Chapter 1881 Are You Going To Leave Me
“It’s been so long now, Grandma… Why aren’t Mom and Dad awake yet?” Lucius asked with his eyes wide.
Caspian stared at Lucius curiously and began putting the pieces together. He was shocked when he first saw Selena on the hospital bed, but he soon understood why Larry had not returned for so long.
“Joan! Joan!” Larry’s eyes shot wide open all of a sudden.
“Oh, my God! You’re awake, Larry!” Caspian exclaimed in relief.
“Caspian? Where’s Joan?” Larry grabbed his arm tightly.
A gentle smile formed on Delilah’s face when she saw that. He wakes up, and the first thing he does is call out to Joan… Looks like I won’t have to worry about Selena after all…
“You’re finally awake, Dad! Mom’s right here!” Lucius shouted.
Larry quickly got out of bed and made his way toward Selena.
“It’s my fault… It’s all my fault!” Larry said in a trembling voice while running his hand gently through her hair.
“It’s okay…” Selena slowly opened her eyes.
It pained her to see Larry blaming himself like that.
She then reached out and wiped the tears off his face as she said, “Don’t cry, Larry…”
Both Larry and Delilah froze in shock when they heard that. Selena had always addressed him as “Mr. Norton” instead of “Larry,” so this must means… This is Joan! Joan’s back!
“Do you remember your name?” Larry asked anxiously.
“Of course I do, silly! What’s the matter with you? I’m Joan Watts, duh! I remember everything now!” Joan said as she gave him a pat on the head.
The warm sun, the gentle breeze, the faint scent of flowers, and the rapid currents of the river…
“Thank you for everything, Ms. Young,” Joan said softly, having fully regained all of her memories from before.
Delilah simply stared at her with a relieved and longing look in her eyes.
“Joan!” Nancy barged right into the ward all of a sudden.
“Hey, Nancy…” Joan called out to her weakly.
Nancy ran straight toward her and buried her face in her chest as she wailed away.
It was such an emotional moment that even Lucius began to tear up a little as he watched from the side.
“Where have you been all this time, Joan? We were worried sick! W-We… We thought you were…” Nancy sniffled as she struggled to speak.
Joan smiled at her in response and gave her a light pat on the head.
Despite the tough front she usually puts up, she’s just a little girl deep down inside…
“I was just gone on vacation. It was a little longer than expected, but I’m back now, aren’t I?” Joan said with a chuckle.
“Mom…” Lucius called out to her, seemingly a little depressed.
Does Mom not want me anymore now that she’s regained her memories? His tears began to flow down his cheeks at the thought of that.
“Come here, Lucius…” Joan reached her hand out toward the boy while Nancy and Jory watched in utter confusion.
This is her child? Since when did she have a child this old?
“Are you going to leave me, Mom?” Lucius asked softly while leaning his head against her side.
Joan gave him a pinch on the cheek and looked at him, her eyes were filled with love and affection as she said, “Silly boy… You’re my son! Why would I leave you?”
Lucius broke into a huge smile upon hearing that, much to Larry’s relief as he watched from the side. Nancy and Jory, however, were still clueless as to what was going on.
Eventually, Nancy was unable to hold in her curiosity any longer and asked, “Joan… This boy is your child?”
“Yeah, of course he is!” Joan replied firmly.
Nancy stared speechlessly at Lucius, much to the amusement of everyone else who burst into laughter at how cute she looked when confused. Jory seemed to have figured it out after putting two and two together but decided to keep it to himself anyway.
It wasn’t long before Larry and Joan were discharged from the hospital.
Since Joan had regained her memories, Larry began bugging her to go back with him, even offering to bring Delilah and Lucius along with her. However, Joan knew there was no way Delilah would leave the village in which she had spent most of her life at.
