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Chapter 429
Chapter 429
Chapter 429
“But Great-grandpa! Isn’t it wrong to ignore my uncle?” Silas cried out helplessly.
Despite his objections, there was nothing he could do. Earle had always been an imposing man, and no one dared to disobey him.
After receiving strict orders from Earle, none of the bodyguards even thought of answering Maurice’s calls.
“Leave that ungrateful bastard alone. I don’t want to hear his name for the rest of the night. Anyway, you kids must be starving by now. Let’s go and have dinner together.”
Heeding Earle’s words, the group headed towards the nearest restaurant.
However, Aileen refused to obey and remained where she stood.
She hugged the big toy bear and shook her head. “Mr. Moran, I’m afraid Adrian and I can’t have dinner with you.”
“Oh, and why is that?”
Earle raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Aileen pointed at the darkening sky and said in a serious tone, “We have been gone from school for too long. Our mommy must be worried sick about us by now. We have to go home immediately.”
What a respectful and considerate child.
A rare smile slowly appeared on Earle’s face as he was touched by her words. To everyone’s astonishment, he handed the cane to the bodyguard next to him and hugged Aileen gently for the first time.
“You’re such a good girl. I agree. You should go home now.”
Aileen surprisingly felt safe in Earle’s arms. The comfortable bond they shared made it seem like they were great-grandfather and great-granddaughter.
She reached out her hand and wrapped her stubby fingers around Earle’s little finger.
“Goodbye, Mr. Moran.”
Earle was so moved by her sweet gesture that he almost cried in front of everyone.
Aileen reminded him so much of his beloved granddaughter, Rosina.
His affectionate granddaughter had a habit of holding his finger like this whenever she said her goodbyes in a pleasant voice. But after that fateful day, he never expected to see her again.
Recalling the sad past, Earle was immediately buried in grief. With a soft groan, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and collapsed to the ground!
Aileen became shocked and rushed to his side. “Mr. Moran! Are you alright?”
Silas shouted at the bodyguards, “Great-grandfather is hurt! Come quickly and help him!”
Seeing Earle lying on the ground motionless, everyone was horrified at this tragic scene.
“Adrian, what’s wrong with him? Mr. Moran looks unwell. What should we do?”
Holding Earle’s hand, Aileen felt helpless and was about to cry.
“Stay calm, Aileen. I’m here. Don’t worry.”
Adrian squatted down immediately. He kept his emotions in check and assessed the situation.
He noticed when Earle had fallen to the ground, he was reaching into his pocket with his trembling hands as if he was going to take out something important.
With no time to lose, Adrian mustered up the courage to slip his hand into the pocket of Earle’s shirt.
Sure enough, he touched a bottle-shaped object. He took it out and realized it was a medicine bottle with the words “nitroglycerin spray” written on the label.
Adrian had seen Kimora taking this particular medicine with her just in case she needed it.
It appeared that Earle was suffering from a relapse of his past illness, so he kept the medicine with him to keep the disease at bay.
Adrian quickly read the instructions on the bottle and soon understood how to use it. Hoping for the best, he tried to spray it into Earle’s mouth without hesitation.
“Hey, what are you doing? Stay back, kid!”
The next second, Earle’s bodyguards rushed over and shoved Adrian away.
The startled boy fell to the ground. Fortunately, he tightly held the medicine bottle so it wouldn’t break on impact.
“What did you put inside Mr. Moran’s mouth? Tell me!” a bodyguard shouted fiercely.
“Oh, Adrian!” Aileen scrambled over to her brother and held his hand. Upset at what had happened, she turned her head to the mean-looking bodyguard and exclaimed, “You are a bad man! Adrian was only trying to save Mr. Moran!”
“You there! He’s my friend. Who gave you the permission to lay a finger on him?” Silas was pissed and glared at the bodyguard who had just pushed Adrian.
“But Mr. Gorman, I was only doing my job.”
The bodyguard wanted to explain further but was silenced by Silas. “What you did was way out of line. Adrian wouldn’t dare to hurt my great-grandfather!”
Adrian slowly stood up and brushed the dirt from his clothes. He showed everyone the medicine bottle and said, “I found this in Mr. Moran’s pocket. We have to give him the medicine right away!”
Silas agreed and insisted on using the medicine, but the bodyguards refused to cooperate. They weren’t letting anyone near their boss.
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, Aleck suddenly came over and took control of the situation.
He rushed beside the weakened Earle and glanced at the medicine bottle in Adrian’s hand. He was shocked to see how smart the young boy was.
Aleck quickly assumed that Earle forgot to take his medicine on time earlier that noon because he was angry at Maurice.
“Good thinking, kid!”
Aleck took the medicine bottle from Adrian’s hand and sprayed it into Earle’s mouth.
There were no objections this time, and everyone gathered around to see what happened next.
To their relief, Earle gradually looked better.
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