"Johny, I'm so painful!"
"Johny, help!"
"Johny, where are you?"
...
Johny suddenly sat up from the bed, sweating in panic. He looked outside from the moonlit room which was extremely silent.
The other side of the bed was still empty.
That position once belonged to Ceres.
This was the first time for Johny to miss and rely on one person so much, which he was never expected.
He used to believe that he could live without anyone. When he met Ceres, he thought that he relied on her good cooking skills but not the person. Until this moment, he realized that he was wrong.
Johny tried to put himself together. However, he couldn't fall asleep again. He walked out of the room and passed by his son's room while a sound came from inside.
"Mommy, please don't go! Mom!"
Johny hurriedly opened the door and entered the room. He found Swedum was having a nightmare and his arms were waving around.
Swedum also woke up from the nightmare. Johny held him in his arms. When Swedum saw Johny, he started crying again.
"Daddy, I miss Mommy. Why isn't Mommy back yet?"
Johny stroked Swedum's head softly and said, "Mommy will be back very soon."
"You are lying. Is Mommy not coming back? Does she abandon us?"
"Stop crying!"
Swedum sobbed and tried to hold his tears back, "Daddy, I miss Mommy. I had a nightmare that Mommy was bullied. I wanted to beat those bad guys away, but I couldn't."
It was unexpected that the father and son had the same nightmare.
In his dream, Ceres had been shouting for help at him. However, he could not hold her hand no matter what.
This must be stopped!
He couldn't let the situation continue like this.
He had to find her and take her back home immediately!
"Daddy will go to Country M tomorrow and bring Mommy back. Is that ok?"
"Alright! And I want to go with you!"
"No, you can't go. You are so young that I have to send people to protect you. Swedum, please stay here. Daddy will bring Mommy back. I promise."
Swedum had to obey him and nod.
He was only a little boy. The only thing he could do was to listen to his dad and not cause trouble.
The next day, Johny began to prepare for his visit to Country M.
Bob was very confused about the reason why Johny suddenly change his mind.
"I'm worried that she might be utilized because she lost a memory."
Johny didn't want to go to find Ceres just because he had a nightmare. He did not make this decision on a whim.
Ceres had lost such an important memory and had contact with Jamie in Country M. She was in danger.
The consequences would be unpredictable if Jamie knew Ceres had lost her memory.
After Jamie fainted from the hunger strike, the relationship between the father and daughter had returned to the past. This made her realize that her position in the family was not as stable as she used to believe. If she did something wrong, she would be punished and lost her status.
However, what Jamie had done disgusted Caleb. Jamie couldn't do anything during this period of time, which also made her very anxious.
So Sally tried to persuade Jamie once again.
"Jamie, just think about what you've done. You should stop. Just hand out the antidote. I'll give it to Ceres immediately and ask her to leave. Once she leaves, everything will be all right."
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