But just as they held each other for a short while, Cara stopped crying and suddenly let out a loud guffaw. "Trevon, wake up now. How about we have Ustistan's cuisines tonight?"
"Or Chiobar's food? I know this is your favorite. After all these years you spent in a foreign country, you are still only accustomed to Chiobar's food."
There was something creepy in the way Cara said it. Phil and Anya could feel that.
Anya flashed Phil a worried look. And Phil frowned.
Right at this moment, Cara ran out while cackling. And the doctor followed her and said to Phil with a serious expression, "Mr. Henderson, I am afraid your mother is in mental disorder. You might need to take her to the psychiatry department."
"Based on my observation, she acted like this probably because she couldn't accept the truth."
The doctor was showing his concern euphemistically. Actually, his implied meaning was that Cara went mad.
For one moment Anya could feel the sudden stiffness of Phil's body. His father's death coupled with his mother's madness could mentally defeat a man no matter how tough he was and how bad a relationship he had with his parents.
"Phil?" Anya called his name with dread. She looked at the man who stood still now. Standing here didn't help tackle the problems and they should catch up with Cara and take care of her.
Her voice brought him back to consciousness. He gave her a look and was still reeling from the shock.
Anya reminded him, "Let's go check on your mother."
Phil's brain finally started to operate with Anya's calling. He compressed his lips and nodded, "OK."
They took a few steps and then Phil stopped. Phil said to Anya, "It is too late now. I am thinking about sending you home."
"It must be a busy and long night. You really shouldn't stay with me."
Anya was pregnant and she needed a good rest. He couldn't afford to put her at risk as well.
But Anya declined. "I will be fine. Let me be with you."
This was a chaotic night and she was likely to have difficulties falling asleep even if she came back home now. She might be more helpful staying with him under such circumstances.
Phil agreed with her seeing that she had made up her mind. Actually, he craved someone's company at this time. And he was only too glad to be accompanied by Anya, the girl he loved.
Later he gave Gaven a call and had him come over to handle the situation here. Arrangements for Trevon's funeral and Cara's mental illness, and the investigation of the woman who came out from nowhere and badgered Trevon were all waiting to be settled.
Soon Gaven arrived and undertook Trevon's funeral arrangements. As for Phil and Anya, they took Cara to the psychiatry department with the assistance of paramedics.
At first, Cara refused anyone's touch. To steady her, the doctor had to inject a tranquilizer into her.
Cara was diagnosed with severe psychological illness. The doctor suggested that she be sent to a specific hospital for treatment. So they found a professional hospital and took her to it immediately.
But there was another problem – Cara's company. Phil felt the necessity of sustaining its normal operation. He couldn't simply shut down the company since it directly affected employees' work and livelihood.
The clock struck three after Phil arranged for everything. Anya couldn't resist the urge to sleep and fell asleep on the bench when Phil was making a call.
Anya took his water and wanted to soothe him, "Your mother must love your father very much. Or else she wouldn't have gone mad."
"She probably regretted the way she treated your father. She couldn't bear the consequence or forgive herself so she went crazy."
Cara couldn't have thought that the drama would end with Trevon's death.
Despite her constant complaint about Trevon before, Trevon had been her husband for decades. And Trevon gave his life to save hers. It was natural for her to have a mental breakdown.
"But it was too late to regret." Phil still had tremendous resentment and hatred towards his mother. "She never genuinely cherished him or showed him any respect. What is the meaning of treasuring something you have lost?"
Phil's words sent her sharp pain. Somehow it reminded her of the relationship between her and Phil.
During the past four years when they were married, he treasured her. But she never thought about being nice to him.
Although they were divorced, they developed a special connection because of the baby. However, she still instinctively rejected everything relevant to him. Did she have to wait and know how to cherish him until the day she completely lost him?
Why did people have to be trapped in endless fights when they were living good and healthy lives?
Anya was having mixed feelings now. She had the intention to stop haggling with him over Lorie's car accident.
She should cherish every day with him as if it were the last so that she wouldn't regret it like Cara did when misfortune occurred.
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