Now that Mike was of no use, Beatrice had someone else to rely on.
“Don’t entertain any crooked thoughts. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. The success of our family today is entirely the blessing of the children themselves. As for you, I’ve already told Patrick to keep you in line and stay in the country quietly. If you dare to cause any more trouble, don’t blame me for being ruthless.” Mike snorted coldly, leaning on his cane and going upstairs.
Beatrice was left alone sitting on the sofa, filled with anger but not knowing who to vent it on.
She dialed a number, directly calling Melissa.
“I heard your sister-in-law left. Don’t you want to go see these children?” Beatrice knew what Melissa was thinking and didn’t bother to beat around the bush.
Melissa on the other end of the phone sounded excited. “Why didn’t you tell me this news earlier?”
As soon as Beatrice heard this, she immediately had hope. “I thought you would complain about me like your grandfather, so I didn’t answer you.”
Melissa on the phone directly asked Beatrice for the address.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Patrick also took several children home, following Jane’s arrangements, and settled them into Jane’s original home.
Four nannies were also taking care of them.
Patrick looked around and, judging from the layout and decoration inside the house, his first reaction was that this house didn’t seem like it was bought recently; it seemed like it had been bought for a long time, but no one had lived in it.
Finley and Anthony’s rooms were upstairs, and they stayed here with the children. However, Anthony’s work was usually busy, so he often wasn’t around.
Patrick tried Jane’s phone again but found it still unreachable.
It had been more than ten days, and there was still no news from Jane. Even if something had happened, there should have been news about it. But now, there was nothing at all.
“The children are settled in. You should go back too. After all, you still have your own life, right?” Finley also seemed very polite, treating him completely like an outsider rather than the father of the children.
“These are my own children. It’s my duty to take care of them.” Patrick began to assert his authority.
“Jane instructed that these four nannies would take care of the children after they were discharged from the hospital.” Although Finley didn’t quite agree with Jane’s decision to leave like this, she would unconditionally support her decision.
Patrick sat directly on the sofa, gently looking in the direction outside, glanced at his watch, and said, “It’s time. Someone is coming.”
Finley stood on the stairs on the second floor, puzzled, and asked him, “What time is it? Who’s coming?”
Before Patrick could respond, he heard a knock on the door outside.
Patrick hurried to open the door, and the workers outside were unloading luggage from the cars.
Finley immediately went up to stop the workers. “Whose luggage are you moving?”
“Mine!” Patrick’s hoarse voice sounded from behind.
“Are you crazy? You’re not allowed to live here.” Finley should have expected that someone like Patrick wouldn’t compromise so easily.
“She just let the four children live here. She didn’t say I couldn’t live here. From a legal perspective, we are still husband and wife, so naturally we should live together.” Patrick’s argument was impeccable, leaving Finley speechless and only able to watch as they unloaded boxes of stuff into the house, filling up the entire living room in no time.
Finley nearly dropped her jaw when she saw Patrick moving in with all his belongings.
“Are you sure Jane won’t hold you accountable for this when she comes back?”
“Wherever the children are, that’s where I’ll be,” Patrick replied simply and began packing his things. In just one afternoon, Jane’s house had been completely transformed.
Since Jane wasn’t around, Patrick took full advantage of the situation, and the four nannies, hiding in their rooms, dared not make a sound.
Finley was completely helpless, sitting with her hands spread on the sofa. “Are you going to ask Anthony and me to leave next, to avoid disrupting your private world?”
Patrick shook his head with a smile. “I won’t be that careless, nor will I treat things lightly. You and Anthony can stay wherever you want.”
Hearing this, Finley gave him a thumbs up!
So, they all lived together. Patrick took care of the children during the day and kept an eye on the four nannies, while working in the study at night.
Just one week had passed, and Patrick had already lost weight.
Even Finley, watching from the side, was moved. She leaned against the door, watching Patrick change diapers and wash bottles. She said to Anthony, “This is the example you should learn from in the future.”
Anthony rolled his eyes at her. “Learn from an example? Naturally, it should be learned together. Look, Jane isn’t even here!” Then, he whispered to Finley, “Actually, I know where Master went.”
As soon as Finley heard this, her pupils dilated, and she grabbed Anthony, pulling him into the room.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier? Why tell me now?” She had thought Jane had left without a word, but it turned out Anthony knew.
“It’s not just me. Her apprentice at the hospital knows too!”
Finley stood there like a fool, feeling abandoned by the world. “Why would they keep it from me? Do they think I’m stupid?”
Anthony smirked. “Well, aren’t you? How could they think otherwise?”
Upon hearing this, Finley slapped Anthony across the face.
“Tell me, where is Jane?”
“After she left, she went to another country, not for work, but to further her career. Moreover, there are two other people there, so she wanted to bring them over too.” Anthony answered earnestly.
Only Anthony and his apprentice were informed about this by Jane.
Anthony actually knew everything about Jane. For people like them who worked as hackers, honesty was crucial. As for Jane’s apprentice at the hospital, Anthony couldn’t quite understand why he was kept in the dark.
“Who are the two people abroad?” Finley immediately tried to recall. She couldn’t think of any relatives of Jane’s abroad, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t find any clues.
It was like finding a needle in a haystack.
“Of course, they’re her parents.”
Anthony tapped her head, and Finley suddenly realized.
“I remember now. She mentioned that her parents went abroad, but hasn’t she not contacted them for a long time? Why are they suddenly in touch now?”