The day after Vera gave birth, many people came to the hospital room. Vera didn''t recognize most of them.


    Rtives of the Olteran family and Shawn''s friends gathered around Theodore. Needless to say, Patrick''s four close friends also showed up. Vera didn''t often hear Patrick mention them, but whenever she looked at Patrick''s phone, their group chat was always pinned at the top. Patrick, who was now a father, was kind to everyone.


    When Ian touched Theodore, Patrick just smiled and didn''t kick him.


    When Scott lifted Theodore''s thin nket, Patrick only "gently" threatened, "If Theodore catches a cold, I''ll toss you into the Arctic Ocean."


    The hospital room didn''t seem cramped before, but with the influx of visitors, it suddenly felt crowded.


    Many people from the Linister family had alsoe to visit, all wanting to see Theodore.


    But Theodore was surrounded by Ian and the others, who didn''t even ask Vera and Patrick for their opinion and directly dered to Theodore, "I''m your godfather." Theodore looked around, seeing many different people.


    Patrick and Vera didn''t look at him.


    Theodorey in the stroller, crying loudly as he was upset. His cries quieted the bustling hospital room, and a dozen people crowded around to soothe him.


    Ian was about to hold Theodore when Joshua stopped him. "Do you even know how to hold him?"


    Ian shrugged. "I don''t, but I''ll learn."


    Owen was shocked. "You''re going to practice with Theodore? Are you crazy?"


    Before Ian picked up Theodore, he looked around the room and saw that Patrick wasn''t there.


    He quietly reached for Theodore.


    Ian held Theodore''s waist, and Owen noticed something was wrong. "Ian, I saw Patrick holding Theodore with his hand supporting the head." Ian asked, "Really? Then I''ll hold him by the head, too."


    Theodore kept crying as he looked at the scary group of people.


    Brianna heard the crying and went to Theodore, just in time to see Ian about to hold Theodore.


    She was rmed and quickly went over. "Mr. White, let me hold Theodore. You all go rest; Patrick will be back soon."


    Brianna picked up the crying Theodore, who looked very sorry for himself.


    "Teddy, are you missing your mom? Don''t cry; I''ll take you to Vera." Brianna sat by Vera''s bed with Theodore, and Vera reached out to take him. She softly patted Theodore, and when he saw his mom, his cries softened.


    After all, Theodore had just been born, and he needed some love from his parents.


    Alison watched Theodore and said, "Teddy''s mouth looks like Patrick''s, and his face shape looks like Vera''s."


    Cindy handed over some form, and Vera took it to feed Theodore. Theodore had an appetite like Vera''s and needed to eat several times a day. Now that Theodore had been born, Cindy walked with a spring in her step. Vera had just given birth, so Cindy entertained all the visitors for Vera. "I think Theodore''s features look like Patrick''s, but hopefully, his temper won''t be like Vera''s."


    Briannaughed as she looked at Theodore, who was drinking the form. "If his temper is like Vera''s, there won''t be a quiet day in the house."


    Everyoneughed heartily at that.


    While Vera fed Theodore, she carefully examined his face. "Does he look like me? Where? I can''t see any resemnce at all."


    Molly also came to see Theodore.


    Someone asked, "This is Molly, right? She''s grown so much since she''s been found."


    Shawn happily said, "Yeah, our family has had a lot of good times in thest couple of years. I don''t even know where to start. This is Molly, we''ve located her. Isn''t she lovely? Doesn''t she resemble Savannah?Molly even applied for a schrship and got it. Isn''t she amazing?"


    Molly was shy and modest for the first time.


    Patrick returned with Theodore''s birth certificate and handed it to Vera.


    Father: Patrick. Mother: Vera. Baby: Theodore Olteran.


    Vera smiled as she nced at the certificate, then at Theodore, who was wide awake and gazing at her.


    Vera said softly, "Theodore, wee to the world."


    Theodore closed his eyes and turned into Vera''s arms to sleep.


    Randall, Susan, and Noah were strangely absent from the hospital room.


    "Randall, let''s go to the hospital. I want to see Vera and Theodore."


    Randall sat on a bench in the backyard, aptop on hisp and a ss of sparkling water beside him.


    His fingers flew over the keyboard, and Susan, who was sitting next to him, kept urging him to go. "Randall, Vincent and Cindy have gone to see her, and so had Shawn. If we stay home, it will seem like we don''t care about Vera."


    Randall nced at his water ss. "Get me another ss of water."


    Susan pouted angrily and refused.


    There was displeasure in her eyes. "Randall, you''ve had four sses of water already."


    Randall, who was addicted to ordering Susan around, said, "Susan, go get my data cable from the bedroom."


    "No." Susan refused again.


    Randall looked at Susan and tapped her forehead. "If you go now, you''ll only see a room full of people. We won''t even get to see Vera and Theodore."


    Susan was puzzled, and Randall exined, "All the Olteran family rtives are there. If you go, you might not even have a ce to sit. We''ll goter when it''s less crowded." After the exnation, Susan nodded. "I see, Randall."


    She noticed Randall typing on theptop once more. "Randall, what''s going on?"


    Randall responded, "I''m just ying a game."


    "But it looks like code to me," Even though Susan was naive, she wasn''t stupid.


    Randall nced at Susan, closed theptop slightly, and pointed to his water ss. "Grab me a ss of water and the data cable from my nightstand," Randall instructed. Susan promptly followed Randall''s request, heading to his room and dashing out to fetch him some sparkling water.


    Around seven in the evening, Randall closed theptop.


    "Randall, are we going now?" Susan had asked Randall a dozen times that day.


    Randall said, "It''s too early. Patrick''s friends definitely wouldn''t have left yet. The Chase family and the Linister family are all there. We''ll go a bitter."