“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.

with time,” Nicole reassured, knowing her parents were

done his best to remain composed and

was understandably sad and disappointed, all these

to see everyone gathered in the living

said. “Come on

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

dinner table without daring to make a noise. He was afraid of drawing attention to himself and being interrogated

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 of

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

he began to accept the

Nicole, who caught him by surprise. “Why are

else would you want here?” Nicole

thought it was

visibly relaxed now,

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