Chapter 1024

Right now, he had to stay by Mr. Thaddeus' side-come hell or high water, he wasn't going anywhere.

"Frederic, I swear, I'm at my wit's end with you!"

Hamilton shuffled over to his son, his cheeks trembling with anger. “Let me make this crystal clear-so long as I'm around, no one lays a finger on Ilana! And if anyone disrespects her, they'll have to answer to me."

Frederic's chest heaved with frustration. "Dad, seriously, you-"

"And besides," Hamilton cut him off, voice steady and protective, "Thaddeus is awake now. That's the end of it. If I catch you giving Ilana the stink eye again, don't bother calling me your father!"

He shook his head, glaring. "A grown man, picking on a young lady just because you're her elder? Real big of you, son."

Hamilton didn't slap Frederic, but Frederic felt his face burn all the same, as if the words had hit harder than any smack.

"Ilana, go on. Go check on Thaddeus," Hamilton said, his gaze softening as he looked at the tear-stained Evadne.

Jason chimed in encouragingly, "Ms. Evadne, you've been waiting for Mr. Thaddeus to wake up, haven't you? I'm sure he's dying to see you too. Go ahead."

Evadne's fingers were red and cold as she made her way slowly to the hospital bed.

looked worn and drawn, but somehow it made the sharp lines of his face stand out even more. His features

against the pillows, silent, his gaze as deep and dark as

Evadne sat down at his bedside and barely got his name out before

staring at her

silence in the room

painfully—a sense of dread creeping through her

and leaning in close. "Thaddeus! Look at

on Mr. Murray's arm, shuffled over, tears welling

"Thaddeus, it's Grandpa net

I'm right here, don't you

at Hamilton, his pale lips barely

tears. "There you go! You remember your

turned to Frederic.

Frederic finally

Thaddeus into a hug. He couldn't even

his son

a hundred

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