Raquel put the bowl on the table with a lot of force, she answered him in a bad mood.
About Kennedy, Jorge could not calm down. Even venting anger at his daughter, he couldn’t bear the question.
-What happened? I came for him, tell me why he is not here.
The air froze, the desire for dinner was lost, and the room sank into silence except for the sound of boiling soup.
Yanis watched the potatoes softening. Although he wanted to take them out of the hot soup, he did not dare to do so in this situation, she had to put up with it.
A while later, Alice answered him.
-He’s in the hospital.
George suddenly stood up, his breathing deepened, “Hospital? Why did he go to the hospital? What happened?
At first, George thought Kennedy was only out for a little while, so he stayed quietly with them for dinner. Upon learning that he was in the hospital, Jorge suddenly lost his desire to eat dinner.
-Dylan, stop eating, let’s go to the hospital.
Raquel stopped them at that moment.
-Stop meddling, you can’t do anything, your grandson is fine in the hospital, he just fell because of the stimulated memory, he has already rested in the hospital, do you still have any doubts?
When informed about the stimulated memory, Jorge stopped for a moment, his eyes became bright.
Did that mean his grandson was going to restore his memory?
Suddenly, Jorge felt lost inside. Kennedy was still protesting to him when the memory was not restored. Wouldn’t he treat him more coldly once he recovered?
He really missed the cause of stimulating the memory. Hadn’t he been fine before? He had no particular reaction to seeing Alice either.
-Why are you showing off like that? -Rachel stood up, looking at him with her hands held in front of her chest. Are you worried that she was going to abandon you once the memory was restored? As your daughter, I advise you, if people continue to be stubborn, they will lose more. So many years passed, if you still don’t regret it, I really feel sorry for you.
The living room was silent.
***
At the same time, the hospital came into view.
-Uncle Nathan, if Dad is still sleeping, will we stay in the hospital all night?
Nathan had an idea and looked at Jack.
-He looked at Jack and said, “Master Jack, are you tired and shall I call your mother to take you home?
At these questions Jack shook his head vigorously.
-No, I’d rather wait for Dad to wake up.
Then Jack remembered something, he said seriously with his eyes wide open, “Uncle Nathan, could you stop calling me mister?
Nathan hesitated, “Why?
-I know Uncle Nathan treats Dad great, so you better just call me by my first name, call me Jack.
How dare he call his boss’s son by name only?
-Uncle Nathan? I only have this one request left, please.
At this face, the expectant look and the expectant tone, Nathan found that he had no idea of refusing, so he nodded.
-Okay,” he said.
Jack gave a big smile, showing his white teeth, “Uncle Nathan, call me again.
Nathan thought.
He was a naughty little boy, he knew how to give them a hard time.
But because he was a boy, it wasn’t hard to call him Jack.
-Jack.
Jack felt satisfied when he called him back. Suddenly Nathan looked more comfortable in front of the boy than Kennedy. Although they looked identical, their characters were completely different.
While he was thinking, the boy sitting in front of him suddenly asked him, “Uncle Nathan, do you like it?
-Uncle Nathan, do you like Aunt Yanis?
When Nathan heard this, he almost choked on his own saliva. And then he looked at him surprised and elusive.
How could his thoughts be guessed by just a child?
Especially soon? Did he show himself obviously? Or to say, Yanis could sense it too?
At the thought, Nathan’s face looked worse.
Subconsciously Nathan gave a sidelong glance at the wound on his face. Before he had hidden his love for Yanis deep in his heart.
But now he had a very ugly wound, he had already lost the qualification.
When he saw Jack, who was still looking at him for an answer, Nathan could not help but to float his hands over his head. But just as he was about to touch him, Nathan stopped. After a while he retracted his hand and smilingly refused.
-What are you saying? Nothing.
There was no qualification before, nor now.
He had no qualification left to love that nice girl, nor to touch the little monkey in front of him.
Jack saw everything Nathan did. He saw him reach out his hand to the side of his head, but soon retract it.
Jack was not happy, “Uncle Nathan, give me your hand.
Nathan hesitated, “What? -Then he shook his hand. Jack placed his hand in a suitable position, and then brought his head closer against his hand.
Nathan felt the tiny head floating in his palm, which gave him a slightly cool touch. Looking at it, Nathan could not talk about anything else.
-Uncle Nathan, wanting is wanting, that’s all. If you want to touch the head, why do you retract your hand? I didn’t say not to touch me.
Nathan felt warm inside, not expecting Jack’s mind to be so mature that he guessed what he was thinking.
“Wanting is wanting, it’s nothing more.” Of course he spoke the truth that he loved Yanis.
He dared not admit it, and neither did Yanis know that he loved him.
It was because he thought too much, or the boy knew too much.
No way, he was only a boy of four or five, how could he know so much?
Nathan gently touched the boy’s head and then pulled his hand back.
-The adult world is very complicated, things are not so simple, it is very difficult to explain.
Jack bowed his head, “But I don’t think so, Uncle Nathan, look at my parents, they have complicated things, that’s why they have been separated for so many years.
Nathan was silent.
He was a little surprised. Although he did not feel like admitting it, it was the truth.