"I am in awe every time we talk about this." He set his phone down and looked at her. "Did you request for Billy to look the way it does?"
Avery shook her head. "No. Hayden preferred to keep a low profile, so he created the robot, Billy. More precisely, Billy was created by Hayden's teacher, and he probably designed the robot to look like my father."
Elliot felt a lump form in his throat.
Hayden had never met Jack, but he had fulfilled his grandfather's dying wish regardless. Hayden was definitely a kind-hearted person to have done something like that, and Elliot believed that Jack would be pleased with what Hayden had done for him.
"What are you thinking about, Elliot?" Seeing how silent he was, Avery leaned toward him and looked at him. Her gaze was gentle. "Are you jealous? He has only seen his grandfather in pictures, so I think Hayden did what he did simply because he was interested in the technology himself, not because he wanted to fulfill my father's dying wish."
"I'm not jealous. I just feel like our son is better than I, both in terms of controlling his emotions and in terms of his abilities." Elliot started to doubt himself.
"He is your son, and you should be happy that he is that brilliant," said Avery, "You should not see him as competition." Avery couldn't help but chuckle. "Layla is talented too, on stage. I can't compare with her, and I won't try to compare myself to her."
"I'm reflecting on it," Elliot said.
"Well, don't do that in the middle of the night. Go back to sleep!" Avery could barely keep her eyes open. "Play with your phone if you can't sleep!"
"Alright. Go back to sleep!" Elliot had just woken up and couldn't go back to sleep at the moment.
After turning the lights off, Avery turned around to get some sleep.
Elliot grabbed his phone and found the contact of one of his friends in Bridgedale. He wanted his friend to help keep an eye on Dean, but his friend had immediately responded to his greeting and Elliot forgot what he had wanted to say.
[How's Dream Maker doing in Bridgedale?] Elliot asked.
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