Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Letting a child see a corpse, which is also the corpse of his own.
mother…”
“May I?” asked William as he looked at Grace.
“Okay, I’ll take you to your mommy,” said Grace.
Jason, who was standing beside them said, “I’ll take him. The doctor said you should stay at home and rest. You shouldn’t move your hands. Otherwise, they won’t recover.”
Grace thought about it for a moment and nodded. “Okay then. You can take William.”
Jason had arranged for William to see Lily at two o’clock.
In the back seat of the Bentley, William sat quietly beside Jason, just like a quiet doll.
Jason was a little impressed with the child’s temperament. It was hard to conceive that someone like Lily had raised a child like him.
This child was only five years old but was able to keep a calm. composure and even asked to see his mother’s body after shel committed suicide. Not many adults had such temperament.
Such a person was either born indifferent or… he knew how to control his temper and possessed shrewdness that did not belong to kids his age.
However, which was he?
Jason was suddenly a little curious about the child’s father. The child was good-looking, but he did not resemble Lily much. In other words, the child looked more like his father.
When he had people search Lily’s records, he failed to find out who the child’s biological father was.
Lily’s body was temporarily stored at the funeral home because it had been forensically examined.
Jason asked the worker to take William to see Lily’s body while he walked to another room.
When he reached the room, the head of the funeral home was already waiting there. As soon as he saw Jason, he bowed and said, “Mr. Reed, have a seat. Everything has been arranged just as you ordered.”
“Okay,” Jason replied indifferently.
Right in front of his chair was a large electronic screen with several split screens. They showed the same room that contained a coffin. Inside it lay Lily.
Soon, two figures entered the room.
One of them was a funeral home worker, while the other was William.
The worker seemed to say something to William, and the little one walked over to the coffin and quietly looked at Lily, who was lying inside.
No one knew what the kid was thinking.
Jason stared thoughtfully at the screen as if he was thinking about something.
For half an hour, the little one merely looked at his mother without shedding a tear or saying anything. Then, he turned to the worker who had brought him here and said, “Uncle, I’m done seeing my mommy.”
The worker took William out of the room.
Jason got up and turned to the head of the funeral home, saying, “Ask the Atkinson family to claim the body.”
“Yes,” the head of the funeral home replied.
Jason got back into the car, and William came over after a while.
The car slowly drove away from the funeral home.
On the way back, Jason said nonchalantly, “You should have. seen everything you needed to see. I’m not interested in knowing what you’re thinking right now, but I want you to be obedient and not have any funny ideas while you’re staying with the Reed family. Don’t hurt Jasper and Mick!”
Even though William was only five years old, Jason spoke unsparingly and straightforwardly.
William looked up at Jason. “Uncle Reed, when are you sending me away?”
Jason raised his eyebrows slightly, seemingly a little surprised by the child’s incisiveness. Indeed, he never intended to let the child stay with the Reed family for long since the very beginning.
“When Jasper gets tired of you, I’ll let you leave the Reed family. But until then, you’d better keep her company, got it? If she’s happy, I’ll arrange for you to go somewhere better after you leave the Reed family.”
The little one fiddled with his hands, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Although the little one seemed calm at the moment, his young age made it easy to see how nervous he was.
“I’m just… Jasper’s toy, aren’t I?” the young voice asked.
Jason smiled, “William, you’re smart. You’re right. As far as I’m concerned, you’re just Jasper’s toy. As long as you stay out of trouble, I won’t mistreat you when Jasper doesn’t want you anymore.”
William felt the air getting colder. Being stared at by the man in front of him gave him a sense of dread.
Just like the other night when he pretended to be asleep and listened to Uncle Reed and Jasper’s conversation, Uncle Reed had said in a nonchalant voice that he could chop off his hand so that the handcuffs would not be an issue anymore.
‘Uncle Reed’s… a terrible man!”
Even though Uncle Reed was smiling at him, he was terrified!
“Okay…” The word escaped his little mouth.
‘A toy! I’m just a toy!”
His mother had once said, “William, you know what? Power and wealth determine everything in this world. Sadly, you can only let someone else control your destiny if you don’t have them!”
“What about me? Am I just a toy because I don’t have the power and wealth that Mommy said?
‘Uncle Reed has power and wealth. Is that why he can decide everything so easily?”
When he saw his mother lying in the coffin, he realized that he was all alone from now on. He no longer had a mother!
On this cold night, William snuggled in his covers that should have been warm. However, instead of feeling warm, he felt colder.
His mother was not usually very kind and gentle to him. She even used to pinch him in the face and say, “If I had known how tiring raising a child would be, I wouldn’t have given birth to you. I’m just making myself miserable!”
However, he still wanted his mother to be alive.
Then he would not be alone.
Just then, a small hand reached its way into his covers. Startled, he yanked the covers back and exposed his head. His eyes were instantly met with a pair of bright ones.
“Huh? William, why are you crying?” Jasper was surprised to see that William’s beautiful eyes were red and wet.
Jasper had never seen William cry, not even when he was chastised by the maids’ children.
“I… I’m not crying,” said William as he turned his little head away. with some embarra**ment.
“Your eyes are red,” said Jasper Reed. Following the direction of William’s face, she moved closer to him. Then, she reached out her hand and used her fingers to dab under his eyes.
There were tears on her fingers.
Her action was so sudden that he was caught off guard.
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