Sorry for Your Loss It's Me I'm the Loss novel Chapter 817

"Where's Grandpa?" Bennett asked the housekeeper.

"In his study upstairs," the housekeeper replied.

Bennett went upstairs to the study to find his grandfather, only to discover guests inside. Anyone invited into Mr. Thompson Sr.'s study was an influential figure in Istra.

"Mr. Wilbur, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Lee," Bennett greeted each of them politely.

"Just back from the base?" Mr. Thompson Sr. asked, gesturing toward a nearby armchair.

Bennett sat down and nodded. "I took a half-day leave to celebrate with you. I have to head back tonight."

"You're so busy these days, I never see you. Seems this old man has to book an appointment just to get a glimpse of his own grandson," Mr. Thompson Sr. teased.

"This is the time for young men to be busy building their careers. Bennett's only thirty and already a Major General. Everyone in the entire military command knows how capable and promising your grandson is."

Wilbur said with a smile, laying the praise on thick.

Wilbur had once been Mr. Thompson Sr.'s subordinate before leaving the military for a career in politics. Though he now held a high office, he remained deeply respectful of his former commander.

"The Thompson family certainly has a worthy successor. It's truly enviable. Not a single one of my boys is half as impressive," Mr. Lee said, shaking his head with a sigh.

He had plenty of grandsons, but every one of them was content to coast on their family's reputation, interested only in pleasure. A few days of military discipline and they'd be wailing for their mothers, unable to bear the slightest hardship.

The rumor in their circles was that the Lee family was destined for decline once he retired. He was genuinely envious that Mr. Thompson Sr. had a grandson capable of upholding the family name.

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