One Night Stand With That Beggar

Amos frowned and said, “I won’t kill you but I won’t be a puppet.”

He then called for Clint and said, “Please send the guest off!”

Clint pushed through the door hurriedly and came in. The next second, he saw Old Master Granger collapse from his wheelchair with a thud.

Amos was shocked as he hurried over to his father and said, “Quick, call the doctor.”

…

Old Master Granger’s assistant arrived shortly after. He took out a bottle and fed a pill to the Old Master, “Do you have a bed for him to rest?”

Amos said to Clint hurriedly, “Take him to my lounge.”

After laying the Old Master down, the assistant heaved a sigh of relief and said, “It’s alright. He will wake up soon.”

Amos frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

The assistant shook his head, “He’s fine. Age is getting to him so he’s not really in a good shape.”

“Tell me the truth!” Amos insisted. In fact, he had suspected that his father’s health had deteriorated over the years but he did not pester him for various reasons. He was shocked when he witnessed his father falling from the wheelchair.

The assistant took a step back swiftly and said, “Mr. Granger, please don’t make things difficult for me. I promised the Old Master that I wouldn’t tell anyone!”

Amos’ heart sank and he turned his gaze to Clint and said, “Go and call a doctor to examine him.”

Noticing how determined Amos was, the assistant finally said reluctantly, “Okay, I’ll tell you but you can’t let the Old Master know that I was the one told you, or else he’ll not let me go.”

“Say it!” Amos was getting agitated.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

The assistant stuttered, “It’s… It’s cancer.”

Amos’s heart skipped a beat and Clint was taken aback as well.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Amos asked.

The assistant sighed, “The Old Master had always been busy with work. In fact, he had been suffering from insomnia after your brother’s death. Yet, he still went to work as per usual. This practice and the long term fatigue has taken its toll on his body. When we found out, the cancer was already at stage four. The doctor said that there is only a twenty percent chance that the surgery would succeed. Besides, the surgery would very likely trigger the spread of the cancer cells. If he doesn’t perform the surgery, he might be able to live for another six months on medication.”

Six months…

Amos frowned. Back then, he had requested the Old Master for a year to sort his matters out. The Old Master agreed to his request.

All of a sudden, Amos felt a little offended. He said, “Was my brother that good? To the point that my father refused to take care of his own health?”

The assistant dared not reply. This was their family problem. How could he comment on anything about it?

After a moment of silence, the assistant added, “I have something to say but I’m not sure if I should.”

Amos replied with a frown, “If I told you that you shouldn’t say it, would you not say it then?”

The assistant hit a wall and it took him a while to compose himself before saying,

“The Old Master had always hoped that you would go back to the mansion to visit him. Recently, he has a good relationship with Miss Liam because she often visits him. Since he doesn’t have much time left, why don’t you agree to his request? After… After that, you can still do whatever you want.”

The assistant’s remarks had touched Amos’ sore spot, and it sounded a little cruel.

Amos snorted and said, “You can leave now!”

The assistant dared not continue and turned to leave.

Amos was rooted to the ground for a while before heading to the lounge in his wheelchair.

Old Master Granger looked very peaceful when he was fast asleep. However, one could hear that his breathing was heavy after listening carefully. It was as if it took him a lot of effort just to breathe.

To be honest, Amos had nothing to be sad about.

He had never seen his father since he was little and he would always follow his mother as she moved from one place to another. His mother never actually mentioned this man but she would always take the man’s photo and cry in the middle of the night.

However, she would return to normal the next day, as if everything that happened the night before was just a dream.

There was only one exception. That day, when she knew that her days were numbered, she took out the photo and handed it to Amos. She told him to look for the man in the photo.

Amos was disgusted and he threw the photo away. He never thought that he would come back one day.

However, it was long after that he realized that his mother had left that man her last words at the back of the photo.

“Hope to see you again.”

It turned out that she had missed him all these years and was still hoping to see him again after all this while!

Therefore, Amos tried his best to strengthen himself, hoping that one day he could come back and prove to that man that he was not weaker than that man’s beloved eldest son.

However, Amos was not happy now that he saw his father like this.

Old Master Granger on the bed suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, “Yasmine…”

Amos was taken aback. Yasmine was his mother’s nickname. He had not heard anyone mention this name ever since his mother passed away.

“Yasmine, I’m sorry!”

Amos pressed his lips together and exited the lounge.

After a while, he called for his father’s assistant and said, “Send him home!”

The assistant was about to say something but he decided against it in the end.

After Old Master Granger was taken away by his assistant, Amos turned to Clint and said, “Contact Mr. Jason and ask him to come to Rosaville City.”

Jason was a famous oncologist. It was obvious that Amos was inviting him here for his father.

At the end of the day, they were still father and son.

Clint nodded and replied, “Alright!”

…

Amos had no mood to work after what happened. He went straight home after he was done with the matters that were needed to be done that day.

The house, which had always been bustling, was very quiet. His heart skipped a beat and he turned to ask Auntie Valerie, “Where are they?”

“They are not up yet!” Auntie Valerie said with a smile, “Mr. Granger, you’re back early today!”

“Mm!” Amos was not in the mood to chat with Auntie Valerie. He went upstairs immediately.

The door was not locked, so he opened the door and went in. He saw the mother and daughter sleeping soundly on the bed.

A ray of sunshine sneaked its way in through the curtains and shone on the floor, adding a trace of warmth to the room.

The person on the bed suddenly moaned and turned. The next moment, Eudora George opened her eyes and was surprised by the figure in front of her.

“Amos? Are you back from work? Have I been sleeping that long?” Eudora rubbed her eyes as she asked, still half awake.

Amos did not reply. He immediately went over to hug Eudora and hold her in his arms.

Eudora was stunned and she pushed him away hurriedly. However, Amos tightened his hold around her.

Eudora could not escape his grasp but she was afraid that she would wake Juju, so she stopped moving. After a while, she unexpectedly felt something cold flowing down her neck.

Eudora’s heart sank and she thought to herself. Was he… crying?

This shocked her so much that she nearly jumped out of bed. She had known Amos for so many years but she had never seen him cry.

This time, Eudora was too scared to move and let him hold her for a while.

When she felt that he had sorted out his emotions, she finally started to speak.

“What’s wrong?” Eudora asked.

Amos chuckled, but his laugh sounded very bitter.

“He has a cancer.”

Eudora was stunned, “You mean…”

“Yes! My father,” Amos said with a smile, “He’s finally going to pay for his sins and I’m quite happy about it.”

Eudora could not help but sigh, “You wouldn’t have been so depressed if you were really happy about it. He’s your only relative left in this world…”

She trailed off and both of them went silent.

Realizing that she had misspoken, Eudora apologized hurriedly, “I’m sorry.”