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.

due to surviving a

Such a revelation!

her grandson back

joy was

"Gilbert, Gilbert... my boy!"

take my grandson? Answer me! Give my Gilbert back to me!" "Grandma..." Francis's

been lost, would

couldn't bear the thought of their grandmother losing yet

brought back the person standing before her

froze, her breathing becoming

Gilbert... My Gilbert

into a cry, "My Gilbert

couldn't catch her

as she

"Grandma!"

"Grandma!"

caught the

ét

her into his arms

quickly moved to

to his

brother's lingering injury.

"I'll call for help!"

"Right!"

Sylvia

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