Given that Yvette was pregnant, she stumbled backward after giving Marlene a kick. Fortunately, a bodyguard caught her before she fell.
It was Marlene’s first time getting kicked by someone else. She immediately lost her composure and lunged at Yvette. Fortunately, the bodyguards stopped her. Although Zayden’s men weren’t as skilled as the bodyguards stationed at Dewberry Manor, there were many of them. Yvette couldn’t manage to leave with Noah. At that moment, someone rushed in carrying Malcolm, whose lips had turned blue. “We’ve found Mr. Malcolm, Mrs. Lane! He was in the garden maze.” Malcolm was freezing badly by now. Marlene barely had time to deal with Yvette and the others.
She rushed over and asked, “How are you feeling, Malcolm?”
Malcolm was trembling and couldn’t manage a single coherent word. In the end, Marlene only heard him saying, “It’s all…that feral boy’s fault…”
Just as she was about to find fault with Yvette, she saw Yvette leaving with Noah for the hospital in the car.
Zayden was beyond anxious seeing Malcolm’s condition. “Damn it! We must get an explanation from her when Grandpa comes!”
The two children were sent to the hospital one after another. As Clifford was closer to the hospital, he arrived there first while the others gradually turned up.
Marlene was crying as she told him how Malcolm had been locked up by Noah and was left to freeze.
She said, “Malcolm couldn’t even speak coherently now, Grandpa. You must stand up for him-after all, he has grown up by your side, unlike someone else! We can’t even be sure if the other boy is even a Lane.” Yvette was sitting in the hallway. She was deeply worried about Noah and paid no attention to Marlene’s words.
Clifford had always been fond of Malcolm. Even though he had scolded Malcolm for his misbehavior a few times, he still favored the latter the most among all his great-grandchildren.
He agreed with Marlene deep down. Even though Malcolm was not as smart and understanding as Noah, Malcolm had grown up by his side and had a strong emotional bond with him.
“Alright, I’ll be sure to stand up for Malcolm.” Clifford then walked over with his cane and told Yvette, “You should apologize to Marlene and Zayden, Yvette.”
Yvette recalled how Marlene had
caused Noah’s condition to worsen. Her gaze was cold when she looked up at them. “Why should I apologize? Just because you listened only to their side of the story?”
Clifford choked up.
She then continued, “Have you asked them the reason why Malcolm had come to Dewberry Manor after school instead of going home, Mr. Lane Senior?”
Clifford then recalled that Malcolm always had a driver and bodyguard with him for fear that something might happen to him. So why had the driver allowed him to enter Dewberry Manor alone today?
Yvette said, “Let me tell you what Noah told me on the way to the hospital. He said that Malcolm brought two children along with plans to beat him up.
“Noah’s health hasn’t been the best since he was a child. Not only is he unable to handle a fight, his condition even worsened with just a gentle shove from Marlene.
She continued, “So he pretended to
agree with Malcolm and allowed him in-he could only run since he
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couldn’t win against Malcolm in a fight. Who would’ve thought Malcolm would get lost in the
garden maze while chasing after Noah?”
Clifford was at a loss on which side to take after Yvette explained everything that had happened.
But Zayden and Marlene were thoroughly prepared this time. Zayden said, “I have something to tell you, Grandpa.”
Clifford hesitated and asked, “What is it?”
“This Noah isn’t even a child of the Lane family. He’s the son of Claude Lander, a man from abroad.” Zayden then took out a dossier.
He continued, “Do you still
remember when Yvette told you about Noah’s birth date, Grandpa? did some calculations-unless she was pregnant for 13 or 14 months, otherwise this child couldn’t possibly be Xavier’s.”
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