Chapter 218


    Chapter 218 Including You And Me


    Although Winnie acknowledged Yuliana as her daughter-inw in front of everyone at Zachary’s


    birthday banquet, she still felt slightly displeased with thetter. However, after several recent


    interactions, Winnie found Yuliana was impable in everything and gradually changed her attitude.


    Winnie said, “Family Day is in two days. You can bring them over with Christopher when youe for


    dinner that day. Why do you have toe here personally at this time?”


    After saying that, she thought her words were inappropriate and added, “It’s not that I don’t want you to


    come. It’s just that you must take care of yourself at thest stage of your pregnancy. Besides, it’s your


    firstborn child.”


    Yuliana nodded. “Don’t worry. The baby and I are doing well.”


    “Stay in the Sce residence for dinnerter. What do you want to eat? I’ll have them prepared.”


    Winnie paused and smiled. “Or if you’refortable with it, you can stay here for two days. Someone


    cleans Christopher’s room frequently. You can stay any time and don’t have to travel back and forth.”


    Winnie also knew well that young people nowadays needed privacy and may be unwilling to live with


    their inws.


    Yuliana smiled and said, “What’s there to feel ufortable about? Christopher went to Romdale, and


    school hasn’t started yet. I feel bored alone at home. It would be lively to stay here and spend time with


    you, Ken, Joyce, and Alex.”


    Her words made Winnie feel at ease. “All right. You’ll stay here with me for two days.”


    Yuliana nodded and followed Winnie, who asked Sofia to supervise the dinner preparations in the


    kitchen, making sure the food suited Yuliana’s preference and was suitable for pregnancy.


    Yuliana apanied Winnie to take a stroll in the backyard for a while. As time passed, Yuliana still


    hadn’t received any news from La, so she thought something terrible must have happened.


    Winnie had tried calling Zachary many times, but his phone was switched off, so she couldn’t help but


    worry. ording to La, since Zachary stepped down from his position in Sce Corporation, he was


    by Winnie’s side almost always, except when he went fishing for a few hours. Winnie was in poor


    health and couldn’t tag. along. When they met their friends over meals, they would go together.


    They had never been apart for nearly ten hours, just like today.


    Winnie started to grow anxious. “What is Zachary doing? Why is he not picking up the phone?” Yuliana


    comforted her, saying, “Maybe his phone is out of battery. He’ll pick up soon. Don’t worry, Mom.”


    Winnie put her phone down and sighed. Yuliana’s words didn’t soothe her anxiety at all. She then said,


    “How can I not worry? He usuallyes back in a few hours after fishing, yet he’s now been out for


    most of the day. I called him several times, but he didn’t answer. I don’t know what has happened to


    him.”


    Winnie contacted Zachary’s fishing buddies shortly before lunch, who said they would return after the


    meal. However, when she called again in the afternoon, no one answered.


    The more Winnie thought about it, the more certain she was that something terrible had happened.


    Ignoring Yuliana’s words, she immediately picked up the phone and called La.


    La managed to fool Winnie with just a few words, promising she would let thetter know


    immediately after she contacted Zachary. A few minutester, La called Winnie again, saying that


    Zachary was having coffee with his friends, his phone was broken, and he would returnte so that


    Winnie wouldn’t worry.


    After hearing La’s words, Winnie felt more at ease.


    Yuliana listened at the side, thinking they couldn’t hide from Winnie forever. Unless Zachary regained


    consciousness, Winnie would definitely notice something wrong, given her close rtionship with him


    over the years.


    Meanwhile, Kendrick, who was on a business trip in Jeahron, Immediately rushed back after hearing


    about Zachary’s ident He arrived shortly at the hospital after Christopher.


    They went to see Zachary, who was rescued, and then met thetter’s attending doctor.


    The doctor exined Zachary’s test results to Kendrick and Christopher. Due to the drowning. Zachary


    suffered from pulmonary edema and asphyxia. The respiratory dysfunction had affected his brain


    nerves,


    causing a severe brain injury. That was why Zachary was in aa.


    After exining, the doctor was silent and said disappointedly, “Mr. Sce’s life is not in danger for the


    time being, but no one knows whether he can or when he will regain consciousness. You should


    prepare yourselves mentally.”


    Zachary might look healthy, but he had underlying diseases from overworking all these years. In recent


    years, he was on medication to control his condition and kept a healthy lifestyle, which made him look


    rtively fit. His sudden fainting had something to do with his underlying diseases. His condition


    became serious as he lost consciousness in the water.


    Kendrick and Christopher were silent when they exited the doctor’s office.


    To Kendrick, Zachary was more like a teacher with higher expectations than a father. Therefore, they


    were nothing like a father and a son, as they rarely talked about other things except for business or


    some necessary matters.


    However, Christopher was different. Although Zachary seldom looked after him as a child, his attitude


    toward thetter was utterly different from that toward Kendrick. Zachary was a kind and gentle father


    to Christopher. No matter what Christopher did, Zachary always tolerated thetter. Even if Christopher


    did something wrong. Zachary gave only guidance and never reproached Christopher.


    When Christopher heard that Zachary might not be able to wake up, he was dumbfounded until now.


    His mind seemed full of thoughts and empty at the same time.


    After a while, he looked at Kendrick and said in a choked voice, “What if Mr. Sce really can’t wake


    up?” Kendrick stopped and looked at Christopher. “Everyone would age, fall sick, and die one day. It’s


    thew of nature no one can change.”


    When Christopher heard that, his gaze was seemingly frozen. “What the hell are you talking about?


    He’s your father.”


    Kendrick looked at Christopher quietly for a short while and added, “Everyone will die one day,


    including you and me. Grow up, Christopher.”


    After saying that, Kendrick walked away.


    Christopher looked at his back and stood there for a while before catching up.


    There was no way Zachary’s incident could be hidden forever, not even for a day. If Zachary didn’t


    return home at night, Winnie would definitely sense something was wrong.


    So, her children decided to tell her about Zachary.


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    Kendrick and Joyce stayed at the hospital while Christopher and La returned to tell the news.


    After all, Winnie adored Christopher the most and was rtively close to La. They thought it would


    be best for them to tell Winnie the bad news.


    When they got home, it was already past dinner time.


    There was a table full of dishes, but no one ate them.


    After talking to La on the phone, Winnie waited for Zachary to return until the sky turned dark.


    However, he still didn’t.


    Then, she finally gave up, stopped calling Zachary, and just sat quietly while looking at the door.


    Yuliana stayed by her side all the time.