Hearing this, Fabio couldn't help but wonder why Richard didn't want to have a little sister.
Wasn't it good to have a sister?
A smaller version of Mommy who was soft and cute?
But when he saw how miserable Richard was just thinking of it, Fabio felt a bit sorry for his older brother.
"Why don't you want a sister, Richard?" Fabio asked in a soft voice.
Richard didn't answer. Although it happened over four years ago, he could distinctly remember the day that his little sister, Fabio's twin, Tangyuan, disappeared.
With this in mind, he was afraid that if he had a sister again, she would also suddenly disappear.
'If that happened, Mommy would definitely feel sad and heartbroken again, ' Richard thought. 'It's better if I don't have a sister at all!
If Tangyuan didn't disappear, she would probably be as big as Fabio now.'
Even though Ashley and Chloe tried to hide it from him, Richard was still able to understand and remember some of the details. From what he could remember, Ashley was so weak then that she didn't have the strength to look for her missing child. Many other things must have happened then.
It was just he didn't understand them clearly.
In truth, Richard wanted to have a sister, like the one he had then--small, soft and cute.
She was so adorable that she could make anyone's heart melt.
The only memory he had of his sister was when she was born. Back then, she was wrinkly and red, and was wailing loudly.
Despite this, Richard thought that she was already very adorable.
He also wanted to have a sister like her, someone he could take care of and protect. But if it offered the possibility that Ashley might get sad, Richard would rather not have a sister at all so he could keep his mother happy.
Only a few people knew the incident of
o each other anyway.
At the door of Richard's room, Fabio poked his head in and looked inside, but he didn't find Richard. So he went back to his own room to wash himself and get ready for bed.
Then he went to Richard's room to check again.
The door wasn't locked, so he went inside.
Richard was lying under the blanket in the middle of the bed.
When Richard saw Fabio, his expression remained unchanged.
Fabio took a look at Richard and climbed into his bed. "I've washed up now, big brother! Let's sleep next to each other," Fabio said.
With a small nod, Richard agreed. Since Andrew had taken Ashley away from them, they always slept together to comfort each other.
Hurriedly, Fabio went to lie down beside him.
Richard reached out his hand to turn off the light. In no time, it became very quiet inside the room.
"Richard," Fabio said, breaking the silence, "Do you know how people make babies?"
Richard was confused by his question.
How to make a baby?
How could he know how to make a baby?
Although Richard was very smart and he had constantly done very well at school, he didn't know these kinds of things.
"I don't know," Richard replied with a shrug.