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Chapter 863
Ezekiel looked around and, upon not seeing Stella, sheepishly asked," Where's your mother? Is she...waiting for me?"
From what he knew about Stella's personality, it was very likely that she had remarried another rich man.
Catelyn knew his concern, so she waved her hand quickly. "Mom has been waiting for you. She didn't come today
because she had a car accident not long ago, and she's still in the hospital."
"A car accident? Is it serious? How is she doing?" Ezekiel became worried instantly.
"She's already much better. The doctor said her condition was fine. She'll be discharged from the hospital soon."
At first, Sylvie asked Catelyn to take Ezekiel back to the Atherton Manor as she would be there welcoming him. At the
same time, she wanted to ask him about Summer and how he met and raised Catelyn.
However, Ezekiel wanted to visit Stella first as she was in the hospital.
When Catelyn told her grandmother about Ezekiel's decision, Sylvie did not insist on wanting Ezekiel to be at the
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They all went to the hospital afterward.
Ezekiel was carrying a black package in his hand. Cedrick wanted to carry it for him, but Ezekiel clenched the bag
even tighter as his gaze darted back and forth. "N-No need for that. The bag is not heavy, so I'll just carry it myself.
No need for the trouble, Master Cedrick."
"Dad, Ceddy won't hurt you, so don't be afraid of him," Catelyn joked, trying to ease her father's mind, but deep
down, she was grieving.
Catelyn could not imagine what Ezekiel had endured in the past four years that completely changed his personality.
Ezekiel had not been relaxed when he got into the car with heavy steps." I'm not afraid of him. He's my son-in-law;
why would I be afraid of him? It's just that I can carry it myself."
Feeling helpless, Catelyn lowered her voice, leaned into Cedrick's ear, and said, "My dad seems to be very afraid of
you. Did your grandfather do something to him that left him traumatized?"
Cedrick frowned. "I asked him about this. He said he never laid a finger on your father."
Draco said that finding Ezekiel was purely coincidental.
He was imprisoned on charges of theft and accidental wounding, thus was sentenced to serve his sentence
because he had no money to pay a fine on a private island. Because he was an Amarican, he was discriminated
against and often tortured by other cellmates.
When Draco found Ezekiel, he paid the prison warden to ensure a stable and basic living condition for him, which
later on improved the standards of his imprisonment: a separate, en-suite, private cell equipped with a TV,
refrigerator, and other electrical appliances.
The most important thing was that Draco never showed up, and Ezekiel never knew that he had been receiving
help from the Mason family.
"That’s weird. Dad trembled when he heard your name," Catelyn said in confusion.
Draco raised his eyebrows slightly. "Perhaps when I was too on the top in the business circle, he lost quite some money
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Catelyn rolled her eyes at Cedrick's joke and replied, 'Maybe it's because Dad just came back and hasn't adapted to living
with someone with such a high societal status. Don't you dare bully him, I warn you."
"Well, you look like someone better than me at bullying people, especially men. What's the point of bullying an old man?"
Cedrick made fun of Catelyn as he stared at her.
Catelyn understood the joke as she blushed and gently punched Cedrick's chest. "Stop it! Hurry up and drive, don't
make Dad wait."
The scenery along the way to the hospital was different from what Ezekiel remembered. He no longer felt familiar with the
streets he used to know.
"Right there. That was still an empty lot with nothing four years ago, but they built a tall building there now." Ezekiel
pointed at a building outside the window and sighed with emotion.
Catelyn sat beside Ezekiel, took his arm, and sighed. "Yeah, Sapphire City's development is flying in recent years.
Everything has changed since you left."
"As we go further to the south of the city, you'll find the changes to be even greater. The place is now the economic and
financial center of Sapphire City. I'll show you around another time when you're free." Cedrick tried his best to make
himself look friendly and to lessen Ezekiel's fear of him.
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