Chapter 278
“Grandpa!” the siblings ran over to where George was sitting, welcoming his guests.
“Ho ho, hello,” George greeted them with a big smile, receiving a big hug and a kiss on the cheek from the little blonde girl.
“What a nice welcome,” said a blonde woman with curly hair, holding a three–year–old baby.
“Aunt Erika!” James and Elizabeth greeted.
“Good evening,” Jayden greeted.
“Happy birthday,” Deborah said, handing George a gift box.
“Thank you very much,” he said, taking the box.
“Where’s Elliot?” Jayden asked, approaching Erika to take the baby.
“He’s at the entrance talking to someone, he’ll be here soon,” the woman said, taking the chance to stretch her arms, as the baby was starting to get heavy
“Hi, Howie,” Elizabeth said, taking the baby’s little hand
“Howard has less hair,” James said with a smile.
“That’s because we cut it recently so he wouldn’t feel too hot,” Erika explained,
“Erika, dear, could you help me?” George asked, handing her the box.
“Of course, George, let me help,” she said, taking the box to place it on the gift table.
“We’re going to find Uncle,” Elizabeth said, taking her brother’s hand to go look for him.
“Don’t run,” Deborah called after them as she watched them walk away.
The siblings dodged the guests, looking for Elliot for a while.
They asked one of the waiters who told them where their uncle was.
His directions were accurate as they saw him at the entrance talking to another man.
Just as they were about to call out to him, they noticed he had a frown on his face and seemed to be arguing with the person, so they approached quietly.
“Roger, seriously… why didn’t you dress up?” Elliot asked, seeing him in casual clothes, while he wore a tuxedo.
“Because I didn’t feel like it. Or what, are you not going to let me into your little party?” Roger said. sarcastically.
“Roger, this is our dad’s party. At least make an effort to dress up and celebrate,” Elliot said, a little exasperated.
I just stopped by to say happy birthday before going back to my family.”
“You know, hearing you say the word ‘family‘ makes me want to punch you. You call that divorced woman
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and her son your family, but you turn your back on your real family.”
“Real family? You all kicked me out, and then Deborah rejected me and let ‘that guy‘ take my son.”
“For real?”
Elizabeth and James exchanged scared looks because that man had said their mom’s name.
“Roger, tell me, what did you expect to happen? You never cared about James, and now you’re a stranger to him,” Elliot said, clenching his fists. “I agree with Dad; it’s not fair how you treat your son and stepson so differently.”
“Come on, I don’t get what all the drama is about. I’m just living my life the way I want. Besides, Jayden recognized James as his own son, so I doubt that kid will ever need me to care for him, right?”
“You know….. I thought you had changed, but you’re still the same old jerk,” Elliot said as he watched Roger turn and walk away. “Ah… God, I hope you never regret this, brother,” he commented, watching him leave. But when he turned around, he was startled to see James and Elizabeth standing next to him, both with
tears in their eyes.
“Uncle… what did you mean by what you just said?” Elizabeth asked.
“Is my dad not really my dad?” James said, starting to cry.
“What…? No, of course, he is. What you heard wasn’t true, and-”
“Liar!” they shouted together and ran off as fast as they could.
“No, kids, wait!” Elliot yelled, panicking, but security reacted too late and couldn’t catch them.
The children ran out of the venue, and the security guards couldn’t stop them.
“No…” Elliot was distressed and ran to tell the others what had happened. Deborah and Jayden mobilized to search for the children.
“What?!” Deborah and Jayden shouted when Elliot told them what had happened.
“Now I’m gonna kill him,” Jayden exclaimed, clenching his fists.
“Forget about that!” Deborah ordered, grabbing his hand. “Let’s find our kids.”
“Yeah…”
“We’ll deal with this later,” Deborah said, starting to run towards the exit while taking out her phone to try and call their children.
“Damn it, and this had to happen on Max and Danielle’s day off,” Jayden grumbled angrily.
