Thomas understood what Richard meant, but if he did not to reveal any valuable information, Thomas would not help.
Helping Penny out was a long and laborious business, and it involved sharing the responsibility. If something happened, he would be an accomplice, and when Brian knew about it, he would be exposed.
"I really can't help you with that."
Thomas refused. He kept Richard because Richard knew something he shouldn't know and because he was still useful for the time being. Otherwise, Richard would have died now.
Thomas left Richard and went directly to the suburbs.
"Stella, you are here. Why don’t you accompany grandpa?"
Thomas walked into the sitting room and saw Stella and Rufus were sitting on the sofa.
For Stella, Thomas had been on guard. Stella was warm and kind on the surface, but she had been helping Brian, so he could not neglect the existence of Stella.
Thinking of this, Thomas suddenly thought of Winnie.
Winnie had a humble status, so Brian asked Stella to erase Winnie’s previous information?
Thomas thought it was possible, but for what the previous information of Winnie would be erased?
"Uncle Thomas, you are here. Grandpa went to see an old friend today. I got bored at home and came to spend time with my father."
Stella said, while getting up to give her position to Thomas.
"Good, come often and spend time with your father, so he won't be lonely."
"Hasn’t Luke come back these days? I have not seen him for a long time."
"He comes back on weekend. This weekend I will take Luke to my father. He misses Luke."
Rufus answered.
"Brother, is Luke all right? Do you trust the parents of a classmate?"
Thomas wanted to get some information.
"Don't worry, she is better than Penny."
Rufus said in a deep voice and he trusted Winnie.
"Penny is our misfortune, Wendy will not do that. I think it's safer to get Luke back."
"If Winnie does something not conducive to him, we will regret it."
Thomas concerned about Luke, sounding sincere in tone.
"Uncle Thomas, you think much. There is only one Penny and Luke won't be so unlucky to always encounter bad person."
"Uncle Thomas, drink tea."
Stella rebuffed Thomas with a very simple word. Then she put the tea in front of Thomas.
"You are right, Luke won't be so unlucky."
Thomas took a sip of tea and continued talking.
"Alas, but it is better if the child is with his mother. If only Luke's mother can come back."
Hearing that, Stella had no reaction, but she held vigilance.
Luke's sudden appearance did make Brian and Stella feel difficult to deal with for a few days. It could not be said that he was born by a surrogate woman, so they explained that one of Brian's girlfriends gave birth and left.
Now although Grandpa already knew it, he himself found it out. For grandpa, it was acceptable if it was a child of the Bennet family, and he did not care who the mother was. He would be scornful especially if she was a lowly woman.
However, Uncle Thomas was not aware of the truth. Had he known anything since he suddenly mentioned Luke's mother?
"We cannot accept that kind of woman, who abandoned the child. She is not a good mother, and if she comes back, she could not fulfill her duty to be a mother."
Stella answered, lest Thomas asked more.
"Well, that makes sense."
Thomas found that Stella held vigilance, so he suspected more about Winnie. It seemed that there was something wrong with Winnie.
In the suburbs, he did not find out more news of Winnie, Thomas felt depressed. When he was back home, his eyes were on the TV, but he kept thinking about Winnie.
He had found someone to continue the investigation into Winnie, and increased the efforts. But ge was still perturbed and always felt that Winnie had a big secret.
"Dad, you are so absorbed, what are you watching? I have called you several times."
Jack's voice pulled back Thomas's wandering mind.
"I am watching TV, why are you so late?"
Thomas asked Jack.
"I had dinner with friends? Am I late?"
Jack threw himself on the sofa.
"Is Grandpa sleeping?"
Jack continued to ask.
"Yes, do you think everyone has no sense of time like you?"
Thomas started nagging as a father.
“It is just eleven o’clock, and you are up too. Young people do not sleep so early."
Jack thought he had come back early, but his father still said he was later. It seemed that this was the so-called generation gap.
"Early to bed..."
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