"Ah!" Lily gasped in shock.

Standing too close, her dress got splattered with blood, and the small bottle of whiskey she was holding dropped to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Norbert scolded in a low voice, "What are you screaming for? Shut up!"

Lily covered her mouth, her face turning pale, not daring to make another sound.

The others were also visibly shaken, each of them too scared to utter a word.

Norbert, with blood at the corner of his mouth, looked at them seriously and said, "Since your parents sent you back here, they must have informed you about my health. I'm not asking you to leave, but there's one thing: my health condition must not be disclosed to Wenna."

Everyone exchanged puzzled looks, unsure why.

Why keep it a secret from Morwenna? Was it because Morwenna had fallen out of favor?

Norbert did not provide a reason but commanded sternly, "Got it?"

"Yes, yes."

"Alright, Grandpa, we won't say a word."

clean up all the traces of blood, leaving

now old, close to death, so weak that he needed

resting for a while outside, ensuring he appeared normal, Norbert started walking

to do?

be able to

she would

cause her unnecessary grief, preferring to take each

how to ingratiate themselves with him in his final days, even going so

Even Stuart seemed unaffected.

lived a full life. Stuart believed living into his sixties would be enough for

world was so full of filth and malice, what was

anything happening

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eyes, three Stuarts couldn't compare to one Norbert. However, as Norbert's health declined, he found himself

was as if Morwenna had

day, Norbert's

mornings, he would read with Ruby and

were spent

manners in the late

were now

nightly foot soak had been

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