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Lucas said in a low voice, “You guys are deceiving us kids. I heard that when parents hug each other to sleep, they’ll easily have a new baby.”
“You guys want a new baby?” Suzie was stunned for a moment before her eyes reddened. “Isn’t having Lucas and me enough? You still want a new baby? I don’t approve of it.”
Cate and Shaun were awkward and speechless.
“Lucas, who did you hear that from? Your mom and I were just sleeping,” Shaun explained while the corners of his mouth twitched. “Having both of you as third wheelers is enough. We don’t need another one.”
“When did we become third wheelers?” Suzie was confused.
“It means we are always in their faces.” Lucas said, “We’re disturbing his and Mom’s alone time.”
“That’s too much.” Suzie was furious. “We didn’t even hate you for snatching our mom. Go away.”
The little girl crawled over and pushed Shaun away, sitting in Cate’s embrace. “Mom, you guys have slept for a very long time. When are we going to the hospital to visit Granny?”
Cate looked at the time. It was already 3:00 p.m. “Let’s go now.”
When they were about to depart, Shaun received a call from the police station. “It seems like Mason has confessed to some new offenses, so the police have asked me to go over. You can go ahead with the children first. I’ll arrange for Hadley to escort you guys.”
Cate nodded.
Once Shaun arrived at the police station, the chief, who was in charge of the case, gave him a copy of Mason’s statement.
After reading through it, Shaun remained silent for a long time.
He really did not expect Mason to have done a lot more bad deeds than he had imagined.
Furthermore, it seemed like Mason was afraid that Shaun would hurt his son too. As such, he explained everything clearly.
“Please continue interrogating him on whether there are any accomplices or not,” Shaun said.
“We would, but he had a lot of injuries on him when we caught him during dawn. Currently, his body can’t take it, so we plan to let him rest for two days. Then, we’ll continue interrogating him.”
“Thank you.”
Shaun took the statement and left.
He drove to the hospital straight away. However, he did not go to Lea’s ward. Instead, he went to Chester’s office.
Chester had just returned after finishing his rounds. He removed his stethoscope and punched Shaun’s body lightly. A smile then etched on his handsome face. “Congratulations, Young Master Lyons. The public is in an uproar now. You, Young Master Lyons, are about to become the First Young Master of Australia again. Tsk, you stole the limelight from me again.”
Shaun gazed at Chester with furrowed brows and did not say a word.
“Alright, don’t look so solemn. I’ve asked the doctor who’s in charge of your mom. She’ll recover after one or two months’ rest, ” Chester said with a smile.
“I just came from the police station. When the police interrogated Mason, he revealed some things that I think you need to know. ” Shaun passed the statement to Chester. “Three years ago, Charity really was framed for Shelley’s death. The person who planned all of it was Mason.”
Chester’s body stiffened. He gazed at that statement and did not move.
Seeing that Chester did not take the statement, Shaun kept it. “What Cate said was real. Back then, after I sent Rosabella away, it was Mason who brought Rosabella out. He made her undergo plastic surgery to have Shelley’s looks and arranged for her to be by my side. At that time, the milk Shelley gave me to drink contained drugs that made my memory deteriorate. After Cate realized Shelley was Rosabella in disguise, they played along and burnt the real Shelley. Afterward, they blamed it on Charity.”
Chester turned around. His handsome face was so calm that it looked cold.
However, only he knew how tight his heart was clenching that he felt like he could suffocate for a few seconds.
Cate had told Chester about that before.
He did believe it to a certain extent. However, deep down in his heart, he refused to accept that truth.
The reason being once he accepted it, it meant that he was the one who personally found a lawyer to send Charity to jail and sentenced her.
He would be the one who contributed to the cause of Charity’s death too.
Chester would rather think of Charity as a despicable, bad woman, and that she had only herself to blame.
She deserved it even if she died.
However, the perpetrator had now admitted it himself.
Ha, Chester was wrong. He made a grave mistake.
“Why did Mason shift the blame to Charity then? Was he close to her? ” After a long while, Chester asked hoarsely.
“Charity… Frankly speaking, she’s a sacrifice.”
Shaun said uncomfortably, “Because those days, Charity, Cate, and Mireya were close, and we despised Charity because of Sarah. Mason thought if he pushed the blame onto Charity at that time, it would cause a rift in my relationship with Cate.
“Cate would firmly believe that Charity was innocent, while we would think that she was taking Charity’s side. It truly happened that way. My relationship with Cate started deteriorating from that time onward, and even you started having opinions toward Cate. To make it worse, Rebbeca drugged me, which made my illness more severe. “
“Mason… He really schemed everything so cruelly.” Chester looked outside the window. There was a bottomless coldness in his eyes.
He admitted that he was ruthless, but he would never set up innocent people.
“That’s right. If only I believed in Cate back then. She said she had done a DNA test between Rosabella and Jeffery, but I didn’t believe her. ” Shaun’s lips lifted in a self-deprecating smile. “Charity’s death indirectly caused Jennifer and Boris’ deaths. Since everyone in the Neeson family is dead, there’s nowhere I can atone for my sins. I can’t possibly help Thomas and Sarah, right?”
Chester remained silent. Beneath his short hair, his dark gaze was downcast. No one knew what he was thinking.
At first glance, people would think that he was indifferent.
However, Shaun knew that Chester was not that kind of person. Chester was a person who hid things deeper than him.
” I’m leaving.” Shaun patted Chester’s shoulders before turning around to leave.
“Will you tell Cate about this?” Chester suddenly asked.
“…I won’t. Maybe it’s because I’m too selfish. I’m afraid knowing about it will make her more remorseful and upset over Charity’s matter. I want to be with Cate. After all, we’ve finally managed to make up. I’m scared that the rift from the past will reappear.”
Shaun left after he spoke.
Chester stood in front of the full-length windows alone for a long time.
The trial that sent Charity to jail kept replaying in his mind like a slow movie.
That day, she repeatedly said she was wrongly accused and that she was innocent.
He did not believe her and looked at her as if he was looking at a cruel murderer.
When all the yelling made her hopeless, her cool, slightly reddened eyes became lifeless and dim.
Chester flung his hand and swept the glass on the table to the floor.
It was as if that was the only way to stop him from feeling so annoyed.
Shaun returned to Lea’s ward.
Lea was already awake. However, she exuded a wave of lifelessness.
“Shaun, you came just at the right time. We don’t know what’s wrong with your mom. I’ve been talking to her for a long time, yet she hasn’t uttered a word. It’s very unlike her.” Valerie came over and whispered, “Is she still hung up on Mason since he has gotten caught…”
“No…” Shaun cut her off. He glanced at the few people in the ward and said, “Maybe it’s because she found out that Liam is hers and Brennan’s son and my biological brother.”
“What?”
Valerie and Spencer were shocked. “Wasn’t Liam hers and Mason’s?”
Cate frowned as she glanced at Lea. She and Shaun had known about it early on, but they were afraid it would upset Lea. It must have been Mason who said it himself.
“He’s not Mason’s son.” Lea finally spoke. However, her hoarse voice was empty and sad. “I was mistaken all along.”
“You… How could you be so silly?” Spencer sighed heavily. “As the child’s mother, you can’t even figure out who’s the father.”
Lea could not even feel any embarrassment. In fact, she felt that living was meaningless. “In the past, I always thought I was a failure of a mother. Now, I realize that I’m not even worthy of being a mother. For more than 20 years, I was fooled by a man.”
