“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.

will get better with time,” Nicole reassured, knowing her

his best

was understandably sad and disappointed, all these feelings would eventually

out, startled to see everyone gathered

Gloria said. “Come on over. We’re starting dinner

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

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 to his

Stanley about the news, leaving him completely puzzled by the lack of curiosity from his family. He was unnerved by their treatment of him even after he had returned to his room for the

knocks on the door, which startled him, as he knew there was no

sighed, as he began to accept

door swung open, revealing Nicole, who caught him by

here?” Nicole retorted, rolling

was Mom,” Stanley

that Stanley was visibly relaxed now, Nicole mockingly asked,

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