While holding Renee, Jacqueline discovered that the baby was fascinating. "The baby is yawning! Haha! She's so cute when she yawns! Micah, Yanny! Did you see the baby yawn?!""Yeah," Micah responded nonchalantly.Yannick said, "Looks like Renee's comfortable!""Renee, hurry and grow up. I've got lots of beautiful dolls for you to play with!" Jacqueline said, ready to be Renee's older sister. Renee smiled in Jacqueline's arms as if she understood what Jacqueline had said. Jacqueline got even more excited and said, "Yanny! Look! Renee is smiling at me. Does she like me too?""Yeah, she must really like you," Yannick said gently.Fred felt uncomfortable watching this scene in front of him. Maybe his presence was unnecessary, he thought as he lowered his head and slowly walked out of the room. He should not have come in the first place. All these things had nothing to do with him.While at the walkway, Fred happened to see Cynthia and Caden through the window. Fred stood on the tip
Cynthia became envious of Evelyn as she listened to Evelyn's stories with her boyfriend. She began to wonder what it would be like to have a boyfriend in the future. Would it be like what she saw on TV? Although Cynthia was only in first grade, she knew what a boyfriend meant. She had seen it on TV before, after all!"Then just don't like other people," Caden said in a small voice, and his smile faded again."That's impossible," Cynthia refused and did not notice the dimming light in Caden's eyes.-Fred had no idea how long he had been hiding in the hallway. No one noticed him leaving the room, not even Jackie. Jackie did not come out to look for him because he was just a nobody.Fred was good at playing the piano, and that may be the only reason Jackie found him interesting. Many other children could not play the piano or keep up with Jackie's rhythm, so she loved playing with him. Whenever Jackie met someone else she liked better, he would be cast aside, just as he was at the
The child's voice caught everyone's attention, and they all turned to look at the stairs. Fred stood near the stairs on the second floor, and Jacqueline glared at Fred with a look of anger and shock. She must have seen something.Concerned, Serenity hurried to her daughter's side. "Jackie? What's going on?""Mommy, I saw Fred push Yanny down the stairs!" Jacqueline said. "I'm not the only one who saw it! Micah saw it too!"Jacqueline did not understand why Fred would push Yanny. Thankfully, Yanny had grabbed the handrail, or he would have gotten badly injured.Jacqueline had seen it on a TV show before. A lady who had gotten pushed down the stairs had died. Even though Mom told her that the TV show was fake, she had nightmares about it for a long time.Serenity then turned to Micah. "Micah? Is Jackie telling the truth?"Micah answered with a nod. "Jackie and I saw it. When Yanny was about to descend the stairs, Fred suddenly ran to him and pushed him."All eyes were on Fred at o
"Tell me your reason. I know you would never push someone for no reason," Serenity continued asking."Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me!" Fred said."But if you don't tell me, how do you know I won't believe you?" Serenity asked in reply."Have you forgotten? I'm a lawyer. If you have a reason and were wrongly accused, I'll clear your name. But if you did push Yanny down the stairs on purpose, I'll punish you!"After a short silence, Fred said in a small voice, "I heard a sound. I thought something was coming toward Yannick, so I tried to push him away.""There was a sound? What do you mean?" Serenity asked in confusion."It was a sound," Fred said. He was too young to describe the sound he had heard, so this was his best explanation.Serenity pondered for a moment. "You said there was a sound. Was there anything else? If you want me to believe you, you should tell me more. Was it just a sound? How can I help find evidence for you with that?"Fred kept his head down a
Jacqueline realized Fred was not going to apologize no matter what she said. Anger took over her, and she declared, "You must apologize to Yanny! If you don't, I won't play with you again! I don't want to be your friend!" This was the most serious threat a child could give, and surely enough, Fred's face paled at Jacqueline's threat.Fred reached out, wanting to grab Jacqueline. He wanted to tell her the truth, that he had heard a sound coming for Yannick, so he had pushed him away. But in fact, he had not even touched Yannick. Yannick had accidentally fallen when he tried to avoid him.Fred paused, his hand catching nothing but air, and a feeling of emptiness washed over him instantly.The servants around them looked at him with ridicule, disgust, and disdain. Fred shrank back and dropped his hands. He kept his head down and returned to his room like a poor, little soul.The room felt so empty and cold. Fred had never felt this cold before.Would Jackie no longer consider him a
Serenity hesitated for a moment. In the end, she shook her head and still believed in Fred. "I don't think Fred would do something like that. I'll look for evidence, in any case.""But what if the evidence still points to Fred? Would you still defend him?" Jackson asked.Serenity gave Jackson a look. "What are you trying to say?" They were married, and she sensed Jackson was implying something in what he said."Now that this has happened, wouldn't it be better for Weston Stanton to take Fred away?" Jackson said. "Serenity, you only took Fred in because he had no place to go. I'm not against it, but I can't say I agree. He's Jenny's son, after all." Although Fred was just a child, Jackson was extra careful with him. He was afraid that the boy would blame the Valor family for his mother's death. The boy might be harboring hatred toward the Valor family without them realizing it."Now's a good time to give Fred back to Weston. The kid should return to the Stanton family for his own
Serenity's face tensed, and Fred lying was the last thing she ever wanted."But we can't be sure yet. I'll have someone check the villa and see if something is making a sound. Maybe we all missed it," Lisa said."We all missed it? The three of us? And Yanny?" Serenity thought the chances were too slim.Lisa let out a small laugh. "Okay, I know you hope Fred didn't do this on purpose, but what if he did? Maybe Fred didn't mean to push Yanny down the stairs. Maybe he just wanted to push him to scare him. Besides, kids often play pranks without thinking of the consequences."Serenity sighed again. Did Fred really do it on purpose, and was what he said about the sound just a lie? Maybe giving Fred back to Weston would be better like Jack said.-At night, Fred curled up in the bed. Jackie had been ignoring him for the past two days. Although they ate at the same table as usual, she refused to talk to him.The servants in the mansion had noticed, naturally. They had been glaring at h
Fred could not accept it! He did not want Jackie to hate him! He would do anything for her, so please let her not hate him! Serenity had something to do that day, so Elliot picked up the kids from school in the afternoon.While on the way home, Fred kept sneaking glances at Jacqueline, but Jacqueline refused to interact with Fred. She kept talking to Micah about her day in the kindergarten.Soon, the car arrived at the Valor Residence. When the children were getting out of the car, Fred suddenly grabbed Jacqueline's sleeve.Fred began to speak with caution. "If… If I apologize to Yannick, can you not hate me?""So you're finally going to admit it? That you deliberately pushed Yanny down the stairs! And you even lied about it!" Jacqueline asked.Fred stiffened, and his face turned red. He knew he should be saying yes even though he never did it, but he just could not say it.He did not do it. He did not lie! Why should he admit something he never did?!Jacqueline saw Fred's ref