Harvey listened to his words with an extraordinarily unpleasant feeling in his heart.
George Brown was still smiling, holding his hand and patting it, “Harvey, don’t worry, even if I’m gone, I’ll still be watching over you from heaven, I can see you in whatever you do!”
“And can I see you too?”
“Of course you can!” George Brown tried to nod, but he didn’t have the strength to do so, so he just kept on smiling, “If you miss me, just look up, I’m watching you too.”
“That’s for kids ……”
“Hahahaha ……”
George Brown laughed, stifling a cough , “I’m in a hospital bed, can’t you cooperate with me?”
He said it somewhat innocently, yet he couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.
Harvey nuzzled, his little head resting on his hand, “If you promise to stay with me for a few more days, I’ll promise to cooperate with you, no matter what you do I’ll promise you!”
The little one said with extra seriousness, and his eyes followed him brightly.
George Brown smiled again and nodded without hesitation, “Yeah, I promise.”
“Really?”
Harvey’s face was suspicious, Eeyore was unconvinced.
George Brown’s hand lifted with some strain, but still lifted stubbornly.
It finally landed on the top of his head, “When has Great-grandfather ever lied to you?”
“No. ……”
“That’s right.”
Harvey was never convinced, but at that moment he nodded his head vigorously, “Good, then you must get well soon oh, I’ll promise you anything you say then!”
“Yeah.” George Brown smiled, “I’ll try ……”
He said and glanced at the men in front of the bed, “Well, none of you need to keep a special vigil on me, just wait until tomorrow to see me again.”
“I’ll stay here.” Logan Brown said in a deep voice.
At the end of his sentence, he had already found a seat for himself.
George Brown was a little exasperated at the sight of this, and the man looked at him likewise, “Grandpa, this is not a time for you to be capricious!”
“Well ……”
George Brown closed his eyes deeply, seemingly in compromise.
Cornel Brown stood quietly watching what was happening in front of him, images of George Brown kept flashing through his mind, his feet felt more like lead, unable to move, yet unable to move closer either.
“Cornel?”
It took the sudden voice of George Brown to immediately bring him out of his endless self-condemnation and pain, his whole body following the response quickly squatting down in front of his hospital bed, “Dad, I’m here.”
“I’m getting old ……” he said holding out his hand.
Cornel Brown immediately shook it back, “Dad.”
“From now on THE Brown Group is on your own, no one can help you anymore ……”
“Dad, don’t say those sad words, the doctor said, as long as you’re well ……”
He was about to coax him when only halfway through the sentence George Brown was already shaking his head.
“Harvey’s right, I’m not a kid anymore, and all this cajoling talk with me isn’t going to help at all.”
Cornel Brown pulled his head down with a somewhat ashamed shrug and didn’t say anything.
“Cornel, I know it’s a hard road ahead and you don’t have anyone to lean on, but even so, you have to keep going, it’s my heart and soul, you can’t lose it!”
“I know.”
Cornel Brown nodded terribly, not lifting his face for fear that he would see how wretched he looked.
George Brown smiled gratefully and let go of his hand, “Go back …… Logan is fine here, I’m tired too and want to rest for a while ……”
“Good.”
Cornel Brown stumbled a little as he slowly propped himself up.
He was afraid to stay even if he had a mind to do so.
Logan Brown had his own opinions and he was different, and that was probably the biggest difference between them as father and son ……
Elena Bush wanted to stay with George Brown and Logan Brown, but Harvey was in such a bad mood that she couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable and left him in peace.
Before she left, Elena Bush gave Logan Brown a tight hug and whispered in his ear, “It’s okay, don’t worry.”
The latter nodded and returned the smile, “Well, go back, I’ve got Jacob waiting for you in front of the hospital, just go straight home.”
Elena Bush hesitated for a moment, but in the end nodded her head in response.
Harvey also put his arms around Logan Brown and cautiously admonished, “Daddy, take good care of Grandpa, and tell me and Mummy right away if anything happens!”
“Mmm.”
“No ‘ums’, answer me!”
The little one puffed out his face, the trembling under his eyes revealing his unease.
He seemed to be unsure, which was why he was being extra willful.
Logan Brown nodded, “Okay, I promise, you’ll still be fine tomorrow when you come to see Great-grandfather, trust me.”
“Mmmmmm!”
Harvey nodded and rubbed his eyes quickly, “I’ll come back to see Great-grandfather tomorrow then, I’ll have my uncle bring you chicken soup in the evening and you can have it with Great-grandfather.”
“Good.” He patted the top of his head and sent him back into Elena Bush’s arms, “Go back.”
The longer he stayed, the heavier the little man’s mood became.
Elena Bush gritted her teeth and stepped forward to drop a kiss on the man’s thin lips, “Take care of yourself too.”
“Good.”
The man’s gaze softened for a moment and he nodded in response.
As Logan Brown had said, she had just walked out of the hospital gates when she saw the familiar car.
Jacob immediately got out, “Ma’am.”
“Yeah.”
Elena Bush got into the car with the baby in her arms and then glanced out the window to see Cornel Brown looking at her the same way.
“Wait.”
“Ma’am?”
Elena Bush shook her head and punched down the window just as Cornel Brown had made his way to the car door.
He glanced inside the car, “Do you have a moment? I’d like to talk to you.”
“I’ll contact you tomorrow.”
“Right now ……”
“There are still kids around and I don’t want the kids to know too much.” Elena Bush was firm and had no desire to compromise.
Cornel Brown then remembered that Harvey was still in her arms and had to withdraw the eagerness in her heart at that moment.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you to contact me.”
“Yeah, I will.” Elena Bush nodded in response, “We’ll be heading back then, take care of yourself and don’t worry too much, Grandpa isn’t ……”
She said, taking back the unlucky words and smiling faintly.
Cornel Brown understood and took a few silent steps back.
Seeing this, Elena Bush only whispered, “Drive.”
Jacob immediately started the car and drove straight back in the direction of the villa.
On the way back the little one had fallen asleep at some point, but her little hands were tugging at the shirt on her chest, afraid that she might run away too.
As the car came to a halt, Jacob tried to pick him up, but she dodged him, “It’s okay, be careful he wakes up.”
Her voice was lowered a few notches so only he could hear it, “You don’t have to worry about home, there’s still Kent around, just go back to the office, I’ll contact you if anything happens.”