"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
Luna's heart skipped a beat when she saw how unforgiving Christopher was as he looked at her.Joshua immediately pulled her toward him. "Don't be afraid." He used his arms to protect Luna and raised his head to look at Christopher through the bars with stone-cold eyes."Why can't Luna visit you? Regardless of what happened, Rosalyn raised you since you were a kid. Her body is too weak to come to visit you, so Luna is here on her behalf."What's wrong? From what I can tell, you don't seem to welcome her."Christopher sneered and glared at Luna, his eyes burning with the intent to kill. "You're right; I don't welcome her. I don't welcome any jinxes here!"Luna's forehead creased at this. 'I'm a jinx?'"Yes, you are a jinx!" Christopher had probably read Luna's mind as he snapped, "Think of all the things you've done. Do you need me to list it for you?"Last year, when you returned to Banyan City, the Landry family had become Joshua's main target, and they nearly declared bankruptc
It tasted just like the cauliflower herb soup June always cooked for him to drink!The familiar taste brought some sense back to Christopher. He furrowed his brows and finished the soup. Finally, he put down the container reluctantly when it was finally empty. "Is this all you got?""We got more here." As Christopher's emotion was finally less cynical, Joshua took a deep breath and added, "There are some questions I'd like to ask you. If you want more soup, you need to answer them.""Deal," agreed Christopher as he pursed his lips. He then took a look at Luna, who looked visibly pale, cautiously. He tried to think of the right words to apologize to Luna, albeit he could not form any words to speak."You weren't you. Luna understands you didn't really mean what you said," said Joshua lightly with a frown after reading Christopher's mind based on his expression.Luna, finally realizing why Christopher had been staring at her, sighed. "I'm not a narrow-minded person. I know you didn'
"Bonnie asked you to come back?" blurted Luna immediately, her eyebrows furrowed upon hearing Christopher's response. "How is that possible? Christopher, do you know what you're talking about?"Bonnie had been in a coma for two days. When Jim and Rosalyn contacted Christopher yesterday, Bonnie was already lying on the bed without the ability to talk or move. Christopher must have decided to disobey Rosalyn and return to Merchant City secretly on his own, yet he dared say Bonnie made him do it. It was just impossible!The faint ounce of pity Luna had for Christopher vanished after knowing what kind of person Christopher was."We're not obliged to trust anything you say. If you're not willing to be honest with us, there's no point for us to be wasting our time here with you."Previously, Luna had been indecisive if she should bring June or Harvey to come to visit Christopher, but she finally made up her mind, realizing Christopher was a lunatic that had difficulty communicating. To t
"Bonnie requested that I come save her because Jim was forcing her to marry him, adding that it'd be too late if I didn't come soon. She even attached headlines of Merchant City's newspapers for me to see, reports all about Bonnie and Jim getting married."Christopher shut his eyes, and his voice turned gruff as he continued, "She also said that she would've married Jim had she wanted to, that the only reason stopping her was that she was unwilling. Now, Jim wants to take advantage of her when she's sick."Christopher opened his eyes and gazed at Joshua. "I can't calm myself after reading the email. I just can't accept it. In the end, Aunt Rosalyn didn't want me to come back because she didn't want me to know Jim and Bonnie are getting married. She knew that I'm in love with Bonnie, too."If she had told me Jim and Bonnie are getting married, I would've given them my blessing, but why did she have to hide it from me? Why did she want me to stay in Lincoln City?"Christopher was vis
Luna's brow creased at Joshua's explanation, and it took her a while to fully understand what Joshua was planning."Are you saying…someone had impersonated Bonnie and sent Christopher an email to fool him?"Joshua smiled and smoothed Luna's head affectionately. His voice was as soft as the spring breeze as he spoke, "What else do you think? Do you truly believe Bonnie would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and send him an email?"After listening to Joshua's answer, Luna bit her lip and realized her question…was ridiculous to begin with."You're so silly, it's cute." Joshua sighed and trapped Luna tightly in his arms, saying, "You used to be so smart and independent, solving all the problems on your own. So good to me and never asking anything in return. Not only that, but you also didn't want to trouble me or allow me to share some of your burdens. You never showed your silly side to me."I thought you'd be a silly, dumb woman who doesn't know how to ask for love and af