Daryl left Cha mansion with dropped shoulders. He tried his very best to convince his father to come to him but he was too stubborn and kept refusing. Even now, he was standing so firm with his decision about the life he chose together with Karen that he felt like he was some stranger destroying it by telling his father that he was suspecting Karen for his father’s condition.

‘I trust Karen…’ those exact words from his father made him smirk scornfully. Was he the evil person at this point? Blaming others for his father’s condition? His father did not give him any details regarding his sickness and why he was losing his eyesight except that it was a genetic disease that was incurable.

He heaved a long sigh as he entered his car. It had taken him days of contemplation before he got the confidence and courage to visit his father after eight long years because of the pain in his heart. The hate he felt for what happened to his mother and how easily his father replaced her with the mistress who caused his mother to die was too huge to forget!

He went back to his apartment and felt that he needed to share his burden with real people instead of his pet Lufa so he contacted Liam and Jorge.

He met the two for dinner and drinks and he could not help but miss his old buddy Luo with whom he used to share everything before Liam and Jorge.

Inside the restaurant, he told everything that happened to Liam and Jorge.

“What do you plan to do now? If you were to ask me, I would not let go of that hunch of yours. It’s still best if you stay with your father and personally check his health. It’s your duty as his son Daryl,” Liam commented.

“I honestly can’t decide Liam. I’m torn between worrying about his health and not wanting to stay in that house. But seeing him in that situation breaks my heart. I wanted to bring my father with me but he refused to leave. He insisted that he trusts Karen and Harry and that the two would not harm him. He said that I’m just being paranoid.

He asked me to stay with him if I was worried about him but I can’t stand living under the same roof as Karen and Harry,” Daryl said before he drank the beer in his hand. It was hell for him to live with those two-faced monsters.

“That’s understandable. I mean if I were in your situation, I wouldn’t want to live under the same roof as my father’s mistress and her son. They are so thick-faced. Treating you well in front of your father but differently when your father is not around. Who would want to live with those kinds of leeches?” Jorge mumbled and almost choked when Liam elbowed him hard.

“I’m just telling my opinion you know,” Jorge defended before taking a gulp. He also did not like that mother and son duo. Daryl suffered a lot of emotional torture living with those parasites. Yes, he personally thought of those two as leeches and parasites!

“What do you think is more important to you right now Daryl? Is it your father’s well-being or your grudge against his mistress and her son? Think about it carefully and balance everything.

Sometimes we have to do things against our will for the sake of our loved ones before it’s too late. Besides, you’re a grown-up man now that won’t easily crumble under their torture like before. Find ways to peel their masks and show the true faces of those two in front of your father,” Liam advised, making Daryl heave a long sigh before he drank the beer from his glass.

“Nah, I doubt it will work. Especially now that uncle is almost blind. Remember when Daryl tried to record how they treated him but failed? Those two are experts in these things. They know every move you make against them even before you do it.

That’s why in the end they will always look like the victims whereas Daryl would seem like the one bullying them in front of uncle.” Jorge said because they had helped Daryl set up everything to record them but it did not go according to plan because it was as if Karen and Harry were already expecting these kind of action from him. They were simply good at manipulation.

“Everything is just speculation at this moment. You don’t have evidence against Karen so we can’t really say that she and her son are doing any harm to your father. Let’s wait for Lana, she has already asked for the medical records of your father from Xander at Yang Hospital,” Liam added, giving Daryl a glint of hope and Jorge another nudge to shut him up.

Daryl nodded. He hated his father to the core because his father shamelessly brought his mistress into their house not long after his mother died. However, seeing how pitiful his condition was this morning broke his heart. No matter what his father did in the past, it doesn’t change the fact that he was still his only family.

Daryl did not go back to his apartment after drinking with Liam and Jorge. Instead, he unknowingly drove in the opposite direction of his apartment and stopped his car in front of Chua Mansion for some time.

He heaved a long sigh as he comfortably rested his head and back on his seat as he stared at Chua mansion from his car.

“Are you sleeping already?” he murmured.

He grabbed his mobile phone and dialed a number but it was not reachable.

“Oh, I almost forgot… This is not your number anymore…” he murmured with a sigh. He felt dizzy and sleepy. He should have left by now but he did not know why he was not stepping on the gas. It was as if something inside of him was stopping him from leaving.

‘What is wrong with you Daryl?! Are you a stalker now? Just go home…’ his inner self scolded. He scrolled to Kimmy’s mobile number and contemplated whether to dial it or not. He did not know why and what came over him but he had an urge to see her… He wanted to see Kenzie as soon as possible.

But in the end, he decided not to do anything and just leave the premises. He was about to step on the gas when he noticed the silhouette of a woman running towards his car…

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