"Nigel, I told you! I told you Daddy will definitely come to visit you!" Nellie yelled excitedly as she pulled Joshua into the room.
At the side of the room, Anne looked at Nellie and widened her eyes in shock. Since Nellie was diagnosed with autism, she rarely spoke unprompted. Sometimes, when others talked to her, she would even keep quiet and refuse to answer.
Anne had been accompanying Luna and Nellie throughout the whole day as they waited for Nigel and this was the first time Nellie took the initiative to speak.
Luna looked at Anne's shocked expression and could not help but sigh. She remembered the last time Nellie took the initiative to speak was when Nellie asked her to stay beside Joshua, to take care of him when he was in a coma.
Now, she spoke on her own initiative again, and again, it was for Joshua. Nellie's love for her father was obvious. Luna was not angry that Nellie liked Joshua, she was just sad. For him, Nellie could even overcome her autism, and take the initiative to speak. But in Joshua's eyes, Nellie was nothing. To him, Nellie, Nigel, and even Neil who had passed away and the other child...they were all useless, old documents. He could throw them away at a moment's notice, without
an ounce of hesitation.
"Mr. Lynch."
Nigel took the glass of water Luna handed to him and raised his eyes and looked at his mother. His eyes were dark as he asked, "Did you visit me outside when I was in the operating theatre?"
"Where would he find the time?" Anne snorted and was about to say something but she was interrupted b y a look from Luna.
No matter what, Nigel had just finished his operation, she did not want him to be too depressed. It would be better if she told him the truth after his body recovered completely.
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