“Next time, don’t run off like that, okay? Mommy was scared to death!”
Floyd nodded, then looked at Mommy with sparkling eyes, “Mommy, there was a very handsome man downstairs!”
“… Can’t your Aunt Tilda teach you something better?” Rosalind didn’t think much of it.
“Floyd wants to see the handsome man again tomorrow!”
And get his five dollars back, really just by the way.
Rosalind was taken aback and glanced at her daughter in the mirror. “When Mommy was your age, she didn’t understand anything. But you, at such a young age, already know how to be infatuated!”
Floyd didn’t understand what “infatuated” meant; she just blinked and laughed like a silver bell, “Hehe, Floyd is amazing, Floyd learned to be infatuated!”
“…”
After washing up, Rosalind held her daughter in her arms, gently patting her back.
Because of the day’s exhaustion and fatigue, Floyd was almost asleep before she even felt sleepy.
In a daze, Rosalind seemed to hear Floyd whispering in her ear, “Mommy, Floyd misses brother. The handsome man today was as handsome as brother…”
Brother.
In an instant, Rosalind woke up completely and covered Floyd’s mouth with her hand.
“Don’t mention your brother. You mustn’t tell anyone about him, understand?”
Seeing her daughter nod, she relaxed a bit. “Sleep well. Aunt Tilda will take you out to play again tomorrow! Remember what Mommy told you: no matter who asks you or talks to you, you must not mention your brother or describe what he looks like!”
Floyd was a bit frightened by Mommy’s intense reaction and nodded with teary eyes, “Mm… Floyd won’t say anything!”
“Alright, sleep now! Mommy is here with you.”
“Mm!”
Rosalind’s drowsiness was gone. She kept patting her daughter’s back until she heard her steady breathing.
Once she was sure Floyd was asleep, Rosalind carefully got out of bed.
She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, took out her phone, and played a video repeatedly.
In the video, a little boy was engrossed in reading a book, looking very serious and mature for his age.
As the video neared its end, the boy finally looked up-
That face was an exact replica of Ulric’s.
Identical!
Yes.
Rosalind had been pregnant with twins at the time-a boy and a girl.
Originally, both children lived with her in the country. But as the boy grew older, more and more people remarked on how familiar he looked, like some famous person.
Some even directly mentioned Ulric’s name!
This made Rosalind very anxious. She feared that if the Walters family found out, they would take the child away.
In the past, they had been ruthless enough to endanger her life to achieve their goals. Three years later, they could just as easily seize custody of the child.
One could only imagine how the Walters family would treat her child!
At present, she was no match for them.
So after much deliberation, she sent her son to a boarding school abroad and hired someone to take care of him there. She would fly over whenever she finished a project.
Fortunately, Floyd resembled her more and didn’t show much of Ulric’s features, so she could stay with her.
But…
It seemed some people were starting to say Floyd looked like him too.
For example, Mr. Wong.
Rosalind knew such comments would only increase because Ulric’s genes were too strong!