Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 403

It was as if I hadn’t heard him, I mused to myself, “It’s not just her who doesn’t like me. You seem to have a pretty low opinion of me too, right? But then again, I know you’re my biological father. Why would a father dislike his own child? Is it something to do with my mother… did she have some kind of grudge against you?”

“Enough!”

Richard’s voice was low but fierce, his face turning red, “You’ve been back in River City for two years. How come you’ve turned back into that rebellious kid, always pushing boundaries?!”

“Oh.”

I had my answer, “Seems like my mother really is someone else.”

That’s something a psychologist in France had once told me. The more people dodge your questions or get angry when you ask something, the more likely it is that you’re onto something. I was only about seventy to eighty percent sure before, but now I was completely certain.

Richard was usually quite a refined man, but now when he looked at me, there was a hint of disgust in his eyes, “Get lost!”

“Sure thing.”

I smiled slightly, turning on my heel before he could blow up at me.

“Wait!”

He suddenly called out, “Did you just speak with Grandma?”

I turned back, “Yeah.”

she mention anything about… a

make a will?” I feigned confusion in response.

on, “What

be

bit too

09:04

“Grandma’s not in her right mind to discuss estate division or anything of that sort. I’d advise you not to bother her about it, lest you upset her

as if it were an afterthought, “After all, no one knows what’s in the will. As long as Grandma’s alive, everyone still

waiting for me to join her for a late–night snack. We sat on the patio, and as I recounted the afternoon’s events, she took a sip of wine,

“Not sure yet.”

can of beer, taking a swig. The cold, bitter liquid

when she suddenly frowned, “He couldn’t have amnesia,

“No.”

my head, “He’s been visiting Grandma, and it’s not his first

“Maybe it’s selective amnesia, like, he

do you think this is

into her bowl, “I feel like

years ago.”

in a wheelchair now. How

Before I left the hospital, I had confirmed with the

in that wheelchair…