Stuck in you

Howard was a talkative person, especially when it came to his two sons. He didn't have a good relationship with either of them, so he would talk at length to diffuse the awkward atmosphere.

One of his sons was Bill, the child he had with his ex-wife. Bill had been taken abroad at a young age by her, so Howard hadn't had much contact with him. However, she had brought him up well, so even though Howard rarely talked to him, Bill had grown up to be an obedient son.

On the other hand, his current wife's son, Mark, whom he treated like his own son, treated him like an enemy.

No matter how well Howard treated Mark, the letter always kept a distance from him.

In spite of this, he was still partial to his stepson.

Although he did pity Bill sometimes, he had already grown up well past the age of needing someone to rely on.

So, Howard wasn't too worried about Bill and had decided to just let nature take its course.

But he also felt that he should take this opportunity to show his affection to Bill, which he had seldom done.

After all, they had barely even spent any time together.

Howard felt like he could mend their relationship by doing that, but in fact, he was just doing it to comfort himself.

There was no gratitude in Bill's mind for his father's sudden affection to him. On the contrary, he felt very uncomfortable.

However, he had been taught from a young age to respect elders, so he carefully concealed the impatience that he felt and didn't let it show on his face.

This was the very reason that he had tried to signal Andy to divert Howard's attention to Rachel. However, Andy had misunderstood him and took her outside instead, leaving him all alone with his father.

His father was still rambling to him non-stop.

Bill really didn't want to hear all these unnecessary words from his father, but he had no choice.

'Well, if I'm forced to listen to this bullshit, I might as well make myself comfortable first,' he thought.

With a wave of his hand, he invited his father to sit down with him.

Howard sat down on a nearby chair. It was only then that he realized that Rachel and Andy had left the room.

After hesitating for a while, he continued his conversation with Bill without asking where Rachel and Andy had gone.

For Bill, his father's show of affection was too much to bear. After a short while, he stood up to make some tea.

He dawdled next to the teapot for a while before slowly walking over with two cups of hot tea. Howard took one of the cups from his son and gave him a pleased look.

Bill. Fortunately, for the next few minutes, Howard was too busy

fiddled with his cellphone. He looked at the time and realized that eleven minutes and eight seconds had passed since his

is he going to leave?'

with a way to make his father leave when the latter suddenly asked, "Bill, do you

of tea, choked and coughed violently

instantly stood up and patted him on the back. "What's

hadn't meant to choke on his tea, but he was glad that he had somehow

then, Howard's mobile phone rang, and he

was still holding the table, coughing intermittently as

in this

in the lounge, had actually heard the father and son's conversation, including the last part which had made

sat down, but Andy had cautiously moved a chair

against the door, he had quietly eavesdropped

actions amused Rachel to no

after hearing Howard's question and Bill's

had almost burst out into

the end, he had controlled himself

to the ward and shook his head as

Andy had said the day before⁠—that Bill

help thinking that he was

until Howard left the ward to answer the phone that Andy opened the door and walked in with

Rachel followed him too.

coughing when he saw Andy coming towards him with

could grumble about it, Andy said,

how all old people are? Always nagging, matchmaking, and

respond, but when he saw Rachel behind Andy, he swallowed his words

want to bother with a response. After his

my

the washroom was too clean; after

to the ward.

"Washroom," Andy replied indifferently.

up the phone in his hand. He seemed to be a little embarrassed as he said, "Andy, I have something to

have always been taking care of him. You don't need to

Howard's face froze for a second, but he quickly

with a light

the whole conversation, really admired the way