“I hope so.” Niamh sighed, but they could only pray and hope that this was the case.
…
The next day.
Niamh got up early in the morning and made breakfast for the two children.
Now, the person Niamh was most worried about was Lillian. Except for the two words ‘Daddy’ and ‘Mommy’, she still could not speak.
After eating breakfast, Niamh straightened the clothes of the two children and took their hands to walk them to the front door where they would wait for their ride.
While walking, something fell from Lillian’s hand. She hurriedly stopped, broke free from Niamh’s grip, and walked back. Then, she squatted down and picked something up.
Niamh walked over to take a look out of curiosity and found that the little girl was holding a piece of candy in her cute, fair, and chubby hands.
The candy’s wrapper looked a bit old, as though it was expired.
“Lily, do you want to eat candy? I’ll buy some for you. It looks like you can’t eat this candy anymore,” Niamh persuaded softly.
Lillian blinked her big eyes and then shook her head slightly.
The little girl looked at Niamh as though she wanted to say something, but even after moving her little mouth, she could not utter a single word.
Niamh’s heart ached as she caressed her little princess’ head pitifully. She then turned back to tell Jackson, “Jack, remember to look after your sister in kindergarten. Don’t let other children bully her.”
“Of course, I won’t let anyone bully my sister, but there is someone who bullied my sister and I can’t teach him a lesson.” Jackson shrugged his little shoulders helplessly.
When she heard that someone had bullied Lillian, Niamh’s expression instantly changed.
“Who bullied your sister? Tell me!”
“Uh… It’s that brat, I think his name is Fabian.”
“…”
Niamh was stunned when she heard that. Brat?
Jackson, a 6-year-old, was calling Fabian a brat?
After a few seconds, Niamh came back to her senses and asked, “Jack, did you say that Fabian bullied Lily? How did he bully her?”
Jackson put his hands in his pockets and said coolly, “He came to the kindergarten to find Lily and gave her this candy. He said that this was a goodbye gift. After that, Lily keeps bringing this candy everywhere she goes. She doesn’t eat it either. She just holds it in her hand.”
After listening to her son’s narration, Niamh finally understood why the little princess cared so much about this candy.
In retrospect, she had not heard from Fabian for a long time, nor did she know what he was up to.
Yorick and Lana were dead, and he had no family members in this world anymore. However, he seemed to be very fond of Lily from the first moment he met her.
As she thought about this, Niamh could not help but sympathize with Fabian.
“Lily, do you miss that guy named Fabian very much?” Niamh asked, touching the little princess’ head.
Lillian merely blinked without nodding or shaking her head.
“Lily, do you want to see him?”
Niamh asked again, but this time, she saw the little princess shaking her head.
She did not want to see Fabian.
“If I were Lily, I wouldn’t want to see that brat too. He said he wanted to be Lily’s boyfriend when she grows up but he suddenly disappeared. He’s not trustworthy at all,” Jackson complained. After that, he walked over and held Lillian’s hand affectionately.
“Lily, let’s go to school.”
Niamh came back to her senses and saw Jackson holding Lillian’s little hand as they walked toward the nanny van that had been waiting at the door.
She stayed where she was and immediately took out her mobile phone to call Fabian. She did not get through until the third call.
Niamh asked straightaway, “Fabian, where are you now?”
When the person on the other end of the phone heard Niamh’s words, he replied rudely, “Who’s Fabian? There’s no Fabian here! Stop calling me!”
After he said that, he hung up the phone, leaving Niamh only to hear the disconnect tone.
She was stunned. When she was about to call again, she realized she could not get through anymore. The only possibility was that her number had been blocked.
Niamh lifted her eyes to look at the nanny van that was driving farther away. When she thought about Lillian’s behavior just now, she started to feel a little worried.
She could imagine that Fabian must hold a very special position in her precious daughter’s heart.
When Fabian saved the little princess from Felipe, they had mysteriously and inexorably formed some kind of bond.
Niamh looked at the phone number that had blocked her and there were questions in her heart that could not be answered.
Fabian had left all of a sudden. She could not understand what could be the reason behind his actions.
“Nia.” Kendrick approached her from behind. “Why are you standing here with such a solemn look on your face?”
Niamh turned around and looked at him. She relayed what their son had just told her to Kendrick. “It seems that Fabian has really left. He’s even canceled his old phone number. It seems that his number is being used by someone else now.”
After Kendrick heard that, he took out his phone to try to call Fabian’s number. In the end, his number was blocked as well.
“I don’t think he canceled his number. I think he’s intentionally stopping himself from contacting us.” Kendrick analyzed the situation and said, “If he canceled his number, why would it be such a coincidence that my number can’t get through to him as well?”
When Niamh thought about this, she could not help but feel a little disappointed in her heart.
“Why is he so determined to stop all contact with us?”
“Perhaps it’s because of Yorick and Lana’s death.” Kendrick could only think of this reason. “If he wants to blame us for the deaths of Yorick and Lana, then it’s not altogether inexcusable.”
“I don’t think Fabian is someone like this,” Niamh said affirmatively. She had known Fabian for so long. She thought that Fabian was just hedonistic on the surface, but on the inside, he was more mature and steady than most adults.
When Kendrick heard Niamh say that, Kendrick felt that it was reasonable.
Fabian was indeed not that kind of person. Plus, Kendrick still remembered how Fabian had risked his life when he was saving Lillian with him.
“It seems that Lily misses Fabian a lot, but when I asked her if she wanted to see him, she shook her head.” Niamh recalled the desolate look on the little princess’ face and felt very worried.
“Nia, don’t be too worried. I’ll find Fabian and ask him about this. I’ll take you to Adam’s place first. I’m going to the prison later.”
Niamh figured that Kendrick must be going to see Felipe. “Kendrick, I’ll go with you.”
“Okay.” Kendrick smiled and agreed.
The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled. They had already reached a tacit mutual understanding.
After leaving some luggage at Adam’s place, Niamh and Kendrick arrived at the prison.
Here, Felipe was counting down the days he had left to live.
He refused to see anyone, but when he heard that Kendrick and Niamh were here, he ultimately decided to see them.
Niamh and Kendrick were waiting in the conjugal room, and after a while, Felipe arrived.
He no longer had his usual gentlemanly and graceful appearance. At this moment, he was slovenly in dress and manner, looking extremely wretched and battered.
Niamh looked at the person in front of her in surprise. At that moment, she could not believe that this was the man who had pulled her back from the brink of death.
However, Felipe looked pretty calm. He sat down opposite Kendrick and Niamh, the corner of his lips lifting slightly.
“I didn’t expect to see you again.” He broke the silence in a light manner, but the smile on his face was no longer charming and looked a little desolate.
“Have you really decided not to appeal?” Kendrick went straight to the subject. “You have the opportunity to appeal and I can help you find a lawyer so that at least you won’t be sentenced to death.”
“I don’t need it anymore,” Felipe refused decisively. “I’ve been obsessed for so many years and as a result, it’s all for nothing. I’ve had feelings for a woman for so many years, but in the end, I personally drove her to misery…”
He paused as he was talking, his brows furrowing with endless grief and melancholy.
“We should let this end here.”
“Grandpa is still waiting for you to go back.”
At Kendrick’s words, there was a slight change in Felipe’s expression. Kendrick could see that Felipe was still a little reluctant to leave this world, but it was just that he could not spare himself when he thought about what had happened to Cathy.
“Apologize to Uncle for me. I can no longer step into the Waldburgs’ door.” Felipe’s eyes went red.
“You still have a chance as long as you’re willing,” Kendrick repeatedly advised. Although Felipe had made a lot of mistakes, he did not have to die to atone for his crimes.
Felipe fell into a short silence when he heard the words, but after a while, he still refused.
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.