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
"No!" Fred yelled. "I didn't do it! I didn't push anyone!" Fred kept shouting. He curled into a ball and tried to protect his hands. His hands were the most important to him. He needed them to play more beautiful music for Jackie. Jackie loved playing the piano with him.By the time an adult noticed the fight and pulled the kids away, it was too late. Fred had gotten beaten so terribly, and his face was all bruised and swollen.Fred ran into Jacqueline while limping toward his room. Jacqueline was shocked to see Fred all bruised and swollen and became worried. "What's wrong? Who hit you?" Jackie asked, but she regretted it as soon as she spoke. They were in the middle of a fight, and they were not supposed to be talking, so she immediately shut her mouth.Fred looked at Jacqueline and stammered, "D-Do you want to play the piano? I can play it now." That was all he could do for her. Fred protected his hands during the fight earlier, so his hands were not injured. He was able to
When Fred was living with Jenny, Jenny would not care much about him even if he got into a fight with someone else and injured himself.His mom was addicted to her alcohol and would spend her time doing nothing and watching TV. Otherwise, she would spend her time talking about her past glory."Come here. I'll treat your bruises." Serenity took the little boy back to his room, grabbed the medicine box, and carefully treated his wounds.Fred remained silent and felt Serenity carefully putting the medication on his bruises."If it hurts, just say so," Serenity said, afraid she was using too much force while treating Fred's wound and that he might be silently in pain.Fred pursed his lips, and for some reason, the pain gradually faded. Was it because of the medicine? Or was it because of Aunt Serene?The next day, the swelling on Fred's face remained. Serenity thought of giving the little boy a few days off from school until he was better, but Fred insisted on going to kindergarten.
Frederick had heard someone say that he would do something bad one day. He wasn’t a bad boy. He hadn't even been trying to push Yannick down the stairs.Just as he wanted to say something, Jacqueline’s figure flashed through his mind. He would be leaving the Valors and Solaria if he followed Weston back to Lanford, and he wouldn’t be able to see Jacqueline again. “I’m…not leaving,” Frederick whispered. Weston raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that his son was dead set in his ways. “Is it because of Jacqueline?” Frederick remained silent. “Do you think Jacqueline will think highly of you even if you stay here? You're nothing more than a playmate to her. She doesn’t care much about you. Look, did she choose to believe you? Like others, she was sure that you pushed Yannick down the stairs. She doesn’t believe you no matter what you say, right?” Weston said. Frederick widened his eyes and looked at Weston in disbelief. He couldn’t understand why he knew about the inc
Just then, she was startled by a light tap on her shoulder. She turned around only to realize that it was Micah. “Why are you…” “I saw you coming out, so I followed.” “Micah the Great, do you know who is that uncle who came out with Fred? What’s his relationship with Fred?” Jacqueline asked. She would only nicely call him by that nickname when she needed something from him. Otherwise, she would just call him by his name. “He’s Fred’s father,” Micah replied calmly.“Father?!” Jacqueline nearly choked in shock. “His name is Weston. Daddy investigated the Stanton family. I hacked into his computer and saw the information,” Micah said. However, Jackson had found out about it, and Micah had gotten a hard time from him. He wasn’t allowed to touch the computer for a week. “What kind of person is he?” Jacqueline asked.“He’s from Lanford, and he owns the Stanton Group. It seems that he came to Solaria to look for Fred.” Jacqueline frowned. She wondered if Weston was here to t
Fred’s eyes widened, and he panicked. At this age, he still wasn't good at hiding his emotions even though he was attentive.“What’s your decision? Do you want to go back? Or are you going to stay with us?” Jackson asked while smiling. Fred felt overwhelmed even though Jackson was smiling at him. “I-I…” he couldn’t continue saying that he wanted to stay with the Valors. The words were stuck in his throat.“I won’t stop you if you want to leave, but if you want to stay here, don’t do anything bad. If you have any ill intentions, I won’t forgive you even if you’re still a kid. I don’t care who your father is,” Jackson said. Fred trembled. “I… I don’t have any ill intentions. I didn’t push Yannick down the stairs either,” he said after mustering some courage. Jackson smirked. “I don’t care what the truth really is. It doesn’t matter to me even if you did it or not.” Jackson was not bothered about Yannick's life and death. All he cared about was the safety of Serenity and their
After some time, Fred opened the drawer and took out the piece of paper with Weston's phone number on it.He knew what Weston said was correct—he would never get what he really wanted if he stayed with the Valors. There was something else that he wanted besides Jacqueline’s smile. In the middle of the night, Fred went to the living room and dialed the number on the paper using the telephone. Weston picked up the phone after a while. “It’s Fred calling.” “So, have you decided?” Weston asked. “Hmm. I want to go back to the Stanton family,” Fred said softly with teary eyes. “I’ll be at your door in half an hour,” Weston ended the call. Fred realized that he only had half an hour left before he had to leave the Valor Residence. He went back to his room to pack, but everything in the room didn’t belong to him. He hadn’t brought anything with him when he came here. He hesitated and only took the doll that Jacqueline had given him. Then, he went to Jacqueline’s room and
“Alright, let’s go.” Weston led Fred into the car. He glanced toward the villa and smirked before getting into the car. Then, the car drove away from the Valor Residence. Meanwhile, Jackson received a call from the security guard at the villa’s entrance. “Mr. Valor, someone has picked up Fred.” “Good.” Jackson hung up the phone. Serenity, who was already asleep, asked groggily when she was woken up by the ringing phone, “Who is it? It’s so late already.” “Sorry, go back to sleep. The security guard at the entrance reported that Weston had picked up Fred,” Jackson said while tucking Serenity back to sleep. “What?” Serenity was wide awake now. “Fred left?” “Well, he called Weston in the middle of the night and asked him to pick him up.” Jackson easily discovered that as Fred had called Weston using the landline in the living room. He had then asked the servants to leave the gate open so that Fred could get out easily.“Why did Fred suddenly…” Serenity frowned. “Is