Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen

Unbeknownst to them, Sage hadn't been deeply asleep. He had actually awakened the moment Timothy took him from Mia's arms.

However, he had apprehensions about the situation becoming awkward if he were to wake up in Timothy's embrace.

Hence, he decided to continue pretending to be asleep until they arrived home.

After stealing a glance at Ginger and Sage, Mia softly closed the door behind her.

She couldn't help but notice the perspiration glistening on Timothy's forehead.

"Here, have a sip," Patricia offered, handing him a glass of water.

"Thanks," Timothy said, accepting the water and taking a gulp. "I should probably get going now."

As Mia observed Timothy's silhouette fading away, she eventually trailed behind him to the door. Meeting his gaze, she reassured him, "You don't have to dwell on Mrs. Barrett's words."

Timothy's footsteps came to a halt at Mia's words. "She was speaking the truth," he conceded.

him walk away, Mia

wrestling with over the years whenever

nothing major," Mia replied, trying to ease Patricia's worry. "We spontaneously decided to visit the amusement

on Mia.

it. There's nothing romantic going on between Timothy and I. Today was simply a

that Mr. Barrett seems different lately. Maybe you should think about

"It's getting late. I think I'll turn in for the

Patricia teased, letting out a

his way to the hospital, pausing outside the ward for a

his true lineage caught him off

eventually turned on

Luna emerged, clad in her nursing attire. As she observed Timothy's departing figure, her gaze turned

was evident that Luna wasn't about to let

There, Laura lay on the bed, connected to a ventilator, her features appearing more weathered and worn than before.

"Well, well, old hag, how does it feel to have spent the past five years lying in bed like a corpse? "When I came to you back then,

being a roadblock to others, how have you managed to live