The family doctor shook his head. "Mr. Lancaster is not in serious condition."
"But Mr. Lancaster passed out." Joe pointed at Henry, questioning what the doctor had just told him.
The doctor looked at Dr. Tom, "Dr. Tom should be able t o answer your question."
"Yes, Mr. Lancaster's body is fine. The reason he passed out was because he was slowly regaining his memory." Dr. Tom put away the small flashlight and smiled.
Joe was pleasantly surprised. "You mean Mr. Lancaster's memory is going to be restored soon?"
"Yes, I'm certain." Doctor Tom nodded.
Frederick was also very excited. "Great, this is amazing news!"
"Dr. Tom, when will Mr. Lancaster wake up? Will his memory be fully restored after he wakes up?" Joe asked again.
Dr. Tom pondered for a few seconds before answering, "His memory will definitely be restored, but I can’t be sure how long it will take for him to wake up. If he wakes up too soon, his memory will not be fully restored. If he wakes up after a long time, his memory will most probably be fully restored. This is because memory restoration requires an adaptation process."
"I see." Joe nodded after he listened to the doctor's explanation.
Anyway, as long as Mr. Lancaster could wake up, everything would be fine.
After that, Joe sent the doctors out. When he returned, he suddenly stopped Frederick.
Frederick looked at him. "Do you have something to tell me?"
Joe took a deep breath. "Frederick, I have a question and I think you know the answer. I hope you can answer me honestly."
Frederick put Theo who had fallen asleep next to Henry and after he tucked the both of them in bed, he asked, "What do you want to ask?"
"Frederick, is Miss Shannon Smith our madam?" Joe finally voiced out his doubts.
Frederick's eyes trembled. "Hmm? Do you think she's madam?”
"Yes, I think she is. Actually, when I first saw her, I had suspected that she was madam because of her face. However, after I found some information about her, I cleared up my suspicions. It was when I heard her talk about how she was burned when we were at the party earlier."
"And?" Frederick walked shakily with his walking stick to his previous seat and sat down.
Joe looked at him. "Then I got suspicious about her identity again because in this world, there is no way two people can look so similar and share such similar experiences. How could both of them experience the same thing? That is obviously impossible unless they’re the same person."
"You’re not wrong to say that." Frederick nodded.
Joe clenched his fists excitedly. "So Frederick, she really is madam, right?"
Frederick looked at Henry and sighed, "Well, I can't keep the secret forever. Fine, I’ll tell you the truth. She i s madam."
"I knew it!" Joe gasped.
Even though he was mentally prepared because of his suspicion, he was still shocked when he heard it from Frederick himself.
"Madam has changed so much..." Joe said.
The Shannon Smith they met had a completely different personality and was more capable than Yvonne. The only similarity was their face.
"The reason why madam changed so much is that she experienced being on the verge of death twice," Frederick said.
Joe swallowed his saliva. "Twice? Oh yes, I remember madam mentioned at the banquet earlier that she was burned twice, but as far as I know, it only happened once in the industrial zone. Did madam experience
another fire that we don't know about?"
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