriously. “I ‘ll get Lily to take Nellie over. We can have a meal together as a family, all three of us. What do you say?”
Bethan paused for a while before nodding seriously. “
That’s a great idea.”
At that moment, Nellie was in Brettley’s car. She wanted to see Nellie but did not want to go to where Brettley was staying. She did not want to see that man.
Nigel treating them to a meal as an excuse and getting Lily to bring Nellie over was indeed the best option.
Bethan and Nigel discussed it for a while before they called Lily and returned to their respective rooms.
Bethan sat in front of the mirror, looking at Gwen and Anne helping her put on makeup.
“Put more foundation to cover up my face.
“Perhaps more highlights would be able to make my face look plumper?
“Should I wear this? This might be able to cover up my body so that I don’t look so thin.”
Looking at how excited Bethan was, Anne sighed.
Bethan was probably not aware of Nellie’s current state. Nellie saw the room where Neil and Theo were in exploded in front of her, which meant that she witnessed Neil’s death. Nellie was seriously traumatized.
To put it simply, she became autistic and depressed.
She refused to connect with the outside world. She shut herself in her own world all day and often cried to herself in the corner of the room.
There were few incidents where Lily had to rescue Nellie from the rails of the balcony.
If it were not for Lily, Nellie might have…also died.
Neil’s passing was a destructive blow to Nellie. Even the psychologist said that Nellie could only heal with her own volition. If she was not able to come out of her shell…
Someone might need to watch over her all the time in the future.
Anne could not imagine it. Nellie had become this way after losing Neil. If Nigel also…
“I’m done! “
Gwen put on the final touches of lipstick on Bethan before smiling and retrieving the mirror.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.