"Want to scream?" Ian asked.
Victor shook his head, his attention fixated on the window. He was trying to keep his anger at bay since it wasn’t like him to blow up like he did.
"It might make you feel better. It’s concerning to how you are shifting in your seat. I will give you one chance to scream now. Don’t do it without warning to startle the driver. Though, I wonder how Scarlet would be if she heard about being in a crash," Ian said, wanting to try it.
Victor couldn’t think of his troubles for a mont since he got the feeling that Ian wanted to get them hurt just so he could be treated by Scarlet. "Love does turn people into fools. I’m already sick enough, Ian. Don’t hurt ."
"Then, you should get out. I want to see how she would be if I were hurt. Would she bring in a doctor or tend to herself?" Ian wondered.
Ian could see Scarlet slapping him if he didn’t want to drink dicine. She wasn’t the person to have ti for foolishness.
Victor couldn’t believe what he was witnessing with Ian laughing as he thought about Scarlet taking care of him. He finally got his brother back but Scarlet was turning him crazy. "I want to get out before you try to kill us. Are you going to Scarlet now?"
"No. I was with her all day yesterday. To show up today would be too much. I am willing to offer so of my ti to you. It’s either that or going to my businesses," said Ian.
"You’re willing to be around when I ruined your plan? You were to stay by father’s side and he was so eager to have you around. I should have just taken my mother to her room-"
"And then I would have stopped speaking to you right then. You did the right thing by stepping out of the middle. Your parents shouldn’t use you as the person to calm down their fights with each other. They need to figure their problems out. Hopefully, it ans that they will tear each other apart now that they are alone," said Ian.
"Then you wouldn’t find out where Noelle is. That’s the only reason why I wanted to stay quiet. Now, I don’t have a place to stay and you aren’t by father’s side. He won’t let you get back to his side easily even though he needs you. He’ll like to see you beg. He always does," Victor said, resting his head on the carriage door.
Victor didn’t know where to go from here. He couldn’t return ho soon as it would only lead to another fight and he didn’t have it in him to keep arguing. It was exhausting and as cowardly as it made him look, Victor preferred to avoid fights. To do what he could to stop sothing from growing bigger.
"Why do you look so pitiful? I am opening my doors to you so don’t worry about where you will stay tonight. And so of my clothes should fit you but if they don’t, you can go buy what you want and put the paynt in my na. I think it is sowhat normal for older siblings to spoil the younger ones, right?" Ian asked as this was foreign to him.
Normally it had always been Victor trying to shove sothing in his hands and Ian trying to get away because he knew Layla was going to accuse him of stealing what belonged to Victor.
Victor slowly turned to Ian. "You will let spend your money? Father cut off but I still have money. Honestly, I thought of packing my things to leave ho before so I slowly put aside money. I only didn’t think far ahead to buy a ho. Can I still spend your money-"
"No," Ian quickly answered. "Think of opening my doors to you as spoiling you. You look to be in a better mood already so I don’t have to worry about you. And don’t worry about my plans being ruined. I will go back to that estate but at a later ti."
Ian saw today how he lacked the patience to be around Hank and Layla. Rather than play the role of the son wanting to be near his father, he was just going to torture the two. He only needed a night when he could get inside without worrying about soone spotting him for the town guards to be called.
"Good," Victor smiled, happy that he hadn’t ruined Ian’s plans. "Since we have so ti to waste, do you want to go for a drink with ? I could use my first drink."
Victor tried to avoid drinking because of his health but after the day he had and it wasn’t past noon yet, he should have a drink. "Can I be taken off your banned list now? I won’t cause you any trouble."
"I doubt it but I will have your na moved. You should only have one drink. We need to find a way to start curing you from whatever you ate. Soone in this kingdom should know about poisons. Your doctors didn’t know what to look for since no one assud it was sothing you ate. You should be able to live a long life."
"That is quite different from what I wanted years ago," Victor said, thinking of his weakest ti in life. "You know, since they couldn’t find out what was wrong with , they kept poking around with all kinds of things. Wanting to use any thod to find out the cause of my sickness in case there would be more people like . It hurts a lot."
With no answers, Victor didn’t think he would live long. Rather than be hurt whilst trying to find a solution that wasn’t going to co, he thought of asking to be killed in a way he wouldn’t feel it.
"I am happy with the decisions I made. I could have missed out on our reunion. I think I need one and a half drinks. We can share one glass. I won’t keep you long since you must have work to do. I don’t an to pry but when I woke up this morning, I saw a maid with cat toys. Do you have a pet?" Victor asked as he had thought the cat was Scarlet.
Ian was impressed by Victor’s ability to go from a sad topic to speaking about a cat. "Scarlet has a cat that I am trying to impress. Nothing has worked yet. Maybe the little devil’s spawn needs a blood sacrifice."
Victor nervously laughed, "Well, I do not volunteer to do it."
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