Chapter 1384 - 1324: Grandfather and Grandson Come Knocking

"This matter is truly tricky, on one side is my own mother, on the other is my wife..."

Adrian Desmond showed no sympathy for Kiya, and angrily said, "If he could be fair and not always side with the Queen Mother just because she’s an elder, making Paige continuously give in to the Queen Mother, it wouldn’t have emboldened the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother’s wanton behavior is inseparable from Kiya’s indulgence.

The Queen Mother had murderous intent towards Paige, Kiya is also an accomplice."

Sienna Johnson could not comprehend the Queen Mother at all, saying, "Kiya is her biological son. If she truly loved Kiya, how could she do such things to hurt Paige? Doesn’t she think that if something really happened to Paige, how heartbroken Kiya would be..."

"The Queen Mother is not a good person."

Sienna didn’t want to discuss the Queen Mother’s character, only asked, "Regarding Paige working at my company, what’s your opinion?"

"If she wants to go, let her go. We have mom at home and a bunch of servants; Ella being unattended is not possible."

If she wants to work, that’s fine, it’s better than staying at home and overthinking.

Meanwhile, she might meet a good man, find someone for Paige, and infuriate Kiya."

"Do you want Paige to have a good partner, or do you want to infuriate Kiya?" Sienna felt Adrian sometimes spoke out of tune.

"Both want Paige to find a good partner and to infuriate Kiya."

"Well, this sort of thing, just let it take its natural course."

"Mm."

Adrian agreed to let his sister work at her company, so Sienna hesitated no more and asked Adrian’s opinion, "What kind of work do you suggest I arrange for her?"

"Start from the bottom. If she can’t endure, let her come back and stay at home obediently."

"Is this how you act as a brother?" Sienna was surprised Adrian would arrange it this way; she planned to give Paige a slightly easier job.

"She graduated and immediately married, never worked before. If not starting from the grassroots, do you still think she should be your assistant?

If you’re not afraid she’ll cause your business to lose money, then go ahead and make her your assistant."

"Paige is so smart, she might learn quickly."

Marion came to see Adrian, and seeing the two talking inside, stood outside saying, "Sixth Master, I have something to discuss with you."

"Okay." Adrian let go of Sienna, got up, and went outside.

Adrian never hid things from her; why couldn’t this be said in front of her now? Sienna wondered.

Adrian went out, and once far away, said to Marion, "Sixth Master, Kevin Taylor escaped."

"Escaped?"

Adrian had left Kevin Taylor in the mountains. During the frigid winter, a small child staying in the mountains wasn’t comfortable.

He hadn’t cruelly intended to kill him, just wanted to teach him a lesson, starve him for a few days, and scare him, since he managed to escape himself.

"Don’t know how he found the way, but he escaped himself."

Adrian said, "I underestimated him."

There was another matter Marion didn’t know how to tell Adrian.

Kevin Taylor actually knew it was Sixth Master who threw him in the mountains and told General Taylor, who was about to confront him.

"...I wanted to watch him cry, seems like other ways must be found to deal with him."

Marion said, "Sixth Master, Kevin knows you threw him into the mountains. General Taylor knows too, they’re planning to come... demand an explanation."

"I want to demand an explanation from them!"

The matter with Claire, Adrian hadn’t settled with them yet. But they came right to him.

...

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Just after Marion and Adrian finished discussing the matter, it didn’t take long before General Taylor arrived with his little grandson.

The Johnson Family’s ancient, bookish guest room,

The veteran General, crying buckets, accused, "...His parents gave their lives for the country, leaving only this child. When his parents passed, he was still a baby... I worked hard to raise him this big..."

"..."

"This child, raised without parents’ teachings. Whatever wrong he did, it was my fault. You should aim your wrath at me, not vent on a five-year-old..."

Sienna watched an elderly man cry and was at a loss for adjectives to describe her feelings.

"Old General, please calm down, don’t cry, or what if your health suffers?" Sienna consoled.

"If anything happens to my precious grandson, then I don’t wish to live either..."

The dramatic crying and shouting stunned Sienna; this was a general, one who had been on the battlefield.

"Old General, isn’t Kevin fine? Why must you..." Sienna really wanted to remind him to pay attention to his image.

"How is he fine? Look, he’s bruised all over... The doctor said his body is affected by the cold, who knows if it will affect fertility in the future..."

Sienna secretly scoffed: This isn’t uterine coldness in women, what fertility is affected.

Wrapped like a Rice Dumpling, Kevin weakly said, "Grandpa, I’m dizzy again."

General Taylor stopped crying and shouted, "Little Horse, Little Horse, come in quickly, Kevin’s dizzy again."

A man in a military uniform entered from outside, carrying an army-green medical kit, clearly a medical personnel from the army.

Little Horse checked Kevin, while Kevin groaned exaggeratedly like someone severely injured.

"Little Horse, Kevin alright? He isn’t, is he?... Ay, such a young child enduring such hardship, how can I face his parents who gave their lives for the nation?"

General Taylor looked at Sienna, continued, "Your happiness today, to live peacefully, is thanks to military people like Kevin’s parents, who sacrificed their precious lives for national peace, for people’s stability, and you treat their child like this..."

Sienna asked, "Old General, can you tell me, what’s actually going on?"

They came crying and complaining, making Sienna appear as if a heinous criminal, without knowing what actually occurred.

"Your husband threw my grandson into Eastminster Mountain, my grandson nearly died in there, today, you must give me an explanation."

"Adrian?"

Kevin said, "Yes, he’s the one who threw me in Eastminster Mountain."

"How is that possible?"

How could Adrian throw a child into the mountains; it’s winter now, with nighttime temperatures minus five or six degrees, even colder in the mountains, reaching minus ten degrees.

"Because he wants revenge for Claire."

Sienna frowned, "I think you misunderstood, Adrian wouldn’t do such a thing."

General Taylor, seeing Sienna deny it, said angrily, "You plan to renege on this?"

"General Taylor, there’s no proof with mere words, do you have evidence."

"I’m the evidence," Kevin said.