Day Eighty-Six…
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After Old Man Xu's discharge from the Syphiruz dical Facility, Nathan returned to the Sparks Mansion alone. He allowed his son to stay in the Xu Mansion together with his grandfather. With this, Nathan got so ti alone in the house.
As the schedule of Jane's wedding with Vincent was getting nearer, Nathan's burden in his heart was getting heavier and heavier. He wanted to be alone to reflect on his feelings.
In the end, Nathan entered Ethan's playroom. In there, he reminisced about the mont when Ethan, Jane, and he were bonding together, playing video gas.
"I miss her so much," Nathan mumbled as he sat down in front of Ethan's small desk.
Nathan was absentmindedly staring at Ethan's laptop when the two robots approached him.
"Master Nathan! It's good to see you here." Riemc said as he stood next to Nathan.
It did not take long before Powy also greeted him. "Master, where is our young master Ethan? Have you seen Lady Jane too?"
Nathan's eyes glead with sadness at the ntion of Jane's na.
"Jane is no longer here," Nathan responded. "I don't know how I can take her back."
Nathan believed that the robots couldn't understand his feelings so he felt comfortable telling them his worries and concerns.
"Master Nathan, you look so troubled. Did sothing happen to Lady Jane?" Powy inquired.
Nathan nodded. "My half-brother who wanted revenge stole her away from …"
"She let go. She chose him over … because of her daughter. She didn't want anymore. But I can't give her up. I need her to be by my side."
Powy and Riemc turned to each other as if they were trying to analyze the situation or rather the information they were receiving from Nathan. But just like what Nathan had expected, the robots couldn't understand his feelings right now.
"Master, do you want us to analyze the situation based on the data we've collected in the past?"
Nathan frowned in confusion. "What data?"
"The recollection of your monts with Lady Jane together with young master Ethan. You can rewatch them as we've recorded those monts in our mory. Do you wanna see them, Master?" Powy asked him.
Since Nathan missed Jane a lot, he imdiately agreed. Powy and Riemc attached their mory chips to Ethan's laptop so that Nathan could rewatch those monts Jane had spent in the Sparks Mansion.
Nathan settled down on the couch comfortably as he began replaying the recorded monts with Jane. He was smiling from ti to ti as he could see the beautiful strong bond between Jane and Ethan. They looked like a mother and child.
It took him three hours to finish rewatching those scenes. Because of that, he missed her more. But while he was looking for other mories, Nathan stumbled on a secret folder inside the robots' brains. The file na was 'Young Master and Miss Abigail's Secret'. Nathan frowned upon reading the file na. He got curious about the content of this file. As he thought about it, Nathan realized that it was Abigail who spent more ti with Ethan and the robots back in the day.
"Should I open it or not?" Nathan contemplated to himself.
He knew that it wasn't right to open this file. It was a secret between Ethan and Abigail. But his curiosity won over him. He wanted to know what's inside that secret file.
"I'm sorry, son. I have to see this." Nathan mumbled before clicking on the secret file.
At first, he couldn't access it because of the password. Nathan tried to input the passwords several tis. "Argh. My son is very ticulous. Their secret is protected by a password." Nathan scratched the back of his head while smiling.
"Hmm. Alright. It's ti to decode it." Nathan cracked his knuckles before he started to decode the password. He had a thod to discover the characters of the hidden passwords.
"Hmm, 6 digits number. Knowing my son… I guess he used a significant date of his life and made it his password." Nathan had to rack his brain to find out what the special dates to his son.
At first, he tried typing Ethan's birthday, his birthday, and Old Man Xu's birthday. But it failed.
"Sigh. I guess… it's related to Ethan and Abigail." Nathan rubbed his chin as he tried to guess the password.
After several attempts, Nathan finally opened the file, putting on the right password. It turned out Ethan chose the date when Nathan and Abigail beca an official couple.
"Hmm. I'm glad I have forgotten about the date." He mumbled, praising his own self.
Nathan saw the video recording of the conversation between Ethan and Abigail. His eyes were fixed on the monitor as he watched and listened to them.
Ethan's cheerful voice echoed through the laptop screen.
Ethan: "May I call you Mom now?"
Abigail didn't reply right away. She looked like hesitating to answer Ethan. Because of Abigail's reaction, Ethan asked her if she was okay, perhaps she was troubled by sothing or she hated to be called "Mom".
Nathan watched as Abigail imdiately shook her head and cupped Ethan's face. Abigail: "Of course not. Even if I'm not your biological mother, I am happy that you are treating like your mother. Ethan… you are one of the most amazing people I have ever t in my life. I love you, Ethan. I care for you…"
Nathan was touched by Abigail's words. No wonder he had fallen for her before.
"Abigail is indeed Jane's sister. I can't explain it but I can see similarities between them. Maybe, I fell for her because she was like Jane… both her attitude and her behavior."
Nathan continued to watch the recordings.
Ethan: "Thank you, Miss Abi. You made happy! But I wanna ask you… between Dad and … who do you love the most?"
Abigail: "Of course, it's you! I love you the most. My cute little angel!" Nathan didn't know whether to laugh or feel jealous after seeing this. It looked like his son was truly competing with him when it ca to Abigail's attention before.
Ethan: "Haha. My Dad will get jealous once he hears this. Powy and Riemc, have you recorded Miss Abi's statent? I will tease my Dad later."
Nathan let out another chuckle. He was having a good ti watching this. At least, he could forget his heartbreak even just for a while.
Soon, Abigail finally brought up a certain topic related to their secret. Nathan beca more intrigued, interested in what he was going to hear next.
Abigail: "Ethan, I have a secret I wanna share with you. Can you promise to keep it to yourself?" Ethan: "I promise! What is it, Mom? Tell ."
Abigail: "I have another identity… not as Abigail Scarlett… I'm Jane Frost… That's my real na. My soul got lost and I am possessing this body temporarily." Ethan: "I… believe you. I will recognize your soul… in whatever body you are in… because you are my mom."
Nathan frowned when he heard that kind of conversation, disbelief evident in his eyes. "No way… Is she kidding? Was she just pranking my son for telling him those words? But why… Why did Abigail look very serious and sad? Is she telling the truth?"
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