After a while, he raised his head and said, “If I’m with Dad, Mom will have time to go on a date with others.”
Mark’s face froze when he heard this.
His gentle and handsome face was looking very sullen at the moment.
The boy had spoken impulsively and then gone silent again.
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut after eating in silence for a while, Edwin added, “Mom is still going to remarry anyway.”
At this point, Mark had lost all his appetite.
He got up and walked over to the window. Then he Lit a cigarette and stood there, smoking in silence.
Edwin looked up at Mark and he couldn’t help but feel that his father was very pitiful at this moment.
After a moment, Mark seemed to have sensed that Edwin was looking at him, so he said in a gentle voice, “Edwin, do you blame me?”
“Yes,” Edwin nodded.
It also seemed as if he had a question of his own to ask.
But Mark, Looking down at the burning cigarette in his hand, said in a soft tone, “Your mother is the only person I love. And she’s the only one I will love till the end. I will never be separated from her.”
As Edwin listened to this, his nose twitched and it looked as if he might cry.
This evening was clearly a rough one for both the father and son.
Early the next morning, while Mark was preparing to drive Edwin to school, he got a call from the villa. It was from one of the servants. She sounded very anxious.
She was calling to report that, last night, Laura had a fever.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe doctor that was called in had said that Laura might never be able to speak again.
Cold sweat broke out on Mark’s back when he heard this.
After hanging up, he asked the driver to take Edwin to the kindergarten and then he drove to the hospital by himself.
An hour later, Cecilia called him and said, “Mark, Edwin is missing!”
Mark was shocked.
Edwin was missing?
Recognizing Cecilia’s emotional turmoil, Mark said softly, “I’ll call the driver.”
Cecilia’s response was somewhat cold.