Tempest raged, yelling, "You could always wait for Baby Zetty if you liked her, just like how Sir Ares had waited for Madam to grow up back then."
Finn exclaimed in an exaggerated manner, "Foster Father is only six years older than Madam. I'm 12 years older than Baby Zetty. She's just like a little baby to me. I can never regard her as my life partner."
Tempest pointed at the door. "Tammy, the girl outside the door, is just a kid too, isn’t she?"
"She’s an adult, at least," Finn said.
Tempest stood up. "I understand now. You like Tammy, not Baby Zetty, right?"
Finn fell silent.
Tempest walked toward the door, and when he got there, he suddenly turned back to say, "I think you ought to know that Baby Zetty is sick."
A flash of panic emerged on Finn's good-looking face. Concern was written all over his face. "What illness is i t? Is it serious?"
Tempest replied, “Binge eating disorder."
Finn's eyes were filled with confusion. "Why does she suddenly have a binge eating disorder? She was fine,
wasn't she?”
Tempest’s lips parted, and eventually, he changed his mind. He replied casually, "Well, you know as well that mental illness runs in the Severe family. Baby Zetty may have inherited it."
Finn was grief-stricken.
He had raised Baby Zetty for many years, and the two had relied on each other during those times. Like a father, he had devoted all his time to love and care for Baby Zetty with the only hope that she would grow up healthily and happily.
When he heard that Baby Zetty was sick, he felt as though someone had left a gash in his heart, leaving him heartbroken.
"How did she start binge eating?" Finn clenched his fists unconsciously to stop himself from shaking.
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