“Nigel?” Fiona curled her lips into a sneer. “He’s at home right now, receiving punishment for what he did. Children should be punished if they’re disobedient and go against their elders’ orders.”She shifted into a more comfortable position gracefully and continued, “Joshua has already decided last night to adopt a stricter approach to the children, so now, he has confiscated all of their devices. Not only are you unable to contact them, but even if you go to Orchard Manor or Blue Bay Villa right away, you won’t be able to see them either.“Joshua said that since they’ve been brainwashed by Luna, they’re now psychologically unsound, so he wants to send them to a professional education center. Even though it’s called an education center, in reality, it’s just a place to keep them shut in a windowless room…”Anne bit down on her lip when she heard this. Her hand gripped the phone so hard that her knuckles turned white. “Nigel and Nellie are Joshua’s children. How can he treat them li
Meanwhile, at the mental asylum located on the city outskirts...As soon as the director, Mr. Chase, found out that the famous Joshua Lynch had arrived, he was so startled that he rushed out to greet him without even putting his clothes on properly.“I want to see Luna,” Joshua ordered coldly as he strode through the entrance.Mr. Chase was so nervous that he broke out in cold sweats. “Mr. Lynch…um… Ms. Luna doesn’t want to see you…”Joshua scoffed. “I don’t care. I want to see her!”Mr. Chase could not help shuddering when he saw the cold, hard look in Joshua’s eyes. He knew there was no hiding the truth anymore, so he gritted his teeth and got down on his knees in front of Joshua with a thud. “Mr. Lynch! I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I didn’t keep a strict eye on Luna, and she…ran away…”Luna ran away?Joshua was so shocked by this that he immediately stood up from his chair. He grabbed hold of Mr. Chase’s collar and snapped, his handsome features contorted in anger, “Did
“Are you Dr. Robert’s wife? How can you say he misdiagnosed Luna? Dr. Robert has never made this kind of mistake before in his life!”Janice sneered and replied, “What do you mean, he has never done this before? All he did was cover up his tracks and was never discovered.”With that, she smiled and glanced at Joshua. “Didn’t you agree with Dr. Robert’s diagnosis that Luna has a mental illness, Mr. Lynch?”Joshua narrowed his eyes but did not say anything in reply.Janice curled her lips into a smirk and snickered. “I didn’t know how rigid and unrelenting of a person you are, Mr. Lynch. I guess in the end, you’d rather believe some words on a page than a living, breathing human being, don’t you? Can’t you tell the difference between someone who’s really sick and who’s not?As soon as he heard this, Joshua’s expression darkened, and he replied in a low voice, “Mrs. Jenson, you shouldn’t be here at all. Dr. Robert has been looking for you the whole day.”“Is that so?” she replied wi
At the hospital in Sea City.No matter how hard Gwen and Luke tried to stop Luna from seeing the news in Banyan City, she still found out about Fiona’s interview.What Fiona said in her interview made Luna feel anxious and worried. Every single sentence she said had a double meaning to it, as though she could not wait to tell the entire world how bad Nigel and Nellie were for kidnapping Dr. Robert’s wife!She even mentioned something about Joshua keeping Nigel and Nellie locked up at home for reeducation…What kind of reeducation did she mean?Luna clutched her phone and called Nigel and Nellie nonstop, but no matter how many times she called, there was no answer.Finally, she had no choice but to dial Anne’s number.Initially, Anne had wanted to hide everything from Luna as well. Still, she was a straightforward and outspoken person, so after a bit of coaxing and trickery on Luna’s part, Anne soon lost control of herself and blurted out everything, including what Fiona told her
“What do I need to do to make you leave me alone and treat me and the children better? What did I do wrong? Even if it was a mistake to fall for you, that was such a long time ago! Why do I still have to suffer the consequences now…”Her anguished cries echoed through the entire hallway.All the sadness and torment that she had gone through all this while finally burst out of her. Gwen, too, could not help but feel like crying. She immediately rushed forward to pull Luna into her embrace. “Everything will be better. Things will look up soon, Luna! Please don’t…”However, Luna shook her head in denial. “No, things will never get better…”No matter how hard she tried, she could not escape Joshua’s wrath at all, and she could not protect her children.Initially, she did not manage to protect Nigel, who was gravely ill. Then, after that, she failed to keep Neil safe, and he went missing amid the explosion. Finally, she failed to protect Nellie, who ended up with autism. With Nigel
Meanwhile, Luna and Gwen were hidden inside the room. They tilted their heads and eavesdropped on the conversation happening outside the door.The color drained from Luna’s face as soon she heard what Joshua said.As soon as she heard that Joshua had arrived, Luna guessed that Joshua had probably found out she was here and rushed over to talk to her.Otherwise, he would not have arrived without giving Luke a heads-up, considering how close he and Luke were.What he had just told Luke, however, was that the reason he came was that Luke had meddled with something that belonged to him.Luna pressed her lips into a thin line.It turned out that she was nothing more than an object to Joshua.“What do you mean by this? What thing of yours did I touch?” Meanwhile, in the hallway outside the door, Luke gave Joshua an impassive glance and spoke, a cold smirk playing on his lips, “I can’t seem to remember what it is.”“Is that so?” Joshua curled his lips into a sneer and fixated his cold
“Why don’t you just say you’re sending them to jail?”Joshua let out a chuckle and replied impassively, “Well, that’s another way of putting it.“If the two children still haven’t realized their mistake and don’t think they’ve done anything wrong, then it’s about time they need to get treated as well. After all…”He raised his eyebrows. “They’re involved in breaking a mentally insane patient out of her treatment facility.” With that, he stood up and continued, “Luke, I know what you took from me, and I even know where it is, but if you don’t want to hand it over, then it’s okay. “I heard Dr. Robert say that if he doesn’t find his wife before this evening, he’s planning to sue Nigel and Nellie in court. Even though I’m their father, I’ve never been emotionally close to them, so I won’t get involved in this potential lawsuit at all.“If he indeed sues them, then it’s up to the legal system to determine their outcomes. Whether they go to prison or get sent into an education center,
Seeing that Joshua was staring at her, Luna curled her lips into a feeble smile. “What’s wrong? Didn’t you want me to appear before you so that you can bring me back to the mental asylum?”The mental asylum: the place where she was locked in a windowless room and was subjected to inhumane tortures.Joshua paused for a moment, then asked in a hoarse voice, “What happened to you?”He knew that Luna was here, but he never imagined this was how she would look. He had seen her only a few days ago. At that time, she was full of life, with pink cheeks and clear eyes. This was a stark contrast to what she looked like as she stood before him: colorless and frail, as though she would break into pieces at any moment.Joshua thought that after being rescued by Luke and Gwen, Luna would be happy and carefree.While on his way here from Banyan City, he even thought to himself how selfish Luna was. He thought she was a self-centered, inconsiderate mother who did not care about her children.A