“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.”

out of the main house toward the direction

as he often visited. Zachary went to the backyard by himself without needing anyone to guide

was practicing walking on a piece of lawn in

trembling legs as he was struggling to take a step forward. With his foot planted on the grass, he had to endure bursts of pain before he could stand still and move his

he would collapse on the

chose to walk on grass as he would not feel too

fell. Although it was exhausting Duncan kept getting up no matter how many

sweated buckets just to be able to stand

pale as what he had been

his crutches were left lying on the corner

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

lawn. As he entered the area, he saw Duncan crawling

exhausted and did not have the energy to stand

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