Chapter 130: Trying To Figure Out His Past
Meanwhile, Julia had woken up.
Justin sat beside her, attending to her while also working on his laptop. Once she was settled and had eaten something, the two of them moved to the drawing room and sat together in comfortable silence.
"Is there something you want to talk about?" Julia asked suddenly, breaking the quiet.
Justin hesitated for a moment, unsure if it was the right time. But since she had brought it up herself, he decided not to hold back.
"Julia, is there any record of my life before I was brought to the Harper family? I know there is nothing in the record, but by chance father has ever mentioned anything to you. Like, where I was for those first ten years? Where I was born and where I spent my childhood?" he asked patiently. "Father never told me, and I haven’t been able to find anything, no matter how hard I’ve tried."
"You were just a ten-year-old boy when James saved you and later brought you home," Julia began softly, recalling the distant past. "When you were in the hospital, James tried to find any information about you, but there was none. After caring for you for months, he decided to bring you home and adopted you. I’m not sure what made him send you out of the country later, but he seemed tense during those days—almost as if he couldn’t wait to send you away."
Justin hummed as if in deep thoughts, "I used to think he kept me hidden so later he could reveal me as his secret son and no one would think I was adopted. Till date, father had kept it from the word that I am his adopted son. But, I now feel there is some other reason."
Julia nodded thoughtfully. "I remember him saying that your life might be in danger if he kept you here. I assumed it had something to do with James’s business rivals. Maybe he was worried they’d harm you to get back at him," she looked at him, her gaze soft, "but it is true that he doesn’t want anyone to know that you are adopted, because he considers you as his own. He doesn’t want anyone to ever question your presence, your rights, in the Harper family. He is not a man to say such things, but as his mother I know this well."
Justin didn’t deny this claim. Without having much conversation with James, Justin could feel his care for him.