Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Seeing her getting hurt from fighting made him feel worse than if he were to get himself hurt!
“I’m not that bored to tell other kids such a thing. I just want to tell you that I’m your biological father. I came to Emerald City to take you away,” Philip Barlow told him his reason for coming here.
William looked at the man before him with shock. His young voice asked the question in disbelief, “You’re my…
daddy?”
“Yes,” Philip Barlow answered affirmatively.
“But why are you my daddy? Mommy never said my daddy’s name is Philip Barlow,” he said. His mother also said the man called Sean was his father.
However, the man was not his father. His mother had lied when she said they were father and son.
“It has been medically certified. If you still don’t believe me, I can take you to Emerald City’s hospital to have another test.” Philip Barlow tried to speak in a way that kids his age could understand.
William was silent. Although he did not know what this test was, he believed… in the hospital!
should be true. Is he… really my daddy?’
“Although you’re living in the Reed family’s house, you’re just relying on their charity. Not to mention your mother had hurt the Reed family’s mistress, Grace, many times. Your life in the Reed family’s house must be hard. Follow me back to the Barlow family. I can let you live the same life as the heirs of the Reed family. No one will dare criticize you over there, let alone disrespect you.”
What Philip Barlow said sounded like a fantasy to William. Confusion flickered in his eyes.
Philip Barlow chuckled, which slightly relieved some of the sternness on his face. “What’s the matter? Don’t believe me?
In Deer City, the Barlow family isn’t inferior to the Reed family.
Once you’re in Deer City, you’ll naturally be the young master of the Barlow family! Come back to Deer City with me. I’ll take care of everything. You can have anything you want.”
Philip Barlow said as he reached out one hand to his son.
This child would be his only child. He would take good care of him and nurture him.
However, the little one unexpectedly did not put his hand in his. The expression on his face was obviously one of…
rejection!
Yes, rejection!
like William, but it did not work the way he expected.
Philip Barlow said, “Don’t you want to return to Deer City with me? Once you’re in Deer City, you’ll have a bunch of people waiting on you. You can have the best piano, the best teachers, and any toy you want.”
‘But… Jasper won’t be there,’ William thought to himself. Then, he said to Philip Barlow, “Even if you’re my daddy, I
don’t want to go back to Deer City with you!”
Philip Barlow raised his eyebrow slightly. “You don’t want to go back to Deer City?”
“Yes, I don’t want to,” he replied with his childish voice.
“Why do you want to stay here? As far as I know, many people here call you a criminal’s son. You’re in an awkward place at the Reed family’s house. What’s so good about this place? When you get back to Deer City, you’ll be the young master of the Barlow family, whom everyone respects. Maybe you’re still young and don’t know how important the Barlow family is, but you’ll definitely regret it if you don’t go back with me.”
“I’m not going back,” William said again.
‘The young master of the Barlow family… Is it someone like Mick Reed? The maids dare not say no to Mick Reed and are respectful. They would give Mick Reed whatever he wanted.
‘But… Deer City…! He had no idea how far away Deer City was, but not being in the same city as Jasper made him feel so far away.
The person who was rejecting him now was his only son.
“Why? I want to know why you don’t want to go back to Deer City with me,” he asked.
However, William pressed his tiny lips tightly together, unwilling to talk.
Another tiny figure flashed through Philip Barlow’s mind and he asked, “Is it because of Jasper Reed?” According to his investigation a few days ago, Jasper was the closest to his son in the Reed family.
His son had met Jasper in a music exhibition and they got to know each other. Jasper and his son both had great talent in piano.
William’s eyes suddenly widened. He was still a child, after all. Even though he was more precocious than his peers, he was not very good at concealing his emotions.
The surprise and alarm in his eyes said it all.
Philip Barlow smiled. “Is it really because of Jasper Reed? Are you reluctant to leave that girl? If you like the company of little girls who can play the piano well, I’ll get you plenty of them when you get back to Deer City.”
‘But none of those playmates are Jasper!’ William quietly thought to himself. Then, he met Philip Barlow’s eyes again.
stay in Emerald City. I don’t want to go to Deer City with you. aunt Cummins said I… I can always stay with the Reed family.”
As he was still a child, Grace’s promise was the biggest thing he could rely on.
Philip Barlow stared at his son, and a look of annoyance flashed through his eyes. “aunt Cummins? Grace? It seems the Reed family has tamed you after having you stay with them for a while! Your mother’s dead, so I’m your guardian. Grace is nobody. She’s not related to you. I’m taking you back to Deer City, and there’s no stopping me!”
William’s tiny body instantly tensed like a frightened kitten. He stared at his father without saying a word, but there was a clear sense of resistance all over him.
Ict!
Philip Barlow stared at his son. Moments later, he said slowly, “In that case, I won’t force you. But you’ll want to go back to Deer City and the Barlow family sooner or later!”
William pressed his tiny lips tightly together, still staying silent.
Philip Barlow pulled out a piece of paper and wrote a phone number on it. “If you ever want to follow me back to Deer City, call me. Remember my words, you’ll have everything you want in Deer City. In Emerald City, you’ll always be the son of a penniless criminal who relies on someone else’s charity!”
The little boy’s body became stiffer and stiffer while one of his small hands clenched the small note with the number.
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