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“If I’d just asked her name back at the rehab center when she left, maybe things wouldn’t have been so messed up. Maybe we wouldn’t have missed out on all those years.
“It’s all my fault,” he whispered.
Charles got fired up just thinking about all the dirty tricks Stella pulled. “Easton, it’s not your fault. It’s that scheming Stella. She’s been plotting revenge against Sophia for years. She got Mr. Hunter killed and kept you in the dark for years.”
Easton didn’t even hear a word Charles said. He leaned back on the couch, head tilted up, one hand pressed to his forehead, eyes closed.
“Just stop. You guys should go. I want to be alone for a while,” he said.
Ryan looked at Easton and had no idea how to make him feel better.
Of course, they didn’t leave. They just kept him company, drinking in silence until he finally knocked out. Only then did they call the driver to pick him up.
After Ryan and Charles dropped Easton off at Grandview Estate, they each headed off on their own.
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The next morning, Ryan called Sophia. “Sophia, do you have time to grab a coffee with me?”
Sophia was caught off guard when she answered, but she could pretty much guess what he wanted.
Yesterday’s hot search exploded online, and at first, Sophia was really worried it would drag her kid into the mess. Luckily, Derrick had already taken care of it. He got the hot search removed and deleted every photo of the child.
It was just a quick fix, but at least it was better than letting the whole thing linger online..
True or not, everyone in Jenston already knew about her child.
As for whose kid it was, Sophia had no plans to clear thing’s up. Just like when she left Jenston all those years ago, after so much time, it was up to her to decide whose child it was.
“Sure, see you in half an hour,” she replied.
They agreed to meet at a café near the university district.
“Ryan, long time no see,” Sophia said.
Ryan, ever the gentleman, pulled out a chair for her.
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“It really has been a while,” he replied.
Sophia gave him a faint smile.
Sophia looked at Ryan and asked, “So, did you want to talk about Easton, or is this about the kid?”
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Ryan gave her a small smile. “You know me, I never beat around the bush. Yeah, I wanted to see you today because of Easton.”
Sophia lowered her gaze, pressed her lips together, and set her coffee down. She said, her voice steady, “Are you here because Easton asked you to?”
Ryan shook his head.
“I came on my own,” he replied. With that, he reached into his briefcase and took out a few documents.
Sophia didn’t take the documents, just gave them a quick look and asked, a little confused, “What’s all this?”
Ryan spread the documents out on the table. “These are Easton’s medical records from the past few years.”
Then he pulled out the one at the bottom. “And this one is the paperwork from his recent surgery in Menolia.”
Her brows knitted for a moment.
‘Surgery? He was fine. Why would he go all the way to Menolia for an operation?‘ Sophia wondered.
Ryan said, “Sophia, you’ve seen how he gets when those headaches hit. The doctors explained at his last check–up, he has had this fibroma in his brain for years, and it’s been slowly getting bigger over the past couple of years.
“At first, it was just headaches. But lately, it’s started pressing on the part of his brain that controls vision. If he doesn’t get surgery, there’s a hundred percent chance he’ll Successfully unlocked!
Sophia picked up the surgery report and skimmed on it. It was fur vain tumor removal, and the date lined up exactly when Easton left Jenston. The report even said he’d been in a coma for more than twenty days.
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