Carlson was slightly stunned, but then he continued to speak with a smile, "Nathaniel, do you think of me as your enemy now?"
"Well, I can't tell who are my friends and enemies now."
Carlson's expression changed when he heard what Nathaniel had said.
He changed his lazy tone and spoke word by word, "What the old man says has nothing to do with me. You and I are comrades, even though we were not born in the same family. No matter what you decide, no matter what does the old man thinks, I'm always on your side."
Finally, Nathaniel breathes a sigh of relief.
"Thanks, Carlson."
"We are close friends after all."
After saying that, Carlson hung up the phone.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel was a little emotional somehow.
He was surprised but somewhat relieved after knowing the truth. After all, he was not really a fugitive, and Carlson still believed in him. Otherwise, if he had to turn against them, although he would not lose, his wife and child would face danger.
Now, he could finally be relieved and have fun with his family.
After Nathaniel took another puff of the cigarette, he returned to his room. When he saw Mango sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but be surprised. Then, he started laughing out of the blue.
His wife really got tired easily.
Then, Nathaniel walked over and carried Mango out of the water. He wrapped her up with a towel and carried her into the bedroom.
The bed inside the room was a waterbed, and it was filled with hot spring water. Thus, it felt comfortable to lie on a warm bed.
Then, Nathaniel didn't remove Mango's towel and fell asleep with Mango in his arms.
In his dream, there was a woman stroking his hair gently, and she looked beautiful when she smiled too.
Then, she said, "My child, I hope that you can be stronger in the future. Although you had a lot of responsibilities, I believe that you will always be happy. Life is short, and I can't give you the happiness you want, so you have to fight for it by yourself. Alas! Sorry, Nathan, I am really sorry, but
I have no choice."
The woman's voice was very soft, and she was whispering to him.
Nathaniel wanted to see the woman's face but he failed to do so as the woman's face was covered by the fog. However, the voice was somewhat familiar, and she sounded somewhat like Nanny Zhang.
Wait! Nanny Zhang?
Nathaniel felt a little cold at this thought.
He opened his eyes abruptly. Then, he looked around the bedroom. For a moment, he did not know where he was.
The phone next to him has muted, and it was currently vibrating.
Then, Nathaniel picked up his phone and walked out as he was worried that he wouldn't disturb Mango from sleeping.
"What's the matter again?"
Nathaniel sounded unpleasant and impatient somehow.
On the other side, Michael paused for a moment and said, "Carter's test results have come out."
Nathaniel frowned slightly when he heard this.
To tell the truth, he didn't care about how Carter died. Shouldn't Michael have called Walter instead?
However, when he looked at his wife, who was resting in the bedroom, he couldn't help but say, "What's the result?"
"Carter killed himself with poison, However, the forensic doctor found other toxins in his body that had accumulated over the years. Even if he didn't commit suicide, he would not live long. At that time, he would die more miserably and painfully than he did now. So Carter knew and killed himself to prevent Walter from finding out that he was poisoned."
Nathaniel frowned after hearing Michael's words.
"How long has he been poisoned?"
"More than 20 years, to be exact, it has been 27 years."
Nathaniel was startled for a moment to hear this.
"How old is Walter?"
"27 years old."
Obviously, Michael had also thought of this.
Then, Nathaniel smiled wickedly and said lazily, "So Carter was poisoned ever since Walter was born?"
"It seemed so, so the person who poisoned him wasn't Delilah Fang, but Sophia Liu."
Nathaniel's smile became a little colder after.
"She's so cruel! Even if Carter was not the person she loved, they were husband and wife after all. They even raised a child together, so how could she do that? Carter probably knew about it when Walter was born. Perhaps Sophia didn't hide it from him either, so Carter cheated on her and stayed with Delilah?"
Nathaniel said word by word, and the look in his eyes was getting colder.
Urgh! How could such an evil woman exist?
Since she didn't love her husband and didn't want a child, how could she give birth to one?
Did she know how to be a mother? Was she even human?
For some reason, Nathaniel was furious.
In the past, he always disliked Walter because that man had a thing for his wife. But now, when he thought of Walter, he couldn't help but have a little more sympathy towards the latter since he wasn't born to parents that loved each other.
His parents didn't want him to be born, and he had to live according to the way they wanted. Wasn't this just too pitiful?
"Did Walter do a medical examination?"
Michael stunned for a second. Apparently, he didn't expect this question.
"Weren't we investigating the cause of Carter's death? Why are we bringing Walter in?"
Nathaniel then said coldly, "Why did Sophia take advantage of Carter? This is because Carter was the easiest person to control among all her pursuers. Furthermore, Sophia married Carter because he loved Sophia at that time. But since she could poison Carter, this crazy woman could hurt her son too! After all, she has been using Walter, hasn't she?"
"What? It can't be, right? After all, she's Walter's mother! She could've poisoned Carter, but I don't think she would've done that to her son!"
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