Emma asked after a shiver.
This was too incomprehensible.
That Georgia had given birth to a son, and that son was now in a ward which was arranged by Laurence.
“You have guessed correctly. The boy lying in that ward is Georgia and Robert’s son. I am doing my best to bring this boy back to the country. Now, he doesn’t know anyone here, and I am letting a psychologist and hypnotist altering his memories day by day. Miss Lane, Mr. Lane, I have a deal here at my ready. Are you guys up for it?”
“Mr. Knight, what are you telling us to do?”
Emma could vaguely guessed Laurence’s plan as she started to probe him.
Emma could still remember that the first time Laurence had called her father, he had promised to help the Lane family, and to help her marry Robert.
Now that Laurence was bringing back Georgia’s son back, so the heart of the matter here was to make use of Georgia’s son.
“Miss Lane, are you willing to be this child’s mother? When the time comes, you will bring along this child and appear in front of Robert. You will claim that you are the child’s mother, and by doing that, your lies all those years ago won’t be exposed.”
“You are able to make this son acknowledge me as his mother?”
Emma asked with much doubt.
“This child is only five years old, and I have confined him to a solitary room for many days, and I have hired many psychologists to give him some treatment. His mental has broken down, and by then all you need to do is to appear in front of him as a mother, giving him care and protection, letting him rely on you and trust you. If you go along with the lies and directives of the psychologists and hypnotists, he will definitely believe that you are his mother.”
Emma’s teeth started to chatter.
She never imagined that Laurence managed to do something so cruel to that son. She suddenly felt afraid of the man in front of her.
Despite her fears, this deal was too tempting. Just when Emma was still stuck in a quandary, Owen had already agreed to the proposition.
“Mr. Knight, I thank you for giving my daughter a chance. You can be rest assured, she would be able to do it.”
After saying that, Owen turned to look at Emma.
“This is such a good opportunity. Don’t you want to take it?”
Greed occupied Emma’s heart momentarily. That son was Georgia’s son, what reason did she have to feel pity for her?
If this plan with Laurence came into fruition, half of the inheritance of the Simpson family would belong to her. She wouldn’t have to do things according to Robert’s mood too, and she didn’t have to be wary of his mother.
This was the perfect opportunity. Emma immediately nodded.
“Mr. Knight, we will go with your plan. I will give you full cooperation, but you need to know that this cannot succeed in just a short amount of time. What are you planning to do next?”
“You guys know very well too that I have kidnapped Robert. When Robert comes back, he will definitely look for my whereabouts so that he can exact revenge. At the same time, you have to take note of Robert’s father. He is one formidable man who has dispatched men to trace my steps. These people will be your enemies soon, so I can’t really meet you as often as I am doing now. We will contact by phone from now on, and I will always change my number. You don’t need to feel strange, I will leave my assistants behind to your help. They will relay my messages from time to time.”
After saying that, Laurence looked at Emma.
“From now on, you have to follow the doctor’s instructions. Come see the child every day, and after some time you would bring him home so that he starts to rely on you. By the time he finally sees you as his mother, we will proceed to our next plan.”
“How long is this going to take?”
Emma was a little nervous. She had a feeling that the Simpson family wouldn’t give them the luxury of time.
“It needs a few months at least. And we can only do this by following the doctor’s verdict. However, I have chosen the best psychologists in the world, and people with hypnotic abilities. They would make sure the objective is achieved to the best of their abilities.”
Emma thought that this was a good plan, but there were too many uncertainties in this plan. She started to point this out to Laurence, “Mr. Knight, I got engaged to Robert five years ago, and we only knew each other six years ago. In one year during that time, I happened to finish my final year in America, so you have to have a way to prove that I have given birth to a child before there. However, at that time I thought that my newborn child was dead, that’s why I was afraid to reveal this to Robert. I have to come up with a way to make him believe that I did actually give birth to a child, it’s just that I didn’t tell him.”
When Laurence revealed this plan, Emma was pretty excited, but after giving it some thought, she reckoned that in order to let someone as smart as Robert to believe that she had actually given birth to a child and she just didn’t disclose to him this piece of news, she had to come up with more lies. She had to make sure all the corners were covered.
Otherwise, as long as Robert send someone to investigate it, the truth might come spilling out anytime soon.
“You don’t have anything to worry about. You still have the doctor’s proof back when you were still in America, and I will have everything in order. Your reason is not bad, about the death of a newborn but later on realizing that he’s still alive, but I have an even more meticulous plan here.”
“What plan are you talking about?”
Owen asked him, which brought a smile to Laurence’s face.
“Even if you have married Robert, and even if he believes that this child is his, his heart is no longer where it should be. It is highly likely that he won’t be so attentive to this child, so I need to think of a way to make Robert believe that the one he loves is you.’
“How can that be possible?”
Emma thought that was just a delusion. Maybe it was possible to reconstruct a child’s memories by hypnotizing him and making him lose his original memories with the help of psychologists, but is there any way to alter a grown man’s memories artificially? Emma felt that it was impossible.
“This world is a huge place, Miss Lane. You don’t need to fret now, because there are people in this world who has extraordinary abilities. I have already got in touch with him, and when the timing is right, as long as I can get my hands on Robert, I will be able to make him fall for you.”
Emma and Owen could only stay silent. From the moment they came in, they were led on the nose by Laurence in terms of the direction of their thoughts.
It didn’t feel like they were having a fair deal here. Emma and Owen could clearly feel that they were being led by Laurence.
However, with how things were transpiring, if they didn’t cooperate with Laurence, the Lane family wouldn’t have other hopes in getting out of this alive.
“Mr. Knight, where was this boy living in the past five years? Would the caretaker of this boy come looking for us in the future?”
Emma began questioning again.
“They are indeed looking for the boy, but you have nothing to be scared of. The boy’s face has undergone plastic surgery. That family would never see the same boy again.”
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