But Ethan sensed something wrong. Gareth always contacted Mommy no matter how busy. What happened? Was he in trouble?

“Mommy, I miss Uncle Gareth. Call him?”

Realizing they hadn’t spoken for long, Maureen picked up her phone to dial Gareth’s number.

Country Town, hospital.

The phone rang, and Gareth’s friend Lawrence stepped forward to pick it up. Seeing “Maureen” on the caller ID, he frowned slightly.

“Alex has been in trouble for so long, and only now she calls? How heartless.”

Lawrence glanced at Gareth lying injured on the hospital bed–covered with medical devices and tubes–and hung up Maureen’s call.

“Don’t blame me, Alex. You should find someone suitable instead of getting tangled with a married woman.”

After saying this, Lawrence blocked Maureen’s number and placed the phone back on the nightstand.

When Maureen tried calling Gareth again, she only got a busy signal.

Assuming he couldn’t answer because he was occupied, she didn’t attempt another call.

“Uncle Gareth will call back when he sees it,‘

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Maureen reassured Ethan.


Ethan found it stranger still–Uncle Gareth had never ignored Mommy’s calls before. What could have happened?

But with the urgent matter between Mommy and his jerk dad to resolve, he brushed the thought aside.

“Mommy, Uncle Gareth is really great. I keep telling Uncle Alex that Uncle Gareth is dad. Could you be with him instead?”

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Maureen froze, “What?”

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I like Uncle Gareth. Marry Uncle Gareth

Ethan continued.

reality and hugged him. “Silly, you’re too young to understand. Marriage requires mutual


Uncle

directly at

dismissively: “Neither. Mommy only likes

brushing him off

you

Maureen suddenly asked.

take a walk together

head. “I don’t like him, Mommy. Please never

entirely evil, but he’d abandoned him, his brother, and Mommy. He’d teamed up with that awful woman

reminder–his jerk

man.

along well with Geoffrey

her son: “Alright, Mommy will listen to you.


off, though something still

occupied, Ethan

other end answered after

sounded displeased: “Bro, what took you so

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corner of a luxury

was the

party, Albert

news enthusiastically, delivering his daughter Katherine and himself to the Robson ancestral home that

“At great–grandpa’s house, don’t forget

Albert absolutely adored Jacob.

great–grandson of mine, the cleverest and most sensible, would never forget his grandpa. Come, let’s go home

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