A pouty North expressed, “You’re the only one who treats me like a kid. Mommy and Daddy tell me everything.”
Brian replied, “A branch company that owns an amusement park under your dad’s name had a bungee jumping accident where the rope snapped, causing a deadly accident. It’s the talk of the town now, and the higher-ups had even caught wind of this. Your daddy has to deal with that personally.”
Shocked, North asked, “How many died?” His words surprised Brian. Is he really a child? How could he ask so calmly about the death count?
“One.” “Then, will anything happen to Daddy?”
“We’ll have to see how they judge the case. If the blame falls on the amusement park, then he won’t be able to escape from the involvement. All the media suspected that it was because the fixtures were past their age and had not been replaced. Still, we can’t exclude the fact that someone might have sabotaged the equipment to mess with them.”
North became worried. “You should go too. It’ll be fine with me and Grandma at home.”
Brian glanced at him before stating, “Nope. If I go, who’s gonna send and pick you up from school? Do you know how naggy your father is? He’s always reminding me of every little thing every ten minutes. I thought my ears were going to bleed from all his nagging.”
Yet, North only retorted, “Daddy is only worried because you can be unreliable, isn’t that right, Grandma?” He remembered to include another ally in his camp while being bold. A smiling Ellen responded, “That’s right. My dear grandson is correct.”
This made Brian speechless. Seeing how he did not speak, North leaned forward against the front seat and said with a cutesy tone, “Uncle Brian…”
“What?” Brian replied impatiently. The response made Ellen slap the top of his head. “You speak properly to my grandson.”
Feeling wronged, Brian could not help but lamented, “You two sure are united. Can’t I even express my feelings for a bit?”
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