Susan's eyes turned bloodshot all of a sudden. She suppressed the sadness and gently rubbed Lucas's hair. "Luca, Luca can't go where mommy went. From now on, Luca will stay in this house and live with Uncle Julian, Auntie Susan, and also Chessie, okay?"
A daze flashed across Lucas's eyes. He then pouted his lips and sprinted outside.
Susan was taken aback. Before she could chase after him, Julian had already picked Lucas up.
"Let go, let go of me." Lucas struggled desperately. "I don't want to be with you. I want my mommy, I only want my mommy
Lucas cried and shrieked. How would Julian have the courage to let him leave in that state? Therefore, he carried him tightly on his shoulder.
Lucas wept and screeched, kicked and struggled, but he still could not break free from Julian.
"Calm down, Luca..." Julian carried him while Susan tried to comfort him.
But Lucas could not listen to anything at all —he just kept crying.
Tears were rolling down his cheeks while snot was gushing down his philtrum as Lucas cried his heart out.
Looking at Lucas acting like this, Chesney's big eyes were filled with bewilderment. She held on to Susan’s arms and said softly, "Mommy... Where did Auntie Mandy go? Has she abandoned Luca?"
Faint sympathy flashed in Chessie's eyes as she spoke.
She thought if Mommy and Daddy were to abandon her suddenly someday, she would definitely be more devastated than Lucas was now.
"Chessie, Auntie Mandy went to a place far, far away from here, That’s why she can’t accompany Luca anymore.” Susan looked sorrowful.
Is it so?
Chesney stared at Lucas and gave off an expression that showed a hazy notion.
She did not know where Auntie Mandy went. She only knew that Lucas was really pitiful for not having his mother by his side
Lucas kept on wrestling, and after a long time, he screamed until his voice became hoarse. But he still kept on shouting for his mother.
Susan watched on distressingly.
She signaled Julian to put Lucas down, then squatted down and hugged Lucas tightly. "Luca, your mother has traveled to a place very far away from us, but Auntie Susan is still here. From now on, you can treat Auntie Susan as your mother, okay?"
Susan’s soft and gentle voice brought about an extremely soothing feeling, but Lucas continued crying and said, "Auntie... I don't want a big house, I don't want cool shirts, I don’t want yummy food, I don’t want anything. Please, Auntie please, I beg you, please let me see my mother, okay?"
Lucas stared at Susan helplessly.
Susan's heart ached from the mournful scene. How could she return Mandy to him?
"Luca, you listen to what Auntie has to say." Susan said softly, "Your mother has gone to a place far, far away from here, and before she left, she asked Auntie to take good care of you."
As Susan spoke, she took out the necklace studded with diamonds from her chest carefully. "This is the last thing your mother left for you. So, keep the necklace as if your mother is always by your side, okay?"
Lucas stared at the shimmering necklace vacantly. He then looked at Susan blankly." This is from my mother?"
"Yes.” Susan nodded affirmatively. "Come, Auntie shall put it on for you."
Lucas stood still, and Susan put the necklace on him attentively.
The reflection of the diamond shined on his chest. Lucas clutched the diamond, and his eyes were bloodshot once again. "But Auntie, Luca doesn't want the diamond, Luca only wants to be with Mommy."
Susan almost cried when hearing Lucas's desperate voice.
She turned her head away and let her tears dry. Only then did she gaze at Luca gently." Luca, from now on, Auntie will take your mother's place and accompany you well just like how she did, okay?"
"Luca, if you stay here in the future, Chessie can play with you every day." Chesney walked over and lovingly held Lucas’s hand.
"I don’t want, I don't want, I don't want." Lucas became extremely agitated, and he swung his hand out of a sudden.
"Argh." Chessie was caught off guard and got pushed by him. She slipped, staggered, and slammed into the corner of the table.
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