Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Quinton immediately stood in front of Flossie protectively, glaring at Damon angrily. “What kind of crap is that? My sister is a human being, not a lab rat. How can you even think of using her for experiments? If you dare to try it, I’ll experiment on you!”
“Calm down, sir, it was just a theory. I wouldn’t do experiments on people.” Damon hurriedly smiled and explained himself.
‘That’s not the issue right now. You should get Tiffany hospitalized first. The doctor said she needs to talk more or it’ll be problematic in the future.” Flossie diverted the conversation back to Tiffany, not wanting her physique to attract unwelcome attention.
“Tiffany…” Damon glanced at Tiffany and sighed. “I took her pulse just now. She’s fine, but there seems to be something troubling her. She doesn’t have to stay in the hospital-I’ll take her home to recover. Thank you for taking care of her.” Tiffany’s sudden change of character was no news to Damon, but he knew things like this would take time to heal. Damon felt she needed to experience more things in the world, and maybe then she would start to change.
“Wouldn’t it be better if she was hospitalized?” Flossie was still worried. Tiffany had suffered a lot the night before, so Flossie felt she should be kept under observation. Content belong to N?velDráma. Org.
“I’m a physician. I know how to handle this.” Damon bowed to Flossie and the others before leaving with Tiffany.
Flossie reluctantly watched them leave. She felt it was her hesitation that made Damon lose his wife and Tiffany lose her mother. When they had almost reached the elevator to go downstairs, Flossie ran after them. “Wait!”
Damon turned around and looked at Flossie in confusion. “Is there anything else, Ms. Ellsworth?”
“Don’t you want to know what Tiffany went through? Flossie asked him. Damon hadn’t asked about where Tiffany had gone or what she had been through at all. In fact, he seemed more interested in Flossie than his own daughter, which Flossie found strange.
“Oh…” Damon said indifferently while looking at Tiffany, ‘I’ll ask her about it once we’re back home.”
“She was kidnapped…” After hesitating briefly, Flossie decided to tell Damon the truth. “The kidnapper was your wife.”
“Oh, I see…” Damon frowned, not looking surprised at all. “I figured as much since she and Tiffany went missing together. I was waiting for her to get in touch with me, but I didn’t expect her to go crazy and kidnap my daughter. She’s really lost her mind… By the way, where is she?” He looked around.
“S-She’s dead!” Flossie admitted. “She took the kids to a deserted island, but there was a hurricane, so they hid in a cave. We got away, but she didn’t…” Flossie told Damon everything, hoping he would resolve things.
“She’s dead?” Damon’s expression changed briefly, then he shrugged indifferently. “She’s been wanting to die for a long time now. Maybe this was what she wanted.” Content belong to N?velDráma. Org.
“What?!” Flossie’s eyes bulged in disbelief. Damon’s wife had died such a miserable death, but he was so calm. What kind of family was this? “She was your wife. Aren’t you sad at all? Don’t you want to handle her funeral? Her body is still in the cave, so shouldn’t you get a rescue team to find it?” As a wife, Flossie knew how it felt to be hurt by your husband, but she couldn’t accept Damon’s indifference. Although she and Halston didn’t get a happy ending, they had once loved each other deeply. They both cared about each other even though they were apart- they were not as aloof as Damon.
‘That’s what the cops should do. I’ll get a professional funeral home to handle her funeral. Don’t worry about it, Ms. Ellsworth.” Damon remained calm despite Flossie’s harsh words. “If that’s all you have to say, then I’ll head back now.”
“You’re her husband. Why are you this cold?” Flossie asked sadly.
“Ms. Ellsworth, every family has their own problems. My family… is somewhat special.” Damon adjusted his glasses and said slowly, “Many years ago, I still had feelings for my wife, but many things have happened since then. Seeing the way she treated my daughter, I lost my feelings for her. Madelyn was a very troubled person. She led a very painful life and wanted to kill herself many times, but I always saved her. Maybe… she’s free now.”
*B-But…” Flossie started, but Quinton stopped her.
Quinton turned to Flossie and frowned. “Let’s not meddle in others’ family affairs, we don’t know what they’re going through. Let them be, Flossie.”
At last, Flossie watched Damon leave with Tiffany, regret and grief overwhelming her. “It’s so strange… I feel sorry for Tiffany having to live with such an odd person.”
“We can’t do anything about it anyway.” Quinton sighed deeply. He could tell that Tiffany’s family was strange, especially Damon. But even so, they were just outsiders. The most they could do was pity Tiffany. “You’re not Tiffany’s guardian, so the most you could do is advise Damon, but it’s his business how he wants to raise his child. You can’t meddle in that.” Quinton frowned and continued, “You’d better worry about your child instead. I think something’s wrong with Adie. He seems to be going through something he doesn’t want to tell us about. Why don’t you try to talk to him?”
“Yeah, I noticed that too.” Flossie forced herself to look away from Tiffany. “That boy is distancing himself from me. I was planning to talk to him anyway.”
“Do it well. Don’t let your anger get in the way and don’t threaten to beat him up. He looks strong, but is actually quite fragile and sensitive. You can’t be too harsh with him,” Quinton instructed Flossie. Many parents felt that they could be rough with their boys to make them more independent and responsible, but Quinton was once a boy, so he knew the truth. Boys needed love and adoration too.
“Got it.” Flossie rubbed her nose guiltily. “I promise to be gentle and not get mad this time.” She had double standards when it came to her two children. She showered Abby with affection and never criticized her, so Abby grew up soft and dependent. She had no strength to handle the outside world and needed people’s protection all the time. In comparison, Flossie raised Adie using a much tougher method. She had thrown Adie into the sea when he was slightly more than a year old to make him learn to swim. When he was more than two years old, she gave him a child sniper rifle as a birthday present. Ever since then, he fell in love with shooting, boxing, and going on adventures. When he was three years old, Flossie would make him sit beside her when she wrote codes as a form of entertainment. After some time, Adie learned how to do coding and program softwares skillfully. Content belong to N?velDráma. Org.
Adie was different from ordinary children-he wasn’t naughty, but when he did something wrong, it was usually something serious that would drive Flossie mad. Once, he brought Abby out on a boat when Flossie and Margaret were taking a nap, and sailed the boat for more than six miles. Although Sun Island was full of flat beaches and clear seas, it had scared Flossie and Margaret out of their wits. Flossie remembered beating Adie badly the day she found him and Abby. After that, Adie became submissive towards Flossie and always obeyed her… until he snuck off to Beach City alone in search of Halston, which infuriated Flossie. Other than that, Adie never made any mistakes. He was a very sensible child and didn’t worry Flossie much, so she couldn’t understand why he was behaving like this. He insisted on staying on that desolate island with the kidnapper and refused to go home even though he knew that everyone was worried about him. There must be something wrong!
Flossie arrived at Adie’s wards with those doubts in her mind.
Leia and Abby were in the ward with Adie, but Adie was lying in bed listlessly without interacting with them much. He also seemed more aloof with Abby.
Abby tried to hold his hand a few times, but he shook her hand off. “Adie, why are you sad? Just smile-you look the best when you smile. Can you smile?” Abby wasn’t upset even though Adie ignored her. She tried to make funny faces at him to make him laugh.
“I told you I don’t want to. You’re annoying. Get lost!” Adie looked more unhappy and pushed Abby away.
Flossie happened to see that scene when she opened the door, and immediately shouted at Adie, “What are you doing, Adie? You’re her elder brother!” She walked to Abby and hugged Abby, trying to pacify her. “Are you hurt? It’s okay, I’m here now.”
“No, I’m not.” Abby shook her head and whispered, “Adie is just playing. I’m sure he’s scared because someone bullied him, that’s why he’s not smiling.”
“I’m not scared!” Adie turned around, looking angry. “Do you think everyone is a coward like you?”
“Adie…” Abby’s large eyes filled with tears that she struggled to hold back. It was quite a pitiful sight.
Flossie was heartbroken when she saw that. She glared at Adie and scolded, “Adie, you’re being unreasonable. Why are you being so mean to Abby? Do you think I won’t scold you just because you’re sick?”
“Just hit me if that’s what you want. It’s always my fault anyway!” Adie burst out, then turned his back to them and looked out of the window. There seemed to be something weighing on his mind. Content belong to N?velDráma. Org.
“Ah, you…”
Before Flossie could say anything else, Leia stopped her. “Hey, I think something’s troubling Adie. You should try to talk to him. I’ll take Abby out to give you both some time.”
“Okay.” Flossie nodded.
When Leia left the ward with Abby, Adie seemed to relax. He turned to Flossie and asked, “Where’s Tiffany? Which ward is she in? I want to see her.” He felt that he and Tiffany could share their woes because of their experiences. Only Tiffany could understand him.
“Her daddy took her home.” Flossie pulled a chair out and sat beside Adie’s bed. Her gaze was gentle as she murmured, “Adie, you’re mad at me, aren’t you?”
Adie’s expression became pitiful when he heard that, and he shook his head.
“No, I’m not.
I like you the most, Mommy.
You’re the best in the world.
I won’t be mad at you no matter what happens.” “Then, why didn’t you want to come back? You’ve always been very sensible, so you should have known that everyone was worried about you, right?” Flossie asked in frustration.
She didn’t mind him being naughty sometimes or having his own opinions, but he shouldn’t play around with his life or trouble people who loved him.
“T didn’t come back because I thought that maybe…
you didn’t want me to!” Adie finally admitted.
“I’m sure you love Abby and Daddy more than me, and I’m not that important to you either.
You won’t be sad even if I’m gone.” “What are you talking about, Adie?” Flossie asked in surprise, not expecting her open-minded son to be so delicate. “You’re my child.
Of course, I love you.
I would risk my life for you!” The one thing that mattered most to her was her children’s safety.
Her children were the only thing that could be used against her-she was willing to give up anything to keep them safe.
However, most parents were usually not appreciated despite their devotion.
“T don’t need you to risk your life for me…
I just hope you can pay more attention to me.” Adie’s eyes turned watery as he told Flossie what had been on his mind for years. “I’m your child too, but all you care about is Abby.
When she’s scared, you hug and cuddle her, but when I’m scared, you ask me to be alone and try to overcome it.