My Dreamy Old Husband

When he saw that face, Michael felt his heart jump into his throat. As he stared blankly at that face that until now only existed in his deepest memories, it was as if he had forgotten to breathe or speak.

“Who are you—” He took a few steps back in fear. When he spoke, his voice sounded shaky and he could feel his teeth chatter. In addition to that, his entire body was trembling from the overwhelming emotions.

‘Theo’ didn’t speak, nor did he even bat an eyelid. Instead, he was just staring blankly ahead. If not for the heaving in his chest and the occasional blinks, he would have been mistaken for a statue.

This is my father, Theo Fletcher?

A person whom he believed to have been dead for almost forty years, was sitting right before him without even the slightest sign of old age?

“No, you’re not my father!” Michael couldn’t accept it at all and slowly backed away.

His mother had taken her own life because she loved him, and yet he was still alive?

Michael didn’t remember much about his father. He was a soldier, while Elizabeth Murray was a celebrity. At that time, their relationship had to be kept private. Not only did the Fletcher Family disapprove of them, but Elizabeth was also at the peak of her career which did not allow her to marry and have children either.

What was more, they did not even have a marriage certificate.

Since Theo was always away, they hardly met each other. In fact, they spent more time away from each other than together. Naturally, Michael was never close to his father.

Those days, there were countless famous and powerful people pursuing Elizabeth—people who were much more powerful than Theo. Despite that, she only had eyes for him. Even though there were many obstacles she had to overcome when she was with him, she persisted for years, hoping for a miracle.

of town. He made a promise to her that they would get married

year,

the last straw for Elizabeth who

Yet, here he was!

that this was reality, and a rather

this fact, he held the fence as he took a

suddenly let out a menacing and mocking laugh, which gradually became

he realized that his face was

for some reason, his cries turned into laughter

so preposterous happen

Then, he went to sit next to Theo without a word.

“Hmm,” Theo responded.

there like two sculptures with the exact same

a distance and did

was over the moon when he learned that his son was still alive, but he couldn’t

over, holding his son in his arms as he explained to everyone about what

he was going to make it. Certainly, the best place for a soldier to die is on the battlefield, and Uncle Theo fulfilled his life duty as a soldier when he died there. Back then, my father wanted to cryogenically preserve Uncle Theo and bring him back to Bayside City so that Old Master Fletcher could see him one last time. But unexpectedly, when he learnt about Uncle Theo’s sacrifice, his sickness got worse and he was admitted to the hospital. When my father came back, he never brought it up in fear of shocking him again. He thought of thawing him and letting him go in peace. But at that time, Uncle Theo’s heart was still beating. If he were to be thawed, he would certainly die. As such, my father hesitated. He couldn’t do it, so he swept it under the rug and secretly kept Uncle Theo under cryogenic sleep. Old Master Fletcher and I never knew about it until last year. It was only when my father was on his dying bed did he reveal it to

that surpassed Theo’s. After the passing of the Fletcher’s family head, Joel’s father had

father revealed this secret to him, only a handful of people knew about it. Although many people had heard that Theo was put under cryogenic sleep but couldn’t be saved in the

news of Theo’s death, organized a funeral and sent him to the ancestral grave. At the same time, he couldn’t bear thawing him. He was in a dilemma and couldn’t make a

preserved body. After making a few calls, I found a hospital abroad that had a 30% chance of saving him. Then, I spoke to Grandpa and