When Yvonne heard that, she was stunned and couldn't believe her ears.
"Theo, what did you just say? Can you say it again?" She gulped as she suppressed her inner excitement while looking expectantly at the little guy who was by the bed.
The little guy looked at her with bright eyes and said again, "Mom, I miss you."
Yvonne's tears came out immediately. "Henry, did you hear that? Theo speaks fluently now and he no longer just speaks a few words." 1
Henry came over and bent over to carry Theo before putting him in her arms. "I heard it. Theo has been able to speak very fluently since two days ago. The reason why I didn't tell you was because I wanted to give you a surprise. How was it? Is the surprise big enough?"
"Big. Of course, it's big enough!" Yvonne nodded repeatedly.
What other surprise could be bigger than her son's fluent speech ability?
"Theo, you're amazing!" Yvonne held Theo's face and kissed him.
Theo grinned and seemed like he wanted to laugh, but because of his autism since childhood, his facial expression was a little stiff, so his smile did not look too good.
But even so, Theo was still the perfect child in Yvonne's heart.
"Sister-in-law, you should thank me," Elliot stepped forward and said.
Yvonne looked at him and was about to ask something.
Henry patted Elliot on the shoulder. "We should really thank Hayden. These days, he's been teaching Theo to speak, otherwise, Theo wouldn't be able to speak so fluently in such a short amount of time."
So that was what happened.
Yvonne suddenly realized what happened and she nodded to Elliot gratefully. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Theo is my nephew-it’s what I should do." Elliot glanced at Theo with a smile.
Theo obediently lay in Yvonne's arms. He let Yvonne stroke his hair and then fell asleep without realizing it.
Yvonne lifted the blanket as she wanted to tuck Theo i n, but her strength had not recovered much so she did not manage to do it even after a long time.
When Henry saw it, he stepped forward to take Theo." Let me do it."
Yvonne hummed and let go of Theo so that Henry could lay Theo down next to her.
Henry did everything she wanted.
Elliot sighed slightly, "This kid is finally willing to go t o sleep by himself."
"Huh?" Yvonne was taken aback as she looked at him puzzledly. "What do you mean by this?"
"Actually, for the past few days, Theo hasn't been sleeping well and he didn't want to sleep. Sue, Frederick, and I had to force him to sleep every time," Elliot replied.
Yvonne frowned. "What's the reason?"
"He's worried about you," Elliot said.
Yvonne moved her lips as she looked at Theo. Suddenly, she could not speak.
Instead, Henry narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Did you tell Theo about our condition?"
"No, but I think Theo probably guessed it himself. He may not be able to guess why you had to stay in the hospital, but he probably knew that being in the hospital meant that your condition is definitely not good. It might be so bad that he would not have his mom and dad in the future." Elliot sat down.
Yvonne choked up, "Yeah, I should’ve thought about that. This child is smarter than children of the same age, and he often visited the hospital since he was a child. He should know what happens to patients who stay in the hospital."
When Henry heard this, he squeezed her hand. "It's okay. Didn't we survive?"
"You're right, we survived, and we won't ever leave Theo anymore. We’ll grow old with Theo in the future." Yvonne also smiled at him as she had gotten over it.
Elliot asked again at this time, "Isn't my sister-in-law going to have a kidney transplant? When will that be?"
Yvonne glanced at Henry.
She didn’t know about that as well, but Henry should probably know it.
Henry chuckled, "Only after the virus in us completely subsides."
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