Kanna loosens up and yowls at his shoulder. Even the butler is touched.
Antony's heart aches, and he keeps patting her back to placate her.
After Kanna is done crying, Antony takes her inside the house to sit down, asking sadly, "Little girl, where have you been these past twenty years? Why did you end up like this?"
Kanna wipes away her tears and whispers, "I went to a banquet with Armand one time to persuade the organizers to invest in a project. I bumped into Burnell and Krislier there...."
Antony frowns. "The Krislier family in Country Y?"
Kanna nods.
She tells Antony everything, including why she has come to Yorkshire, and how she secretly met up with Louis several times after the blood clots in her brain was removed and she regained her memories.
Antony smashes his cup heavily on the coffee table and is so angry that he trembles. "This is simply too much! If I had continued to investigate and found out the Krisliers were behind this, I would have put up a desperate fight with them!"
The coffee table is smashed into pieces, and the ground is covered with fragments.
Kanna is afraid he would hurt himself riled up at his age. She quickly comforts him, "Dad, it's fine. Everything is over. Your health comes first."
Antony looks at her with tears streaming down his cheeks. "Little girl, Dad is sorry. If I had ... I was obsessed with getting Louis back and making the Smith Group stronger...."
Kanna shakes her head. "Dad, don't say that. I know you had no choice. Even if you had found out about the truth, I still wouldn't have let you look for me no matter what."
Antony holds her hands and sighs.
Kanna doesn't want him to worry about her, so she changes the topic, "Dad, where's Armand?"
Antony glances at her and finds it hard to break it to her. "He is...."
Nervous, Kanna asks, "Burnell attacked him?"
Antony says sorrowfully, "Armand called me to look for him, but when I got there, I found he... had shot himself, in front of Louis, no less."
Kanna widens her eyes, thinking that he is joking.
"He might know you were taken away by Burnell and felt desperate because he couldn't save you, so he...." As Antony says these words, his heart aches unbearably.
"No, no...," Kanna mutters and can't believe it. "Burnell promised me he wouldn't touch him. How could he die? He can't be dead...."
Antony hates to see her like this, but he has to say, "Little girl, it's true. I can't lie to you. Louis saw his father committed suicide and was frightened. He almost lost his mind. I was afraid something would happen to him, so I had someone hypnotize him. Fortunately, he was fine and grew up to be just as great as his father."
Kanna covers her face and cries bitterly, tears rolling down her fingers. She is devastated.
She thought after all that she had suffered, her husband and son would be fine. However, this is the cruel news she has to digest after she recovered her memories.
"How could he leave me?" Kanna sobs and feels hopeless. "Then what's the point of me suffering for so long? I might as well die!"
"Don't say such foolish words, girl." Antony comforts her, "I thought you were all dead and my hair turned gray. You don't know how happy I am to see you alive. Louis will be happy, too."
"Dad, don't!" Kanna grips Antony's hands and begs, "Just treat me as dead. Don't tell him. He's suffered enough."
"You're his mother...."
Kanna shakes her head and sobs, "He has grown up and his life is great. I can't be happier. I don't want him to know about those things. Please, don't tell him."
Antony's heart aches for her. "He can understand you. Are you okay with just watching him from afar?"
Kanna keeps shaking her head.
Antony feels he is in no position to decide for her. Just as he is about to say something, the door is opened. Louis steps in and sees them in a glance.
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