Chapter 320: A Family
Erasmi stood at a distance, his gaze fixed on the unassuming house, grappling with the uncertainty of whether he was making the right choice. Having spent two days in New Creek, he had only mustered the courage to approach this family.
Contrary to his expectations, the place had its own charm. Though the house hinted at a bit of neglect and slight need for repair, it emanated a comforting homeliness.
That night when he’d left for here, blindsided by anger and the unjust blow that the old man had dealt him, he’d been sure of his decision. But now, he was not so sure.
He wanted to get to know his son. His son. The feeling that filled him was one that he had no way of describing. He’d not even met the boy and already the need to love him and protect him was making him crazy.
He’d lost more than a decade of his son’s life... Who could have imagined Nellie was six months pregnant when they had the accident. And that she would die but their little underdeveloped premature baby would survive?
Dam* that old man! It did not matter what reasons the old man gave him to justify his actions, this was not something he would forgive. He wanted to give the child a loving family. And he did not think that his brothers would not dote on his baby? Who could be more loving than them? How did he guarantee that his child had a loving family? From a few pictures every year that the adoptive mother shared for Caius’ every birthday?
Caius... It meant rejoice. Had anyone been given a chance to rejoice when he had come?Even his own brothers remained unaware of their nephew’s existence. He’d come here with the some intention of taking his son away, let that family know what it meant to take away someone’s child.
But sanity had prevailed somewhere over the road, the anger in his heart replaced by sadness. He would not be able to snatch his son from a loving family. If he was happy, would he be able to take responsibility for upending his life?
And then from what little he had understood at the small diner seemed that he was already suffering a bit with his adoptive mother sick. He remembered being a ten-year-old without parents. How angry he had been inside. Yes. Caius could be the same.