Chapter 740

"Grandma..." Gilbert mumbled, his head hung low, drowning in a sea of shame.

"You won't talk, huh?"

Sylvia turned to grab Francis. "What about you? Where's your brother? What did you do with him?"

"Grandma..." Francis, too, found himself lost for words.

"You knew all along he was an impostor..."

Sylvia's eyes were clouded with confusion and age.

Then, it struck her like a cold breeze, "I understand now. The boy who came back with you that year... wasn't Gilbert, was he?" Francis remained silent, his silence a loud admission.

"Oh..."

Sylvia closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks as the realization hit her hard.

She remembered!

The Gilbert who had returned was different; the once gentle and quiet grandson had become defiant and reckless...

"I thought, I really thought..."

Her words trailed off into a whisper.

surviving a kidnapping, not that he had

Such a revelation!

her grandson back had blinded her to

the joy was replaced

"Gilbert, Gilbert... my boy!"

clutched Francis's shirt, demanding, "Where did you take my grandson? Answer me! Give my Gilbert back to me!" "Grandma..." Francis's face was a picture of helplessness. "My brother...

brother not been lost, would he have ever

their parents, he couldn't bear the thought of

brought back the person

froze, her

My Gilbert

cry, "My Gilbert

couldn't catch her

back as she collapsed into Francis's

"Grandma!"

"Grandma!"

the elderly

ét

into

moved to

to his

brother's lingering injury.

"I'll call for help!"

"Right!"

they rushed Sylvia

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