Jacob hesitated for a moment or agreed, before leaving he didn’t forget to say, “Then if there is anything Madam, you can call me first, I will be there in the shortest time possible.”
“Hmm.”
She answered, but she couldn’t hold Harvey any longer, so she hurriedly said goodbye and went back to the house.
Harvey was placed gently on the bed by her, and behind her, Kent followed, “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah.” She said, making a silent gesture and carefully tucked Harvey in before pushing Kent out of the room with her.
Kent couldn’t help but frown at Elena Bush’s appearance, “Where’s Logan Brown?”
“At the hospital.”
“The hospital?”
“Hmm.”
Elena Bush nodded and looked up at him, a touch of pain staining the bottom of her eyes, “Brother …… Grandpa he …… might not be able to make it, terminal liver cancer… …”
She stumbled over her words, her body leaning somewhat weakly against the cold wall.
“Logan Brown’s keeping watch in the hospital now, but the doctor did say it’s just a matter of days.”
Kent was surprisingly unable to say half the words at once, his head full of confusion ……
“How is that possible? Wasn’t George Brown in pretty good shape a while ago? How can he be sick just like that ……”
He couldn’t help but shake his head as he said, somewhat trying to deny the status quo, “No, something must have gone wrong, maybe it’s also because the test reports are wrong! You guys check again properly and make sure!”
“Really.”
She looked at him, “George Brown passed out this afternoon and was just taken to the hospital for emergency care, it’s just that, the time after ……”
Elena Bush took a deep breath, slightly unable to say anything else.
Kent moved his lips and wordlessly stepped forward to take her into his arms and patted her back gently, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to doubt you, I just …… don’t know how to digest that fact yet .”
“I know.” She replied dully.
Kent soothed her for a while before leading her downstairs and Blanche made tea for the pair, Kent called out to her, “You’ll be fine here, no need to deliberately avoid it.”
She was his now, so naturally she didn’t say anything about the two families.
Blanche hesitated for a moment, but wordlessly stepped back and took a seat.
Elena Bush took a sip of her tea and settled her mind a little.
“Kent, George Brown hasn’t gone public yet and not many people know about this, so I hope you can keep it to yourself for now.”
Even though the Brown Group is run by Cornel Brown, George Brown’s status as the founder of the Brown Group is still there, so if word got out and everyone knew about it, the shareholders of the company or the stock market would be in turmoil.
He knew that better than anyone.
Kent nodded, “I understand.”
“Thanks.”
“Silly girl, what are you thanking me for?” Kent patted her head with some displeasure, “Have you eaten something yet? I’ll make you something.”
“No.”
She shook her head, originally thinking of asking him to make chicken soup too, but thinking that Logan Brown wouldn’t eat at the moment, and George Brown wouldn’t eat either, she didn’t want to bother him.
Elena Bush steadied herself slightly, “I’m not hungry yet, and I don’t have anything in particular I want to eat, but I just wanted to tell you about the Browns’ situation so you don’t see it on the news later.”
Instead of letting it come out, she should have spoken up herself first.
“Then go and rest for a while.” Kent’s voice was gentle, as if he was being this gentle with her on purpose.
Elena Bush nodded and couldn’t help but wobble a little as she stood up.
Kent’s heart thudded and he couldn’t help but give another hand.
“You’re in a bit of a bad way, are you really okay?”
“Yeah, it’s just …… a little hard to take, just adjust.”
What’s more, she had to keep going even if she couldn’t at this point. Logan Brown was holding on even though he was in more pain than she was, so how could she fall down so easily?
Kent was still unsure, but she was so insistent that he couldn’t say anything else and finally gave up.
Elena Bush went back to her bedroom and fell into bed but couldn’t sleep, looking at the empty ceiling and the empty space beside her, just as she was feeling at the moment.
“Squeak.”
The door was gently pushed open a crack and Elena Bush looked over to see a familiar figure.
Harvey was standing innocently outside the door, clutching his little pillow, unsure whether it was best to enter or retreat.
Elena Bush tugged at the corner of her mouth and suddenly smiled, “Why are you just standing there? Come in.”
When he was given permission, Harvey came running in and jumped on the bed and into her arms.
“Weren’t you asleep? Why are you up?”
“Because Mummy isn’t here. ……”
The little one said with a little sob in his voice.
Elena Bush shook her head and laughed, rubbing his little head, “Don’t be afraid, Mommy’s right here.”
“Mmm.”
Harvey responded, his little hands squeezing her shirt again.
After a few moments of no movement, Elena Bush almost thought he was going to fall asleep, but then, after just a little movement the little man’s voice came out, “Mummy …… you said that Great-grandfather was really …… ”
“I don’t know.”
She did not dare to say, and could not coax him.
It was also an established fact, to say or not to say, there was no longer any meaning.
Harvey gritted his teeth and said nothing more, and Elena Bush sighed softly and patted him on the back whispering, “Sooner or later we’re going to have to go through something like this, just as sooner or later Harvey will leave me and daddy when he grows up.”
And they would leave him too. ……
Harvey couldn’t help but feel sour as he listened, “But …… I don’t want to be separated from Great-grandfather, and I don’t want Mummy and Daddy to leave!”
“That’s not for you to say.”
If God wanted her to go, she was destined to go only ……
Harvey was angry and annoyed, but Elena Bush was absolutely right.
“Mummy ……”
“Okay, go to sleep and I’ll take you to see Great-grandfather when you wake up, okay?”
When he heard that, even though he had a lot to say, the little one put it all away and nodded his head and fell asleep in her arms.
Elena Bush messaged Logan Brown before going to bed, and then drifted off to sleep, opening her eyes immediately at dawn.
Logan Brown had texted back last night, but she was too tired to see anything.
With that in mind, Elena Bush washed up and went downstairs to prepare breakfast, thinking she could bring some to him as well.