Though Miles had countless thoughts of doubt, as a child, he immediately turned his attention to the thought of how worried his mother would be after he had been gone for so long. 

 

Shaking away the thoughts that swarmed his mind, he ran toward the door and banged on it furiously, causing the door to squeak as he yelled, “Open the door, let me out! I knew you guys are terrible people! 

“Come and fight me, you big demon! What kind of man are you to lock me up like this?! 

“Mommy…I—I miss you…” 

On the other side of the door, Albert choked on the words he meant to say to calm the boy. 

‘It seems that the young master misses his mother again. This certainly explains his behavior today, but…it’s unfortunate that the identity of his mother was an unresolved mystery here in Mason Estate,’ he solemnly thought to himself. 

… 

In Ocean Path Residence, on the fifth floor of the building, the family gathered around the table with only a few casual dishes. 

Ollie looked at the dishes and noticed how spicy they were from the red color and the enticing scent. However, he scowled wordlessly at the sight because he usually preferred milder flavors. 

“Why aren’t you eating?” Noticing that he did not even move, Stella asked, “Didn’t you say you’re hungry? Do you think Grandma’s cooking isn’t good enough now?” 

Ollie pursed his lips and ate one piece of fishcake; the spiciness of the seasoning instantly spread on his tongue. 

“It’s spicy…” 

He forced himself to swallow it and poked out his tongue. 

Noticing how flushed he was, Catelyn immediately poured him a glass of warm water and chuckled. “This is spicy? You always say that Grandma’s cooking isn’t spicy enough compared to that restaurant out the street.” 

Ollie paused mid-way as he was sipping the water, thinking, ‘Does this boy Miles like spicy food?’ 

“I guess Grandma’s cooking improved.” 

piling food on Ollie’s plate. “Eat more if you like

faded

Miles so

shy smile on Ollie’s

If it’s too spicy, just drink more soup!”

“Alright.” 

meal ended in cheerful conversations

best not to look odd, but he had to drink a glass of cold water as soon

up the table and realized that though it was a house smaller than the bathroom in Mason Estate,

would never fawn over him like

even more inclined to stay.

bath, Ollie put on

His heart throbbed hard, and he could only pray that it would not expose

of habit and asked, “Which story would you like to

big, dark eyes peeked from the blanket and blinked

not want to hear

that she would misunderstand, he blurted out, “I

depended on one another, and he always found a way to

the story of the City Rat and Country Rat from the night

on his face. He drifted off to sleep while listening to her gentle voice and felt so happy that he could drown in it. As he was about to fall asleep, he grabbed onto Catelyn’s sleeve and asked longingly, “Will you be designing Young Master

would still be able to see her even if he

not,” she answered in a soft voice as

to sleep and widened

not want to discuss work with her son, but since Ollie would not give up, she could only explain, “I accidentally crossed the young master’s dad, so

realized that his father had changed his

day, Catelyn woke up early to make everyone breakfast. Ollie woke up as well shortly after she did as

started ringing. Ollie picked it up and instinctively wanted to bring it over to Catelyn, but then he swallowed the words as

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