Early morning in Moniai.
The weather was bright today.
Outside Ennis' clinic, flowers were blooming.
Byron sat opposite him silently, seeming to become thinner, and his face was pale.
"Is he here?" Ennis poured a glass of warm water for Byron. "That kid named Larry Crawford."
Byron looked somewhere not far away.
The boy wore a striped sweater and jeans, looking at the flowers outside the window.
Meeting Byron's eyes, he immediately turned back. "Uncle, these flowers are so beautiful. Can I take some seedlings back when I return? My mother likes flowers, and I want to give them to her!"
Byron observed him.
Byron thought, "The kid is so real and vivid. How could he be fake?"
"He wants to bring some of the flower seedlings you planted when he returns," Byron said, his voice a little hoarse.
In the past few days, Byron had to take a lot of medicine every day, whether he liked it or not.
The pills calmed him but, at the same time, dulled his brain.
Ennis also looked at the flowers outside.
Moniai, in this season, was incapable of nurturing these beautiful flowers. Outside the window was a greenhouse in Ennis' research institute.
Strictly speaking, it was a greenhouse that Ennis' mother hoped to own during her lifetime.
After Ennis took over the research institute, he hired the best craftsmen to build the greenhouse that his mother liked based on the manuscripts of his parents.
"Byron, I want to show you something."
Ennis spoke, picked up the remote control, and turned on an LCD screen in his clinic.
The screen lit up.
Ennis played the videos that Mike found back then.
Byron watched, his pupils trembling violently.
Byron remembered these scenes, but he remembered clearly... that he was with the kid...
"He really doesn't exist. It's your visual and auditory hallucinations," Ennis said in a gentle tone, "Byron, we have to face this matter head-on before the treatment."
"Why do I have such a vision?" Byron looked at "Larry", who seemed to be unable to hear the conversation between Ennis and Byron. Larry was still leaning on the sill and looking at the blooming flowers happily. "Who is he?"
Ennis looked at him.
His eyes seemed to have the power to capture others' hearts. "Yes, Byron, who is he?"
The boy closed his eyes as if the wind was blowing on his cheeks.
Byron suddenly remembered.
Not long ago, when he saw the child in the hospital, the child was seriously injured, and the skin on his face was scratched...
How long did it take?
He was completely healed...
"Who are you?" Byron asked.
Tears welled up in his eyes.
The boy turned around and looked at Byron blankly. "Me? I'm Larry. Did Uncle forget me? Larry, Larry Crawford!"
Byron felt like a knife was piercing his heart.
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