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“Can we talk?” Stanley finally asked, the decision weighing heavy in his voice–this took a lot more courage than he usually showed.

“Sure,” Rebecca replied.

They slipped into the lounge next to the hospital room.

Stanley shot a quick glance at Jeffrey, who lay motionless in bed, then turned away–his heart twisted with guilt and anxiety. “Before we get into this, I owe you an apology for the things I said about you yesterday behind your back. I’m really sorry.”

Rebecca didn’t bother replying. She clearly didn’t care about any of that.

“I didn’t ask you to come here so you two could get back together, or to patch things up,” Stanley said, his voice steady and calm now. “I just want you to help him let go of whatever’s eating him up inside. If he keeps going like this, he really might not make it.”

‘Rebecca could tell Stanley was being honest this time.‘ she thought, her expression unchanged.

On the surface, Jeffrey always seemed like the perfect gentleman–gentle, strong, and put–together.

But when he turned that intensity on himself, he could get pretty reckless. Rebecca had seen it firsthand when he stabbed himself with a knife.

“If you can, I’d really appreciate it if you could stay here for a couple of days and talk to him when he wakes up,” Stanley said, his voice sincere. “But if you don’t want to, I won’t force you. Like you said, you two are already divorced.”

“You talk first,” Rebecca said, not agreeing yet–she kept her expression unreadable, unwilling to commit.

Stanley paused, emotions churning inside. He finally managed, “What I need to talk to you about… it’s Jeffrey’s past.”

‘I wouldn’t spill this unless there was no other option,‘ Stanley thought, remembering how Jeffrey had made him promise five years ago never to bring up the old days in front of Rebecca. But now, hiding it was no longer an option.

‘If I keep quiet,‘ Stanley worried, ‘Rebecca’s probably just going to glance around and bail.

‘But if I tell her, maybe she’ll stick around. At least give Jeffrey a chance,‘ he hoped.

Rebecca hesitated, then said, “Okay.”

“Everything goes back to when he was a kid…” Stanley said, his voice weighed down by memories, eyes growing distant as he got lost in the past.

Jeffrey’s birth was a cause for celebration throughout the Hanson family.

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thrilled, and

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half years, he was the family’s little prince. But after that, his whole

to even spell his own name. If he ever took it easy or tried to mess around, his parents and grandpa would never let up on him. He always

catch his breath,

those extracurricular classes, and once they became friends, Jeffrey finally felt some real relief from all the pressure at

then on, he could take whatever his family threw at him and keep his cool, no matter how tough

got.

was around five

between the Hanson

even made him swear he wouldn’t ever see him again. Jeffrey refused, so Marcus really let him have it, and Candice even cried, saying she’d end it all

being defiant, refusing to do

turned inwards, barely spoke, and when he

would mess around and crack jokes just to loosen him up. If Jeffrey wouldn’t

him twenty–four seven. If he

own life, asking if he wanted

look at what you’ve done to your mom. Can’t you just act

barely saying a word. ‘Was the family feud really that

was just one deal–Andrew’s dad landed the contract, and

like that happened all the time back

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Marcus just couldn’t take losing–he hated

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as Jeffrey got older, he realized how much potential the kid had–and how stubborn he

down when

moved on, but deep down, he was still holding

Marcus couldn’t get over losing to

pretended to agree, promising he’d drop it if Jeffrey could pull off

what were those

the Hanson Group one day,” Stanley said, remembering it all clear as day. “Second, he had to go study abroad,

swirling as

smart as Jeffrey, winning an international gold

off a super hard project at just sixteen? That was a whole new level

over the moon,” Stanley continued. “When they sent him off to study overseas, Marcus even promised him: as long as he brought home that gold medal, he’d finally let go of his hatred for the Dane family and spend the rest of his days just chilling, letting his son take care

Danes, didn’t he?” Rebecca guessed, putting the pieces together from what Riley had told

right,” Stanley said