Mustering up his courage, Kyle declared, “So be it! This is for Mommy!”
Juan took a moment to mull things over. In the end, he still thought that was a bad idea. “What if Great-grandpa can’t bring it in himself to hit us but shifts his anger to Mommy? He’ll never forgive her then!”
Kyle furrowed his brows.
That was true. If that happened, they would have simply caused the situation to worsen.
Nevertheless, what else can we do now? We have run out of ideas.
Right then, Davin appeared and strode toward them. He had been rather worried about them.
“You two are still kneeling?”
Juan hung his head and nodded.
“Uncle Davin, do you have any idea on how we can get Great-grandpa to open that door and let us in?”
Davin fell into a thoughtful silence. After a while, he sighed.
“You guys are willing to do anything for your Mommy, huh?”
Kyle shot him a suspicious look. Did he really come up with a plan?
Beside him, Juan was equally as doubtful. He asked, “Uncle Davin, you’ve thought of something?”
Davin did not reply. He gave them a mysterious yet meaningful smile before getting up to leave.
While this may not be the best idea around, at least it’s better than them kneeling here all day long! Something must be done!
Five minutes later.
The two kids suddenly screamed loudly. After that, they burst into tears, their wails growing progressively louder. The utter fear and terror in their cries were obvious.
In his room, Russell was shocked at the noise. They were fine, merely a moment ago. Why would they suddenly be crying now? And together at the same time too! Even if one of them fell down or something, they shouldn’t sound like that!
Uneasiness swelled within him. If anything happened to both of them, I will never be able to live with myself!
Unbothered about his earlier anger, he instantly swung his door open.
“Why are you two crying like that?”
Upon hearing their great-grandfather’s voice, Juan and Kyle dashed into the room like the hounds of Hell were on their heels. Huge droplets of tears trailed down their cheeks.
Russell checked them over for injuries, finding none. The hallway outside was empty too. He could not understand why they would suddenly start bawling like that.
Pushing that aside for now, he started to soothe them.
It took him some effort but they eventually stopped crying.
Sniffling, Juan looked over at Kyle and asked, “What did you see just now?”
Just the thought of what he had seen caused Kyle to whimper and cry again.
“Alright, it’s okay. Great-grandpa is here. Don’t be afraid.”
Russell hugged the two young boys as he comforted them.
Recalling what he had seen, Juan found it rather strange.
They had clearly been in the hallway, yet he had suddenly felt like he had fallen into the ocean. The salty seawater had threatened to drown him and he had found it hard to breathe. He felt like he had been about to die.
He asked Kyle softly, “Did you see an ocean too?”
Kyle shook his head. “I didn’t see an ocean. I saw this huge monster bite me. I-it tore off my arm and then went for my leg…”
The bloody images from earlier flashed past his mind and his heart pounded in his chest.
That was simply too scary!
Juan frowned in confusion, wondering why he and Kyle had seen different things at the same time.
That’s so strange!
Something occurred to him and he wondered if all of this had to do with Davin.
Kyle seemed to arrive at the same conclusion as they glanced at each other. “Let’s get him!”
Juan hurriedly grabbed his brother’s arm. Although Davin had crossed the line, it had led to Russell opening his room door.
This is a great opportunity that we can’t afford to pass up! There are more important things than getting revenge right now.
Lifting his head, Juan noticed the grim look on Russell’s face. Their great-grandfather had opened the door upon hearing them cry, which showed them that he still really cared for them.
The little boy got down on his knees again and started to plead, “Great-grandpa, Juan knows that you love us a lot. Please give Mommy a chance and forgive her!”
“Yeah, Great-grandpa! Kyle is also begging you; please don’t be mad at Mommy anymore!”
Russell watched the two kneeling boys, his emotions raging through him, both varied and complicated.
In the end, these two boys were still Nicole’s sons. It would be unreasonable and heartless to force her to cut off all ties with the Seet family.
