Chapter 792: The Girlfriend Replica
"Dad... how did you feel when you found out Aunt Nora wasn’t my biological mother? You know, when Uncle Demetri was trying to get a reaction out of you and all that."
Erasmi glanced up from the file in his hands, locking eyes with his son through the camera. He narrowed his gaze, studying Cai closely. It wasn’t like his son to initiate video calls to him—those were usually reserved for the women in the family. Erasmi was more accustomed to receiving brief texts or the occasional phone call. A video call paired with this particular question from Cai...
"Why are you asking?"
"I asked first," Cai pointed out, a hint of stubbornness in his tone. Erasmi merely shrugged, leaning back in his chair. "Too bad, kid. I don’t have to answer you until you answer me first."
Cai sighed dramatically, rolling his eyes. "This is so unfair... it’s just curiosity, okay? I mean, you never really reacted much over the years, so I thought maybe you didn’t care. But then, when he started showing you Aunt Nora’s pictures and everything, your reaction was almost... violent. So, at least at the beginning, you really believed she was my biological mother, right? And whatever chemical reaction detonated that response is also what finally pushed your brain into giving responses, right?"
He raised an eyebrow at that, his voice trailing off, waiting for a response.
Erasmi frowned and nodded,"Yes. It is quite probable that was the cause for it. According to the doctors that I have met over the years, it was possibly a surge of adrenaline that might have pushed my brain into getting super active, ultimately making me return from the ’dead.’
"So, after waking up, did you ever mistake Aunt Nora for her? I mean... were you interested in her...physically?"
Erasmi coughed, nearly choking on air as he shot his son a horrified look. "What? No!" he exclaimed, eyes wide with disbelief. "Nora was already married to Demetri by then. And even if she wasn’t, I knew she wasn’t the one, Cai." He shook his head, trying to wrap his mind around his son’s bold question. Thankfully, Demetri was not here or he would definitely have hung poor Cai upside down like a bat from the ceiling.