“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.

Nicole reassured, knowing her parents

the old man had done his best to remain

sad and disappointed, all these

startled to see everyone gathered in the

came back too,” Gloria said. “Come

had an inkling that this

at ease, at 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

news, leaving him completely puzzled by the lack of curiosity from his family. He was unnerved by their treatment of him even after

heard three knocks on the door, which startled him, as he knew there was no escaping the conversation at

he

who caught him by

you want here?” Nicole retorted, rolling

was

relaxed now, Nicole mockingly asked,

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