Chapter 92 Back With Joy
Spencer had to fight to get his hands on the bracelet.
He listened carefully and asked questions when he didn’t understand something, like a good student.
After listening, he didn’t forget to praise, “You’re so thoughtful, I wouldn’t have thought of getting them these things for souvenirs. The only thing I can pass on now is the jade bracelet that my wife left behind.”
Zack was probably too happy and suddenly blurted out, “Keep the jade bracelet for Reeva, you can give it to her when she returns.”
Spencer was probably too preoccupied with getting the bracelet and didn’t really pay much attention to what he meant by that statement, instead he said in his mind: Reeva is not as good as Helena. My grandson likes him!
However, he said politely: “Compared to you, I look like a heartless elder. No, no, I have to do some rituals too. Do you have any old bracelets like this? Lend me a sample, and I’ll order a few, and when my grandchildren get married, I’ll give them each one.”
Zack laughed out loud straight away, while carrying the baby away from him, “It is not enough. Evelyn has given you three grandchildren, you need three at least.”
Spencer dropped his face again: “How long have I been holding him? Less than two minutes! Zack, I am angry.”
Zack showed him his watch: “Five minutes! Five minutes! I’m afraid you’ll get tired!”
Spencer wanted to leave, but he was stopped by Zack: “Take a break and eat some pastry first. When you have recovered your strength, I’ll give him to you! But let me tell you, you can just order for them, you don’t need to worry about Jasper’s, I’ve got one for him.”
Spencer’s heart was unbalanced again: “Jasper is my grandson, why should you give it to him? Even if they get married in the future, it will be my family marrying someone from your family. Zack, you’re really going overboard now.”
Zack had no such thoughts.
He just thought it would be a good idea to order them all together: “You’re just too fussy, I don’t have those ideas. You’re ordering for your great grandson and I’m ordering for my great grandson too.”
Spencer said straight away: “No! Why is the baby wearing only one? Why don’t I see him wearing two? Why don’t you put on his grandmother’s? Zack, you are selfish. You were selfish when you were young, but you’re even more selfish now!”
Zack did not accept this comment: “I am selfish?”
Spencer stood up, not wanting to argue with him any further: “You are just selfish. No matter what it is, you always think from your own point of view and never think for me. Zack, I’m angry. I’m telling you, I’m very angry this time.”
The baby’s mother pursed her lips! It was interesting.
Zack pulled him, still holding the baby tightly in his hand and refusing to let go.
Spencer was even angrier when he saw this: for so many years, he had always treated Zack as a brother and had given way to him in everything. Only now did he realize that Zack did not treat him as a brother at all.
Angry!
This time he was really pissed off!
He waved his hand to leave, “Go get me a bracelet and I’ll take it back and change it. My family’s stuff will never be the same as your family’s, what the heck.”
Seeing that he was really angry, Zack didn’t bother to keep him any longer.
He went up and took a box and handed it to him: “This is what I have prepared for Jasper, there are two of them, one is for a male baby and one is for a baby girl.”
Zack opened the box and looked at it.
Inside lie two red bracelets.
Exactly the same as the one from the baby’s, except that the engraving was different.
He took it and left, not going back home, but directly to the Howard group. Jasper was in a meeting and when he heard his secretary say that Spencer was coming over, he handed the meeting over to Joey and he went back to the president’s office first.
Spencer stood there.
With his hands pinned to his cane, his face was still sullen with the feeling of unresolved anger.
Jasper didn’t know what he was angry about and made him his favourite flower tea: “Did Zack curse you?”
Spencer pooh-poohed, still emotional: “He dares to curse me? He is a villain, playing dirty tricks on me. I’ve lived my whole life, and only at this age do I realize that I’ve paid him wrong.”
And the most irritating thing was that Zack wouldn’t let him hold the baby: “When I held the baby, he even calculated time. What? Am I not worthy? Am I only worthy of holding him for five minutes?”
Ugh!
“Back then, when he was injured, I carried him over several the mountain, why didn’t he say that I could only carry him for five minutes?”
“When his eldest son joined the army, I sent him there, why didn’t he say that I could only send him five minutes away and that I had to send him to the army? I took care of his second son and third son, why didn’t he say at that time that I could only take care of them for five minutes?”
“I treated him like a brother. All his children and grandchildren are in the army and all my children and grandchildren are in business, so I have extra respect for them. He told you to wait for Reeva, did I say no?”
“You are aggrieved and I don’t know it? I’m not heartbroken? But for the sake of morality, I put up with it! But what has he done for me? Just let me hold the baby for five minutes, pooh!”
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“It’s not worth sacrificing my family’s happiness for him. If you hadn’t waited for Reeva, you would have gotten married and had children long ago, I would have held my great grandson, why would I need to covet his?”
“You and Helena work harder, I believe when it’s public, it will piss him off.”
……
Spenser was really angry, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became.
Jasper made every effort to coax him, but still couldn’t, so he could only wait until his anger subsided before asking for the bracelet.
Spencer took out his jewellery box and handed it over, “This is what he prepared for you, saying that the babies you and Reeva had, one was called Stella and the other was called Owen. He said the bracelets are the same, and the craftsmanship is the same, only the engraved words are different.”
“He said that this wisp of smoke above the lotus was not smoke, but an abbreviation of Bates.”
“He said that the infant names are all engraved on the lotus base.”
“He said that the craft was very clever and the writing was carved extra small. If you don’t pay the slightest attention, you won’t notice that there is writing on it.”
……
Spencer finished, then walked away.
He was out playing golf to take the anger off! Really pissed off at Zack!
Jasper opened the box and saw two red bracelets lying together. A feeling of vertigo rushed towards him; these two bracelets were exactly the same as William’s from their appearance alone, with the same woven flower pattern.
The material, the workmanship, the pattern, the composition …… If William’s piece had not been flawed, this bracelet would have been the Bates family’s bracelet.
Jasper was puzzled.
Once again, he wondered if he should continue to check further.
If it was true, it was the Sharp family that would suffer the most, while the Bates family was having another grandson.
His aunt treated him like her own son.
Although his uncle was not in a position to support him, he was good to William.
His mother and his auntie were like sisters.
The two cousins were also dear brothers to him.
William was naughty and afraid of him. Fear, however, was also a form of attachment.
Should he continue to investigate further? Should he get to the bottom of it? Reason told him no, but a voice in his heart was screaming frantically, “Hurry up! Check it out!
No sleep all night.
Jasper still decided to check further.
It was still the same: when he found out, he could keep it to himself.
Also, he thought: if William was a member of the Bates family, would it be possible to follow William to find Reeva? If he found Reeva, would the Bates family be able to agree to break off his marriage with Reeva?
In this way, Helena’s safety was also better protected!
Jasper called: “Auntie, are you free today? Can you come to Panyan Villa? I’ve received two bracelets and I’d like to ask you to help me see if the workmanship is okay?”