“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.”

main house toward the direction

Westwood Manor as he often visited. Zachary went to the backyard by

a piece of

teeth while enduring the pain on his trembling legs as he was struggling to take a step forward. With his foot planted on

just two steps, he

as he would not feel

to get up every time he fell. Although it was exhausting Duncan kept getting up no matter how many

buckets just to be able to stand and walk

as what

his crutches were left lying on the corner of the

have been trimmed by the gardeners to resemble animals. When Duncan fell onto the ground, Zachary could not

he passed by the lawn. As he entered the area, he saw Duncan

was exhausted and did not have the energy to stand back up

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