My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 567

Chapter 567 The Difference Between People

Shawn sounded like he knew Eilam. However, how would an important man like him get to know a homeless child who had been roaming around the castle grounds?

"Do you know him, Sunny?"

"I know his mother, and I have heard about his father. I'm not sure if the Eilam I know is the same child as the one you adopted, but for him to appear at the castle in France… He is likely the child I know."

"Who is his mother?" I asked.

"I'll tell Mr. Briar to give you her information."

"Ah," I quickly replied, "there is no rush."

…

Eilam was a tall and thin boy with handsome features. Seeing how he timidly trudged beside the housekeeper, I went over and bent my torso as I greeted him.

"Eilam."

I accidentally pressed on my wound at that angle, but I sucked it in and asked him, "Do you remember me?"

He gingerly nodded and came to me. "Miss."

This seemed to be how he addressed me when he was at the castle. To him, I was a noble person. It was only proper etiquette for him to call me that.

I gently caressed his hair and reminded him, "Eilam, I am your mother from now on. You can call me your mother. And if it is awkward to call me that, you can call me Aunt Renee first."

He obediently nodded in response.

After that, I held his hand and introduced him to the relatives behind me who gave him gifts upon gifts that they specially prepared for him. Clair even carried Eilam in his arms as he exited the airport.

Eilam was not a toddler after all, and he wasn't the lightest to carry around. After Clair carried him out of the airport, he put him back down and graciously told him, "Let's get in the car, boy. I'm your uncle from now on."

He then pointed at Florence. "And this here is your aunt."

Florence was hugging a bouquet of fresh flowers when she echoed, "We are family from now on, El. You can come to me if you ever need me."

"I'm Emma Turner, your mom's best friend."

"And I'm Olivia Parker. You can call me Aunt Olivia."

"I'm your Grandma, and this is your Grandpa."

Robert introduced himself through pursed lips. "I'm also your uncle."

Everyone here was trying their best at welcoming Eilam to get rid of Eilam's worries and make him feel at home.

Our group went back to Felix's Villa in two cars for a reunion dinner. The house was filled with laughter tonight, but I didn't see Robert anywhere. Noticing this, I went to his room upstairs to look for him.

I was immediately greeted by the sight of him lying limp against the couch by his bed when I pushed the door open and went in. "Why the moody face? Emma got scared when she saw you this afternoon."

Emma pulled me aside to ask me what Robert was doing there at the airport when she saw him earlier, and I told her that he was recuperating at Felix's Residence for the time being.

Emma was terrified of Robert.

She thought that he was a weirdo.

A weirdo that could drop dead any moment.

Indeed, Robert had poor health just like me. He and I were both unfortunate people who could sympathize with each other.

Out of nowhere, Robert mentioned in a solemn voice, "I'm thinking about something."

I went and sat down beside him. "What is it?"

"Why are people so different from one another?"

"Why do you suddenly feel that way?" I asked.

"Your mother is not your biological mother, but she treats you so well. She doesn't want you to suffer at all, and she loves you from the bottom of her heart. Now, look at my mother. She treats me like an enemy just because I was born weak. She keeps thinking that I am in the way of her position in the family, and she couldn't wait to give birth to my brother when she had him. She utterly despised me before my brother was born. I thought that my situation would change after my brother was born, but she ended up giving all that love and tenderness to my younger brother. She treats me even worse after that! Your biological mother was the one who took me back to the castle to take care of me because she felt sorry for me."

"In that case, why don't you cut ties with them?"

Robert still treated the Saunders Residence like his home until now.

"I thought about it, but I can't get over it whenever I recall how they insulted me. I go back to show off every once in a while, but what does that even do? Not only has that woman never given me warmth, but she also keeps calling me a retard. She even said that having money and power does nothing for me when I haven't got long to live!"

He paused and sighed melancholically, "That was why I was thinking about how there could be such a big difference between your mother and my mother when they are both mothers."

He was envious of me for having Mom.

In fact, he was envious of me for having both my biological and adopted parents.

Now that I thought about it, my parents from the Felix Family, my mother from the castle, and Old Master James treated me well. All of them had passed to me their most important power and influence.

I was luckier than Robert.

I was way, way luckier than him.

I comforted him. "People's hearts are unpredictable, so live your life. If you really want a mother, you can tell my mother to take you in as her godson."

Robert shook his head upon hearing that. "Forget it. I'm okay with my life now. I'm a nuisance who doesn't have a long life. I don't want there to be another person who gets sad when I leave this world."

After being speechless for a while, I responded, "Robert, don't think so negatively. Take me for example. We are in the same boat here, but I do my hardest to live."

"That's because something is tying you down, Ree." He heaved a heavy sigh. "You have a husband, parents, children… They are your courage to live on in this world."

"Robert, I can be your family."

I noticed the shock that flashed in his eyes as he mumbled, "I always thought I was a nuisance you want to get rid of."

He wasn't wrong, but he looked so pitiful now.

And yes, he was a nuisance, but I never thought of getting rid of him.

After all, he was someone my birth mother entrusted me with.

"How can that be? We have the same Mom."

Robert had always been someone easy to fool. Seeing how the disheartened expression on his face was gone in the blink of an eye, I patted him on the shoulder and informed him, "They are all playing downstairs. I'm heading down now. You can come down and hang later."

"Hmm. We'll see."

I had just gotten downstairs when I received a document from Waylen. Instead of reading through it immediately, I went to Olivia, who was having a chat with Emma. "How is life in the countryside?" I asked her.

Hearing that, Olivia asked me in return, "Did May tell you?"

"Mhm. She wanted to give you a cake that day."

"Nick and I were visiting an old friend in the countryside, and we stayed there for a few days. He took me down the river to catch fish, and we had a barbecue outdoors."

She meant Nicholas.

I continued the conversation and asked her, "Who is this 'old friend?'"

"His name was Zack. I'm sure you don't know him. He was a pitiful man who passed away young. I heard that his employer had him assassinated because they were suspicious of Zack's loyalty. He wasn't the only victim. Many people were implicated back then. But yeah, that is all I know!" This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Olivia's tears began to roll when she mentioned Zack.

It was as if Zack was wronged and didn't deserve to die.