Jonathan had been staying at Frontier Bay in Avenport for the past ten days.
He had wanted to come here previously, but Sebastian wanted to look into the matter concerning the smelting plant and asked him not to come over. Hence, he had no choice but to refrain from making his way here. Now that the couple had gone to Turlen, he finally had a chance to visit his great-grandchildren.
“Vivian, where shall we go today?”
It was a lovely sunny morning. After waking up, he saw his great-granddaughter sitting in the hanging garden on the second floor, combing her doll’s hair.
He then walked over enthusiastically.
However, Vivian paused in her actions, at a loss for words.
But we went to Grandpa’s house yesterday. The day before yesterday, we went to Granduncle Jackson’s house. And we paid a visit to the Hayes residence three days ago. Before that, he even took us to all those uncles’ houses. Where else does he want to go? Isn’t he tired?
Vivian put down the comb before she said, “Great-grandpa, I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to visit those relatives so often.”
“What?” Jonathan was surprised. He then asked, “Why?”
“Because it’s impolite. Mommy asked me not to go to other people’s houses so frequently as it would disturb them. And you will not be welcome in the future.”
Vivian started to chide her great-grandpa.
There was a solemn expression on her chubby face as she did so. Although she was still a kid, she seemed wise beyond her years.
Jonathan couldn’t help smiling upon hearing her words.
What a precious little girl!
“Okay! We won’t go visit relatives today. Let’s do something else.”
“What?”
Her bright eyes instantly lit up.
Jonathan patted his thigh and said, “It’s your call. Wherever you want to go, I’ll go with you. And we can ask your brothers to come with us.”
“Really? Can we go to the playground then?”
“Of course!”
Jonathan agreed without a second thought.
In an instant, the chubby Vivian jumped for joy. Putting down the doll and comb, she hopped off the chair and sprinted to find her brothers.
“Matt, Ian, Great-grandpa is taking us to the playground.”
“Seriously? Are we going to the playground?”
The twins, who had kept Jonathan company for the past ten days, squealed in delight upon hearing the news, and their voices reverberated throughout the room.
Such was the nature of children.
Jonathan then went to the playground with his three great-grandchildren.
Mark couldn’t afford to let his guard down. After learning that they were going out, he tagged along with them.
When Rufus heard about it, he immediately took a cab and went after them. After all, Jonathan had never gone out alone with the kids before.
“Old Mr. Jadeson…”
“Ah! You’re here. Come take a seat!”
Jonathan was playing with the kids at the playground when he saw Rufus walking over.
With a calm look on his face, he waved at Rufus, signaling him to sit next to him.
Rufus was from his son’s generation, and the latter, Shin, used to be Rufus’s commander.
After Rufus sat down, they started chatting away.
“The other day, you said that Shin had given you the medal?”
“Yes…”
Rufus seemed a bit nervous as he had accidentally brought up the matter when the two were drinking at the Wand residence.
“Well… How was he when you saw him at that time?”
Jonathan, who had been keeping his eyes on the kids, suddenly narrowed them and threw the question at Rufus.
The words made Rufus’s body stiffen up.
For all these years, he had never wanted to recount what he went through at that time because the mere thought of that scene made him feel suffocated.
Moreover, the guilt had been tormenting him.
“Old Mr. Jadeson, I’m really sorry about that.”
“I don’t think it has anything to do with you. You just have to tell me his condition at that time.” Jonathan, on the other hand, seemed calm and placid.
In fact, that was his purpose of coming over here.
His son’s death had haunted him for years. Yet, he never dared to face the fact, nor did he admit his mistake.
However, no one knew that he had always wanted to have a look at this place.
He wanted to know what was so special about this place that his son was willing to give up his prominent family and move here.
And he was eager to find out what his son’s life was like before it came to an end.
“At that time, I… We took pictures of those men, who went after Frieda. After that, I went to him with the pictures. Initially, I discussed this with Frederick, and we all agreed that once we found him and let him identify that person, we would give you a call to stop hunting down the mother and son.”
