“Call your personal doctor right now.” She took a deep breath and commanded, “ask him to come over and look after you.”
“I will get my driver to buy medicine.” Elyette didn‘t think it was necessary to call his doctor.
“If you don’t do as I say, Robert and I will stay here tonight,” she threatened, “it‘s not like you can chase us out.”
Her threat had worked and he called his family doctor as she watched.
Bitterness filled her heart as she watched him make the phone call.
‘How desperately does he want me gone to actually call his doctor without a moment of hesitation?!‘ She thought.
After the call, she felt offended and no longer wished to remain in his room for another moment, so she turned to strode towards the door.
After she left, Elyette called the family doctor once again and said, “I‘m fine. You don‘t have to come now.”
The doctor was slightly confused. “Mr. Foster, I‘m already on the way there. Why don’t I come and have a look?”
Elyette hung up. He reached up to touch his forehead and noticed that his skin was slightly hot to the touch.
He did not realize that he had a fever before Averie arrived. Though he did feel unwell, it did not affect his work; after Averie‘s visit, however, he felt as though all strength had been drained from him.
He lied down on the bed and tried to empty out his emotions, but no matter how many times he tried, his effort ended in failure.
Whenever he tried to forget about what happened earlier, Robert‘s face would appear in his mind.
Robert‘s adorable, little face, and his bright, curious eyes were like a blinding ray of light that pierced through the darkness.
By the time the doctor arrived at Elyette‘s mansion, Elyette‘s had already drifted off to sleep.
The doctor touched his forehead and realized that Elyette‘s temperature was exceptionally high. He immediately took out the thermometer and checked Elyette‘s temperature.
The screen of the thermometer showed that his body temperature had reached 38.9 Celsius.
Normally, one would have to take medication for fever once their body temperature exceeded 38.5 Celsius, but because Elyette was asleep, the doctor could only place him on fluid infusion.
The next morning, Elyette opened his eyes and his fever had been brought down. His body no longer felt heavy and his headache had subdued.
Ever since Shea passed away, he had been drowning in sorrow, which led to insomnia. The lack of sleep had caused the headache in the end.
Catching a cold this time had given him a good night’s sleep; he felt more energized and less depressed.
He lifted the blanket and sat up, before noticing the medicine and note left on the nightstand by his doctor.
He picked up the note and saw that there was instruction on the dosage of medicine, also a reminder for Elyette to take care of himself.
Elyette set the note down and got out of bed to open the curtains at the window.
It was not snowing, and the snow in the yard from before was slowly melting away under the bright, golden light.
He turned around and walked into the bathroom.
After a shower, he changed into loose clothes and headed downstairs.
Mrs. Scarlet saw Elyette coming down the stairs and went up to him. “Sir, do you feel better now? I should have known that you were sick when you lost your appetite and refused to have nothing but soup last night. This is my fault.”
“I‘m better now.” His throat hurt as though it had been cut when he spoke.
“That‘s good to hear. I’ve made some soup. I’ll bring you some.”
Elyette strode into the dining room and as soon as he sat down, Mrs. Scarlet set a bowl of warm soup before him, before stir–frying some vegetables to serve with the soup.
Right before she was about to leave, Elyette asked, “were you the one who called Averie over last night?”
After a moment of hesitation, Mrs. Scarlet nodded. “There‘s a saying that a doer must undo what he‘s done. When I saw how much you‘ve been suffering, I thought that maybe if Averie takes Robert here, you would be able to let go once you see Robert.”
“It takes the right medicine to cure someone. My medicine is Shea, not Robert,” Elyette said calmly, “I won‘t neglect Robert, I just can‘t love him the way a normal father would.”
Though Robert did not take Shea‘s life, he was the reason why she was dead.
Mrs. Scarlet‘s eyes reddened. “I understand. I won‘t call Averie here again,” she paused for a moment, before continuing, “the doctor told me to remind you to take your pills. Don‘t forget to do so.”
“Yeah.”
After a few moments of silence, Mrs. Scarlet added, “Mrs. Cooper messaged me an hour ago and said that she had traveled to Bridgedale alongside Averie and Robert.”
Elyette‘s hand on the spoon twitched at the words.
“Averie plans to spend the new year with Robert in Bridgedale,” she continued, “both Hayden and Layla are still over here! She didn‘t even wait for those two… Was she provoked in any way when she was here last night?”
Mrs. Scarlet knew that what she said would make Elyette uncomfortable, but she couldn‘t help
After seeing Robert the night before, she had grown to love the child from the bottom her heart.
Because Robert was identical to Elyette. If Shea was still alive and saw Robert, she would have spoiled the boy senseless.
A young woman as kind as Shea would never want to see Elyette keeping a distance from his son because of her.
Mrs. Scarlet left the dining room after saying what she had to say.
The spoon in Elyette‘s hand dropped into the bowl at the news that Averie had taken Robert to Bridgedale.
‘She must be really mad to leave in such a hurry,‘ he thought.
Averie told him that she would raise Robert on her own; she took the boy away with her to Bridgedale so that he wouldn‘t have to see him. Elyette felt like he was supposed to be relieved, but he simply couldn‘t feel the slightest joy.
The thought of rushing to Bridgedale to find her even came across his mind, but was soon rejected.
‘It‘s a good thing that she took him away,‘ he thought, ‘that way, I will have time to cool down and keep check of my emotions.‘
It was a spontaneous decision for Averie to take Robert to Bridgedale. Robert was still too young to travel on long–haul flights, but she laid awake all night thinking back to the cold looks in Elyette‘s eyes.
She didn‘t care if she was mistreated, but she couldn‘t allow her son to be mistreated. Motivated by rage, she decided to move her family to Bridgedale and spend new years there.
She took Robert with her first, and Mike would take Hayden and Layla to meet with her in Bridgeable before Spring Break.
Everyone in her family, including Hayden, Layla and Mike, all respected her decision.
Averie was grateful for their understanding and felt glad that they were willing to accept her, even when she occasionally decided to act rashly.
She didn‘t leave in a hurry simply out of spite, but also because she wanted to see her patient again: a man that shared the same blood type, same condition and even similar looks with Shea.
The man had a wonderful name called Adrian White.
Though his surname was White, his first name Adrian symbolized ‘the dark one‘; putting the two words together somewhat made his name sound contradicting yet meaningful.
Adrian‘s looks gave her the same feeling as his name did. He had clear eyes, but often seemed gloomy. He would not have appeared that way without the pain he suffered from the illness.
When the plane landed in Bridgedale, their bodyguards sent them to the mansion.
Averie had not intended for Mrs. Cooper to tag along, as Mrs. Cooper was not familiar with Bridgedale at all, but she insisted on coming to help taking care of Averie‘s children.
“I have a nanny that I know from here and I will hire her to help take care of Robert with you. I don‘t want you to give yourself so much of a hard time,” Averie said to Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Cooper nodded. “Averie, are you going back after the holidays?”
Averie read between her words and knew that Mrs. Cooper was concerned that she might remain in Bridgedale permanently.
“Of course, I will go back. Hayden and Layla go to school in Aryadelle and my company is there as well.”
Mrs. Cooper sighed a breath of relief at her answer.
Meanwhile, in Aryadelle.
The house became extremely empty since Averie left with Robert.
Eric had taken Layla to attend classes for stage performances and Mike was busy with work since it was the end of the year; hence, Hayden was the only one left at home.
Hayden was attending special classes during the winter holidays and did not have class every single day. After completing his class for the morning, he was free for the rest of the day.
He had promised Layla that he would go find her in the afternoon, so after class, he took a taxi from the side of the road.
Not long after the driver started driving, he mumbled, “what’s wrong with that black car behind me? Why is it following me?” Hayden‘s head snapped around to look behind him immediately.
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