Chapter 1001


    Jared stood beside her and said, “Once I hung up the call with you, the hospital staff took him to the


    morgue.”


    Natalie murmured in response. She was not surprised to hear that.


    Actually, she already guessed it would be so.


    Patients who died in the hospital were not allowed to stay in the wards for too long. They had to be


    transferred to the morgue.


    Hence, when she saw the already cleaned-out room, she knew where Harrison had been moved there.


    “Did he say anything before he passed?” Shane asked as he leaned against the wall and cocked his


    head toward Jared.


    Jared nodded. “Yeah. He said he hopes that we can bury him next to Mom.”


    “What?” Natalie frowned. “Next to Mom? Is he out of his mind? He didn''t want her when he was alive.


    Why bother trying to get her back now that he''s dead?”


    Shane agreed that it was a very brazen request for Harrison to make.


    However, Jared shook his head. “That''s not what he meant. He says he wants to pay for what he did to


    Mom. If we bury him next to her, he will always be there to atone for his sins.”


    “Pfft. He''s just using that as an excuse. He''s probably just afraid that we won''t do as he says, so he


    came up with a reason like that.” Natalie snorted.


    Jared looked toward her. “Then, should we do as he asked or not?”


    At this point, Natalie went silent.


    Shane ced his hands into his pockets. “Just do as he said.”


    Natalie raised her head to look at him.


    So did Jared.


    Shane smiled. “He wants to make up for his mistakes, right? Let him do it then. I''ll bet Yulia really


    wants the opportunity to teach him a lesson anyway.”


    Hearing his answer, Natalie chuckled. “You''re right. Fine, we''ll do as he asked. We''ll let Mom bully him


    every day in the afterlife.”


    “Okay.” Jared smiled too.


    Suddenly, Natalie asked, “Did he say anything else?”


    Jared nodded. “He said his only regret is never having been able to hear us call him ''Dad'', nor


    ''Grandpa'' by Sharon and Connor.”


    At that, Natalie pursed her lips. “Is that all?”


    “Yeah. He gave me this too.” Jared pulled out the thing he had been fidgeting with earlier. It was a


    watch.


    “Why would he give you a watch?” Natalie asked puzzledly.


    Shane looked down at the watch. “It''s a vintage automatic watch.”


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    “Mm-hmm.” Jared nodded. “Seven years ago, several months before we were chased out of the Smith


    Residence, on my birthday, I asked him for a watch just like this one. Because it was too expensive, he


    did not agree to it. But unexpectedly, he still managed to deliver in the end.”


    The present that came seven yearste was a big surprise to him, so he was not sure how he should


    feel.


    What was most surprising was the fact that Harrison still remembered what he asked for seven years


    later.


    Jared was confused by this action because he always thought that Harrison hated him and Natalie. If


    so, he had no reason to buy a watch for Jared.


    Shane took the watch and observed it carefully. “It''s not new. He probably bought it quite some time


    ago. Harrison isn''t at the age where he would wear a watch like this. I think he probably bought it for


    you, Jared.”


    Jared took the watch back. “Yeah. He told me he saw the watch several months ago, and it reminded


    him of me, so he bought it. He had been wanting to gift it to me but never found the right time to do so.


    Hence, he had kept it until now. He even apologized to me.”


    “What for? Why did he apologize?” Natalie asked.


    “Seven years ago, when you went to ask for money from the Smith family for my surgery, he hadn''t


    wanted to reject you. Apparently, he had no idea. Susan never told him. If he had known, he would


    have said yes for sure. Even though he didn''t like us, he still saw us as his children. There was no way


    he was going to watch idly as I breathed myst breath on the surgery table for not having enough


    money.”


    Natalie was rendered speechless at that.


    Harrison''s apology really touched her heart.


    She always thought that he was so heartless to the point that he refused the surgical fees for Jared and


    that he was willing to watch him die.


    It turned out that he had no idea at all...


    “Well, it''s all in the past now.” Natalie sighed. “Did he die a painful death?”