“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 were

man had done his best to remain composed and

disappointed, all these

to see everyone

just came back too,” Gloria said. “Come on over. We’re starting

felt a tad anxious as he had an inkling that

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

of curiosity from his family. He was unnerved by their treatment of him even after he had returned to his room for

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

in,” Stanley sighed, as he began to accept

caught him

else would you want here?” Nicole retorted, rolling her

was Mom,”

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

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