Chapter 251
Janice had not seen Ollie for a long time, so she brought him to Nandose Villa for a two days trip.
It was about seven to eight in the evening, which were peak hours for traffic and pedestrians in the fast-paced Sapphire City.
Catelyn and Cedrick were sitting at a restaurant.
"What were you doing in the washroom with the boy?" Cedrick asked in a serious tone.
Catelyn felt her nerve ticking upon hearing that question. She planned to have a quick meal and send Miles home, but he was smart enough to get a cab by himself. He should be arriving at home already.
Catelyn felt empty without her two sons with her.
"What else could we be doing? I was sad to have said goodbye to Master Ollie after spending a whole weekend with him," answered Catelyn, faking casualness.
Cedrick did not buy her answer. He squinted at her dubiously and said, "Do you want to tell me the truth, or should I look for the truth myself?"
"No!" Catelyn cut him off.
"If you don't want me to look for the truth, be honest with me."
Catelyn bit her lip and paused for a brief moment before asking, " Master Ollie told me, in his words, that he's a motherless b*stard child, and my heart ached for all the pain he's endured all these years. Cedrick, can you please tell me why Ollie doesn't have a mother?"
The air was still for a few seconds. Cedrick's lips pursed into a thin, straight line. His tenderness from earlier had vanished.
to talk
Cedrick did not answer. He stood up and picked
did not expect him to react so
the answer to her question and gave chase. "I want to know
is?" Cedrick
about it.
but—" "Then stop being a
Even though Cedrick did not want to talk about it, the topic had been opened up,
to just forget about
about these things! Why do you hate
lost his composure. "Never, everbring up anything about that woman ever again. Just behave and remember your place, Catelyn. Don't forget that Jamie is still trying
in disbelief. "Are you threatening
her. All he wanted was for her to stop asking
"Think whatever you want."
a loss of
shouldn't have asked. 1
like she had made a joke out of herself. She might have had too high of an expectation before. Maybe things were not what she
want to talk about it. It must have been so complicated that he just did not want
years ago and was the reason
as Catelyn left and felt his heart sink. The last
hunt for Ollie's mother for so many years to no avail. What was there
left the theme
closed at this hour, thus many parents
wanted to call for a cab, but it was way too crowded. On top of that, it was during peak hours. The e-hailing service app sent her a reminder to inform her that there were 20 more passengers ahead of
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