Chapter 445
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison
Before the kids could speak, Elsie grinned at Robert from the side.
âBecause youâre wifeâs incredible, of course, easily teaching these two kids to play mental games.â
Robert saw the Rubikâs Cubes in the kidsâ hands.
âSo youâre playing with these. I know how to solve those too. Do you want me to teach you, you two?â
Annie straight up shook her head.
âMommy already taught us how. I donât need you now, Daddy.â
That was quite a blow to Robert. Wesley, though came up in front of Robert with the cube.
âMaybe your way is different from Auntie Georgiaâs Daddy. I want to learn some more.â
As Wesley said that, even Ivan couldnât resist chiming in.
âYour Daddyâs especially quick with this. He can solve it even with his eyes blindfolded. I have to see what Iâm doing to solve it. If he teaches you, youâll learn it really quickly.â
For the next half-hour, the adults in the room played with the kids.
By the end of it, Ivan even ran downstairs and bought more some Cardanoâs Ring puzzles.
The adults even started competing to see who solved the Rubikâs Cubes and Cardanoâs Ring the quickest.
In the end, Robert won with the cubes, while Wilson won with the rings.
Robert had been one second behind.
Georgia was at a consistent third.
Her skills were rusty and sheâd almost forgotten how to play with those puzzles. Only when she held them did she recall those memories.
After playing with the kids for a while, Robert and Georgia said goodbye to Elsie.
Wesleyâs body checkup turned out fine, and she was fine too, so they were leaving the hospital today.
Elsieâs wound had her confined to the hospital for another week, so Georgia had to take the kids home.
But before leaving the hospital, the family paid another visit to Jasper in his room.
âAre you two coming to visit me to poke fun at me?
âI saw you come into hospital while Iâm here, and now Iâm seeing you leave. Now I have to stay inside for a few more days. Oh woe, nobody understands my loneliness and sorrow.â
Georgia chuckled.
âWe just asked the doctors. Youâll be out the day after tomorrow. Whatâs with the pessimism?â
âYou donât get it. You had a husband by your side in hospital, had two kids chatting along with you, and even Elsie was hurt by accident and placed not far from you. Youâre all rowdy and fun every day. With me, though, other than my parents visiting me every day, itâs only been you coming just to go through the motions. There hasnât been anyone bothering with me that much otherwise.
âBack then, someone I didnât know too well came to see me. I thought it was genuine concern, but it was just to mock me. Whatâs so good about staying in hospital? Leaving the day after tomorrow doesnât make me happy either. Iâd kill to leave right now. But the doctors say I have to wait. Oh woe.â
Jasper sighed theatrically, and Robert chuckled.
âYou look like youâre fine. You were deathly sick before, and this is already great. Donât overthink it. When youâre out, you can travel the world for a while and relax. I think youâre getting depressed moping in here.â
As they spoke, Elliot and Bailey just so happened to come inside the room.
The old couple each picked up Annie and Wesley and played around with the kids, seeming to really like them.
They chatted for about half an hour before Robert and Georgia got ready to drive home with the two kids from the underground carpark.
But before they left, they saw a discharged Selena come to Jasperâs room with her child.
Robert and Georgia didnât see Selenaâs kid too often. He looked pretty cute now, and beamed at everyone he saw.
Georgia held him for a while before leaving with Robert.
Husband and wife sat in the car, with Ivan in the front seat, getting ready to go home with them.
As for Maisie, sheâd cut her wrists, so her wounds needed to be observed, so she couldnât be discharged just yet.
The hospital was in complete lockdown, and nobody dared approach.
Anyone devious enough to bribe the doctors and nurses or slip inside the hospital had been dealt with heavy-handedly by Robert, and they didnât dare chance anything else.
And the online drama had been dealt with just as cleanly.
Robert paid all the major websites to delete comments and accounts, so people couldnât discuss it anymore.
That method did cause some rage.
But soon enough, rumors of a loving couple in the entertainment industry actually cheating on the either side leaked, and people lost interest in this particular bit of wealthy tabloids.
After all, there wasnât any concrete proof.
Even with the interview that day, after guiding the internet commentary, people grudgingly believed that there was a mystery behind it and the Simpsons were being attacked by competitors.
So that blew over temporarily.
Returning home, the kids went to sleep, exhausted.
Theyâd played games for a long while in the hospital, after all. As for Georgia, Robert and Ivan, they sat inside the living room, discussing Wesleyâs body with grave expressions.
âItâs entirely possible to hypnotize someone and alter their memories. It all depends on the hypnotistâs ability. If they did it on a child, itâs actually easy, because children have low will and few memories. Theyâre easy to brainwash. Those methods wonât affect their body, but theyâll muddy memories. If they go for continuous brainwashing, though, itâll affect the targetâs mental condition. After all, with all sorts of jumbled memories mixing around in the brain, itâs easy to cause confusion in the consciousness and cognitive impairment.
âWesley, though, looks to be in a good mental condition. His sudden headache must have been triggered by some past memories. People react to things theyâre familiar with, even if his memoryâs been altered.â
Hearing Ivanâs explanation, Georgia raised a dubious question.
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison ï¤Chapter 444 Playing With the Kids The Unexpected Marriage ï¤Chapter 251 What's The Use Of You Have I Told You Lately ï¤Chapter 147 It must Feel Good to Have Him Drive Me to Work âBack then, we were with Annie, Wesley, Elsie and Wilson. We were headed to the garden. There was nobody else around until we saw Aston and Astonâs parents. After we spoke for a while, Wesleyâs head started hurting. If Wesleyâs headache was triggered by something familiar, no matter how you cut it, it can only have something to do with Aston and his parents.â
âYou could take Wesley to see Astonâs parents again and watch if he reacts. If he does, your speculation is correct.â
âIâm just afraid that when they meet again, Wesleyâs head will start hurting and heâll feel sick again. Heâs already gone through that yesterday. Iâm afraid of provoking his mental state.â
Naturally, Georgia knew she could confirm her hypothesis like that, but she was worried such methods would cause a serious mental burden on the child, and that Wesley wouldnât be able to take it.
âGeorgia, it should be fine in theory. If he only had a headache the first time, the next meeting should have less severe symptoms under regular circumstances.
âBesides, isnât Sierra in prison? You could go see her and see if you can loosen her lips. Even if sheâs unwilling to tell the truth, you could try other angles. She might let something slip.â
At that, Georgia and Robert exchanged a glance, then nodded at Ivan.
âYouâre right. Itâs worth trying. But before that, we have to find a professional to examine Wesley.â
As Georgia said that, Ivan chuckled.