“Where’s Duncan now?” Zachary asked with concern. “I’ll go see him.”

“Mr. Duncan is alone in the backyard, and he doesn’t allow anyone to go there. He said he wants to be alone for a while and doesn’t want to be disturbed.”

Zachary hesitated for a moment but still followed the housekeeper into the house. After greeting Duncan’s parents, he stood up and said to them, “Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, I'll go find Duncan."

Derek nodded. “Go ahead. You’re his best friend. He might be willing to see you.”

“Zack, please talk some sense into Duncan, and tell him to calm down. As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he wanted to stand up and walk by himself. He couldn’t do rehabilitation yet, but he was anxiously eager to start.”

Distressed, Corey felt worried and added, “I’m afraid that if he’s so impatient, it might backfire on him.”

Zachary agreed. “I’ll talk to Duncan.

“I'm going to look for Duncan in the backyard.”

house toward the direction of the

often visited. Zachary went to the backyard by himself without needing

practicing walking on a piece of lawn in

not fully recovered, and he had to endure the piercing pain every time he stood up. Duncan gritted his teeth while enduring the pain on his trembling legs as he was struggling to take a step forward. With

steps, he would

walk on grass as he would not feel too much pain

he fell. Although it was exhausting Duncan kept

to stand and

face was sickeningly pale as what he had been through

lying on

lawn was enclosed with evergreen shrubs, which have been trimmed by the gardeners to resemble animals. When Duncan fell onto the ground, Zachary could

Duncan’s wheelchair as he passed by the lawn. As he entered the area, he saw Duncan crawling on

he was exhausted and did not have the energy to stand

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255