“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,

had done his best to remain composed and

disappointed, all these

Stanley called out, startled to see

Gloria said.

a tad anxious as he had an inkling that this might be

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

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

startled

as he began to accept

door swung open, revealing Nicole, who caught him by surprise.

want here?” Nicole retorted, rolling

thought it was Mom,”

now, Nicole

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