“Oh, you’re at home,” Gloria was surprised when she saw Jared and Nicole walking down the flight of stairs with the kids.

She waved to the kids and said, “Come to Grandma!”

“Grandma!” Nolan and Lana responded, and sprinted toward Gloria.

Nicole and Jared soon caught up and sat down on the couch next to Gloria.

“Dad? Mom? Did you guys visit Grandpa?”

“Yes, we just came back from his place. Your grandfather wanted to have dinner with us, but we’ve declined his invitation. We wanted to come back and have dinner with you,” Daniel explained.

“Is Grandpa alright?” Nicole asked with concern.

‘He’s fine. But it’s taking quite some time for him to let go of things,” Daniel sighed.

This was inevitable. Fortunately for them, Benjamin’s current condition was relatively stable, which was a relief to them.

time,” Nicole reassured,

his best to remain

sad and disappointed, all these feelings would

around,” Stanley called out, startled to see

came back too,” Gloria said. “Come on

complied, though he felt a tad anxious as he had an inkling that this might be a

the dinner table without daring to make a noise. He was afraid of drawing attention to himself and being interrogated about the news. To his surprise, however, no one asked him about it. This perplexed him, and the silence only added

from his family. He was unnerved by their treatment of him even after he had returned to his room for the night, Sitting on the bed, Stanley began to ponder about the strangeness

a sudden, he heard three knocks on the door, which startled him, as

he

swung open, revealing Nicole, who caught

here?” Nicole retorted,

it was Mom,” Stanley

Stanley was visibly relaxed now, Nicole mockingly asked, “Feeling

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