Chapter 1997 Lost His Mind
“Wilbur, please don’t scare me. What’s happened to you?” Maya muttered as she anxiously grabbed Wilbur’s hand, only to have him push her away.
“What is this place? I don’t want to stay here. I want to go home! I want my mommy!” he shouted, looking every bit like a petulant child. Maya and Nina fell into stunned silence.
Mabel, though speechless, was secretly delighted as she glanced at Nicholas. Could Wilbur have become an idiot?
“Wilbur, I’m your brother, Nicholas. Do you not recognize me?” Nicholas choked out. Wilbur pulled his hand back in fear and shook his head. “I don’t know you. I don’t know any of you! I want my mommy!”
Nicholas silently heaved a sigh of relief. Good. Everything has gone according to plan. It looks like Wilbur has a mentality of a child now. Well, you can’t blame me either, Wilbur. If I hadn’t taken action first, everything belonging to the Simpson family, and even my mom’s life, would be snatched away by you! You forced me into this!
“Doctor! Doctor!” Nina shouted.
Thankfully, it didn’t take long before the doctor came running to examine Wilbur.
“Huh? That’s odd. The patient’s vitals are normal. How did this happen?”
“Doctor, please do another thorough examination. Can you check if there’s an internal injury to his brain? I need to know what happened to him,” Maya urged.
“From what I can see, all his brain functions are normal. But as you suggested, I think it’s important that we conduct a comprehensive evaluation to find out more.”
“Yes. Thank you so much, doctor.”
Alas, Wilbur started thrashing about in bed. “No! I don’t want to do any checkups! I’m not sick! I’m healthy as a horse!”
“Be good, Wilbur. Didn’t you say you wanted your mother? Well, here I am. Let’s get you properly diagnosed,” Mabel said as she tried to pat his head.
To her horror, Wilbur smacked her hand away. “No, you’re not! I want to look for my mommy!”
“Come on, Wilbur, don’t be like this,” Nicholas pleaded. “We’ll go home after the checkup so you can find your mommy, okay?”
“No! I want to go now.”
Just as Wilbur tried to run out of the ward, Nicholas grabbed him and pulled him back.
“Behave yourself! Otherwise, the big, bad wolf outside will eat you!”
“The big, bad wolf will eat you! You’re a meanie, and wolves eat meanies!” Wilbur retorted.
Despite wanting to scream at Wilbur, Nicholas held himself back. Forget it. He’s like a child now. What’s the point of arguing with him?
“Be good, Wilbur,” Maya pleaded. “When the checkup is over, I’ll take you to find your mommy. Trust me. I’ve never lied to anyone.”
Wilbur stared blankly at Maya for the longest time before pointing toward Nina. “Okay. But I want her to accompany me. She’s the fairy lady. No one else can come along!”
Nina almost reeled back at those words. What the hell? Why would he ask for me instead of Maya? And what’s with calling me “fairy lady”? My goodness, this is all so confusing!
“Sorry to trouble you, Nina. Please go with Wilbur, then.”
Seeing how worried Maya was, Nina knew she couldn’t turn her down. “Fine,” she replied with a nod. “Come on, Wilbur. I’ll go with you.”
After the two left with the doctor, Maya secretly followed behind. It was only then that Mabel turned to her son. “Nic, has Wilbur truly gone mad? Do you have something to do with this?”
“Mom, all you need to know is that he’s now stark raving mad. You don’t have to care about anything else.”
Mabel smiled as she flashed Nicholas a thumbs up. “Well done. I’ve always had faith in you! Let me call your father now and give him the good news!”
Nodding smugly, Nicholas grinned and left the ward in search of Wilbur.
After preparing herself for yet another act, Mabel dialed Rodney’s number.
“Rodney, something’s happened! Hurry back to the hospital! Wil is…” Mabel exclaimed before breaking down into tears.
“What? What happened to Wil?”
“Wil has lost his mind! He’s now behaving like a child and keeps saying he wants to look for his mother!”
“What?”
Rodney instantly felt like the world was crumbling around him. If Wilbur had lost his mind, how badly would that affect their company? More importantly, would Maya break up with him?
Sh*t, I have to go to the hospital now. I need to see for myself!
