Luna's entire body stiffened as Joshua pulled her into his arms.However, a split second later, she came to a sudden realization and stared at Joshua with wide eyes. "So…you already guessed this when you first heard Rachel talking about the lab results?"Joshua nodded impassively. "It wasn't because I doubted her expertise; I simply wanted her to give me a concrete answer as to whether Bonnie was poisoned or not."If she were certain that Bonnie didn't get poisoned, I'd be able to know that Mother-in-law had lied to Jim so he could realize his true feelings for Bonnie. However…"He sighed as he glanced at his surroundings. "I never thought Jim would summon Christopher back to Merchant City because of Bonnie."After all, Christopher had already made up his mind to stay in Lincoln City to develop the antidote to regain Jim's memories, but Jim had summoned him back to Merchant City without notifying any of them.After seeing Bonnie and June's current states, Christopher's illness ha
"I believe you.""Luna, Joshua!" Just as the two of them were immersed in their conversation, Charles lifted his head to hand Rosalyn the peeled apple and, in doing so, caught sight of them.A trace of a smile spread across his face as he called out, "When did you guys arrive? Why aren't you coming inside to greet us? How come you're hiding in a corner like young lovers?"Rosalyn, too, lifted her head to glance in her direction when she heard this. She grinned when she caught sight of her daughter and son-in-law in each other's arms. "Alright, we all know how sweet you two are, so come join us now!"Blushing, Luna quickly removed Joshua's arms from her waist and headed in Rosalyn and Charles' direction.However, she had just taken two steps when Joshua's hand clasped around hers. He quickly overtook her and dragged her along behind him as he strode into the backyard. "Luna saw the two of you enjoying your time together, so she didn't want to intrude. Why else would we not want to
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.Luna, Joshua, and even Charles stared at Rosalyn with wide eyes.Finally, Joshua was the first to regain his composure. "How…could Nikki have managed to get her hands on a drug you invented?"Logically speaking, neither Rosalyn nor Charles had even known of Lucy being alive until the day before, so how could they know who Nikki was, much less allow Nikki to obtain a drug that Rosalyn formulated?How could Nikki have gotten her hands on this?"I used to have a friend…" Rosalyn sighed and began to explain, "This happened a long, long time ago, but one day, one of my doctor-friends got in touch with me and told me he had a patient who was so devastated about her husband's passing that she suffered a miscarriage."Even though this patient of his had adopted a child not long after, she was depressed for a long time and kept wanting to take her life."Besides that, at one point, her health began to deteriorate, so she became even more determined
This has been a recurring theme in the past and even in the present.In the past, Charles had been so devastated by Lucy's 'death' that he neglected his career when the fate of Landry Group was in his hands.Rosalyn was the one who had supported the weight of the family business on her shoulders, and while she was doing this, she had been forced to face Granny Lynch's wrath and even had to spend most of her spare time formulating the drug to keep Charles' moods stable.While he was in his psychotic state, Charles never understood her and instead thought of her as a stupid imbecile who had to stick her nose into everyone else's business.However, by the time he finally calmed down, he could not help feeling guilty about how he had treated her.If it were not for Rosalyn…neither he nor the Landry family would be where they were at this day.He owed her too much.Therefore, he could not bear to see her blaming herself for other people's mistakes and could not bear to see her worryi
Rosalyn let out another sigh.If she had not chosen to lie to Jim about Bonnie having only seven days left to live, he would not have summoned Christopher back to Merchant City out of desperation.If Christopher had not returned, he would not have gone crazy, and Sean would not have gotten hurt as a result.This was all her fault.She had been too arrogant, thinking that she could control everything and make Jim realize his true feelings toward Bonnie.However, she had neglected to consider that Jim had other ways of dealing with things that were different from her own.Not only that, but she never thought Christopher would ignore her advice and return to Merchant City without notifying anyone and even trigger a psychotic episode."You were just trying to help," Joshua sighed and tried to reassure Rosalyn, seeing that she was starting to feel guilty once more. "Things had gotten out of hand, and it wasn't your fault at all. Thankfully, we managed to gain control of the situation
"Uncle Christopher would never, ever hurt you, so why don't we go visit him together? He'll never try to hurt you with me there.""But I'm scared…" June was immersed in fits of sobs, her mind unable to shake off the image of Christopher choking her and demanding to know who had injured her.She was terrified of her father.This was not the man she called her father! The glimmer in his eyes had looked so malicious and deranged that she could not help thinking this was an entirely different person altogether!She did not dare to see or face this man once more, yet Harvey was telling her that Uncle Joshua and Aunt Luna wanted to bring her to visit him!She did not want to go!This man was not her father; he was a demon, a monster!"Don't be unreasonable, June. You're already six years old and are a big girl now, so you can't be so disobedient like this." Harvey gently patted her back as though he was an adult trying to reassure a child. "Don't worry. He's not a monster, and he won'
It had never crossed Luna's mind that Harvey would say such a thing to her in front of June.She was taken aback for a moment, and she then shook her head helplessly. "Harvey, this isn't the time for you to act on impulse. Uncle Christopher's situation is far more serious than you think. If you go to him instead of June, he may just lunge at you."Having said that, Luna looked in the direction where June was standing and spotted June looking at her, visibly shaken. Then, she sighed. "It's alright; neither of you needs to go. I'll bring the cauliflower herb soup Nellie cooked to him and try calming him."Everything would be worth it if Christopher would regain his sanity after tasting the soup Nellie had cooked. Should it fail, however…then it would be useless even if Luna brought Nellie over.She squatted and patted Harvey's shoulder. "Wait for my news."Luna then turned to take the soup from Nellie and left the house, her gait showing her determination.Joshua sighed as he watch
"After Uncle Jim lost his memory, he thought that Aunt Bonnie was a cunning woman without any evidence. He even said that all the things Aunt Bonnie did were to trick him."Nigel pushed his glasses upward the bridge of his nose. "Harvey has inherited this trait from Uncle Jim."Looking at how calm and mature her brother was, Nellie ran upstairs, biting her lip. "Nigel, Nigel! Since you're very, very talented, can you find out if Aunt Bonnie is Number-9?"Nigel passed the documents to Nellie and raised his head to look at the far distance. "If you can get Nigel to bake more cake for me, I can get more information for you."This took Nellie aback for a few seconds before she burst into laughter. "Deal. I'll go find him now!"Neil's culinary skills had improved a great deal, and at times, the food he made tasted far better than what they had from restaurants. Both Nellie and Nigel had been craving a particular cake Neil had baked last time ever since they had a taste, but it was thei