Chapter 436 Serves You Right!
Olivia fell silent. Which family does this cheeky brat belong to? “You could have called her ‘Madam Nolan’!” In response, North threatened, “Why don’t you say that to Uncle Eugene?”
“Say what? Worse still, how could you say that you looked like your grandma?! Which part of you looks like her?!”
“My mouth! Don’t you think so too?”
She snorted. “Nope. Your mouth looks more like mine!” “It looks like my grandma’s too!”
Upon hearing those words, she was rendered speechless again. Sigh. He’s not listening to me anymore. Is the little b*stard in his rebellious phase? Why are there so many people popping up to steal my son from me?!
On the other side, Eugene finally found Brian. Brian was like a raging bull, rushing forward without heed and ignoring Eugene, who was calling out to him from behind. In the end, Eugene lost his patience. Striding forward, he grabbed Brian. “Where are you going?!”
Brian shoved him away angrily. “It’s none of your business!”
Staggering backward after being pushed away, Eugene yelled at him, “You’re my younger brother; who else am I supposed to care for if not you?!”
Brian was so furious that he was seeing red. “Mom is alive and well. It has been so many years since the incident! Why didn’t you tell me?! Do you really regard me as your brother?! Were you happy watching me suffering and struggling every single day?!”
Meanwhile, Eugene simply sighed in frustration—he merely watched as his brother threw a tantrum, just like when they were younger. “At the time, the doctor told me that Mom might end up in a vegetative state. How could I dare to leave you with her? You couldn’t even take care of yourself; how could you take care of Mom if she were in a vegetative state?! They dared to harm Mom once. If so, it would surely happen again. How were you going to take care of her?!”
“Even if you had to take her away, couldn’t you have told me?!”
“Were we on talking terms? Would you have listened to me back then?!”
That sentence took the wind out of Brian’s sails—he couldn’t refute it. Last time, they started fighting every single time they met. The best possible outcome was that the meeting ended in nothing more than a heated quarrel. If things took a turn for the worse, they would end up in a scuffle, just like last night. I have never trusted Eugene. If it wasn’t for Olivia acting as the middleman bridging us together during this period, our relationship would never improve to the point where we could sit at the same table and share a meal!
Eugene sighed helplessly. “You were only safe if we were at odds with each other! Brian, I wasn’t greedy for riches—I was planning my revenge! If all three of us left the family with nothing but the clothes on our back, we would have nothing. Back then, the two of us were still students, and the Mccarthy Family refused to take us in. Moreover, your health was in a precarious situation where you needed treatment at any time. How could I get my revenge if I had to worry about how we were going to afford our next meal every single day?”
Brian replied aggrievedly, “Then, would it have killed you to inform me beforehand?”
Then, Eugene looked at the setting sun in the distance. “At first, I just didn’t want you to become like me. I was less than human at the time. I was cold and unfeeling, and the only thought in my head was to exact revenge on them—if possible, I even wanted to kill them. For that reason, I wished for you to live a normal life. I didn’t want you to live in the shadows the way I did.” Looking at Brian, he continued, “If I had told you the truth… are you saying I should have asked you to die with me?”
Brian squatted down on the ground abruptly and covered his face as his tears flowed out between the seams of his fingers. “Who said we had to die? Couldn’t we have thought up a solution together? You couldn’t even tell me that Mom was still alive…”
Eugene replied, “Mom only got better recently. Although she wasn’t braindead after the car accident, she was paralyzed from the waist down for many years. By chance, I came across an expert, who helped me out only after I agreed to fulfill one condition of his. Later, Mom slowly recovered. Since then, I’ve wanted to tell you. But, you looked like you wanted to kill me every time we met. Besides, you would surely visit her frequently after finding out she was alive. I was worried that you might be followed one day. If that happened, Mom would be in danger again.”
Glaring at Eugene unhappily, he retorted, “Am I that foolish?”
Eugene returned his look with a cold glare of his own. “Aren’t you? Then, how did the injuries on my face come about? You nearly killed me!”
In the end, Brian looked a little guilty. “Serves you right! It’s your fault for not saying anything to me! Moreover, you even stayed behind with the Nolan Family for revenge! So, why haven’t you carried out your revenge yet?! With your current influence, you can get rid of them, right?!”
