“I’m getting old. Sooner or later, I’ll leave. I hid it from you as I don’t want you to be upset.” Jayden was quite calm as if he had already seen through life and death. At his age, he had no regret at all. Now he had a son and grandchildren and enjoyed the happiness of a family union.
“What did the doctor say?” Matthew didn’t want to hear him say those words.
Currently, he was eager to know Jayden’s current condition.
“It’s not your style, Matthew.” Jayden poured tea into Matthew’s cup, “I’m always proud of you. You are my son, but you’ve never made anything difficult for me. You’ve been quite successful in your family and career. I don’t have anything to teach you. Instead, I’m not so smart as you. Before your mother passed away, I hadn’t confessed my love to her at all. That’s the biggest regret in my heart.”
“Let’s have a toast.” Jayden picked up his cup and looked at his son. Matthew’s eyes deepened. He said hoarsely, “I used to complain about you before. I blamed you for hiding the truth.”
Matthew also had a regret.
That was the untouchable wound at the bottom of his heart.
“If I could turn back the time, I wouldn’t stop you from recognizing each other no matter who would stop me. You could live together...” Jayden’s eyes became tearful. He blamed himself for being so stupid back then.
So what if that would impact a lot of people? At least, in that case, Victoria wouldn’t have so many regrets in her life. She was mistaken as a mistress even when she passed away. Her biological son was so close to her, but she didn’t dare to expect him to call her Mom.
Jayden wondered how much she had suffered as the birth mother who carried Matthew for ten months and gave birth to him.
Matthew picked up his cup and clinked with Jayden’s. He gulped it down as if he was drinking a shot. He put down the cup and said, “Let’s go to the hospital together. I’ll find you the best doctor.”
“I don’t want to spend my last moment in the hospital.” Jayden was afraid that they would do that, so he chose to hide it from them at first, “It’s at the late period already. I might go pretty soon. Even if I stayed in the hospital, I might live only a few days longer. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”
“Dad.” Dolores originally thought that it might be at the early or middle stage, so there probably be some hope to cure him. However, she felt quite overwhelmed right now, “The medical technology is quite advanced now. Probably there’s still hope...”
“I’ve done a complete checkup. I know you are quite filial. If you truly want me to be happy, please accompany me to move back to the Nelson Mansion. I spent my life with her staying there. After she’s gone, I dare not to go back. Everything in that house has fulfilled the memories with her. I dare not touch anything. Now, it’s the last stage of my life. I want to stay at our house. When she was alive, she didn’t have a chance to reunite with you all. But you can fulfil my last wish by doing so right now.” Jayden looked quite haggard.
“Okay. But you must take the medical treatment.” Matthew was quite determined.
Dolores also agreed with him. No matter what, they should treat the best to cure Jayden. Earlier, she didn’t look at Jayden carefully. Now taking a closer look, she could tell that Jayden didn’t only lose much weight, but also looked yellowish and his lips were extremely pale.
“I agree with Matthew.” She grabbed Matthew’s hand, “We were also upset when Mom was gone. For us, you should be cooperative with the doctor. Joshua can’t speak yet. I don’t think you are reluctant to leave him, are you?”
Jayden agreed to take the treatment.
After leaving the tea house, Dolores started preparing for moving. Matthew took Jayden to the hospital. He wanted to know his father’s current condition in detail.
When Dolores came back and told Coral that they were moving out, the latter sensed something wrong. In secret, she asked Dolores about Jayden’s condition.
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