Chapter 563 He is truly an extremely good person
Rhys sighed and said, "Nora asked me before if Barrett's illness could be man-made. At that time, I didn't know Mortimer had done so many bad things, and Barrett was taken and raised by him. So I directly told you it was impossible without mentioning that changing the living environment, the food intake, and even the air we breathe could potentially cause genetic mutations, but that would take a long time."
"I thought Barrett was Magnus, who grew up with you, so I didn't think it caused by external factors. I didn't expect he was taken by Mortimer, and he always wanted to use Barrett to scheme against you. So it's very likely that deliberately made Barrett sick."
"If Barrett's illness wasn't his doing, how could he have come up with a countermeasure so quickly, arranged for Amara to get pregnant? When you and Isaac couldn't have a child in time, let Amara appear pregnant, making it impossible for Isaac to refuse this only chance to save Barrett?"
"The most crucial point is, I only told Isaac about Barrett's blood disease diagnosis. Isaac didn't even tell you, and Barrett couldn't have known. How did Mortimer know Barrett was sick and needed umbilical cord blood for treatment?"
"The only possibility is that Barrett's illness was also part of his scheme. He knew when Barrett would get sick, so he made all the subsequent arrangements in time. From beginning to end, everything was within his calculations."
Nora's face turned extremely pale, her chest heaving with anger.
She suddenly started slapping her face, a look of frustration all over her face.
Isaac hurriedly stopped her and said in a deep voice, "Nora, calm down, don't hurt yourself."
Nora's eyes were red, her voice trembling with anger, "I regret treating him as a friend. He was scheming against me and my child all along. If I hadn't trusted him so much, hadn't gone abroad with him, hadn't let him get close to my child, they wouldn't have suffered so much."
As she spoke, tears started to flow.
Nora regretted deeply, "I harmed the children. I misjudged people, not only getting myself played but also making the children suffer."
Isaac said with heartache, "It's not your fault. Blame me for not trusting you, for not discovering you were being threatened earlier, causing you and the children to suffer. I'm sorry, blame me, don't hurt yourself. It will only make me hate my own incompetence more."
Rhys sighed and said, "Stop blaming yourselves. Since we've already missed the past, let's spend the future time well with the children. Don't leave more regrets for each other."
"I will continue to research Barrett's illness. I'll also ask around about the poison in Isaac and see if there's a solution. But don't get your hopes up too high. Whether it's Barrett or Isaac's illness, I still have no clue."
Nora thanked him, composed herself, and left the hospital with Isaac through the back door to avoid encountering the Radcliffe family.
The next day, Nora received a call from Elder himself.
Elder informed Nora of Mortimer's death and said that Mortimer cared most about her, hoping she would attend the funeral.
Nora was silent for a while and then refused Elder's request.
To respond to Elder, Nora told him one of Mortimer's deeds.
She told Elder about Mortimer hiding one of her children and deliberately making her child contract an incurable disease.
Elder was silent for a long time.
When Nora thought Elder wouldn't believe her, Elder sighed and said, "I believe in your character. You wouldn't lie and slander others. If Mortimer hadn't done something that crossed the line, you wouldn't refuse to forgive him even after his death."
"I also believe that what you said is something Mortimer would do. He was trained by his maternal grandfather as an heir, skilled in scheming, and calculating even those around him."
In fact, when Edmund was schemed into a relationship with Kalista, he vaguely knew it was Mortimer's doing.
Watching Mortimer walk down a path of evil step by step, he was heartbroken and powerless.
Because every time Elder tried to educate Mortimer, he was very obedient and listened, but he never took it to heart, continuing to make mistakes, using any means to achieve his goals, losing his humanity.
Nora was shocked and said, "Mr. Radcliffe, you believe me?"
Elder said, "I watched you grow up. How could I not know your character?"
"Because I sponsored your education back then, you were willing to give your life for me. How could you deliberately slander my grandson?"
"In fact, the money I sponsored you with back then wasn't even enough for a luxurious meal. You don't need to take it to heart. You repaid it long ago by taking care of me whenever you had time. The caregivers around me earn more in a month than your annual tuition, and they don't take care of me as attentively as you did."
Nora's nose felt a bit sour, and choked up, "Mr. Radcliffe, do you regret sponsoring me back then? If you hadn't sponsored me, Mortimer wouldn't have met me, wouldn't have done so many wrong things, and perhaps wouldn't have ended up like this."
Elder said, "The problem isn't with you; it's with Mortimer's character."
"Even without you, there would have been someone else. As long as he met someone he was interested in but couldn't get, he would have used any means to get them and still walked down the wrong path."
"The fault lies with me. I shouldn't have handed him over to his maternal grandfather. If he had grown up with me, perhaps he wouldn't have been so extreme."
Nora was deeply moved. She didn't expect Elder not to blame her and even say it wasn't her fault.
Elder was truly a very good person who changed her life, but she caused him to lose his most beloved grandson.
Although Elder said it was Mortimer's character that led to his demise, she couldn't deny that there were also some reasons on her part.
Nora took a deep breath and choked, "Mr. Radcliffe, I will attend Mortimer's funeral."
For Elder's sake, she would give Mortimer a dignified farewell.
Elder said, "Good child, if you really don't want to come, don't force yourself."
Nora replied, "I'm not forcing myself. After talking with you, Mr. Radcliffe, I have let go. Mr. Radcliffe, please take care yourself and don't be too sad."
Elder said, "At my age, there's nothing I can't let go of. Thinking that I can see him after I die, I'm not so afraid of death anymore."
"Besides, he was trained by his maternal grandfather as a royal heir. The Radcliffe family never expected him to come back and inherit. His absence doesn't affect the Radcliffe family."
Nora was at a loss for words.
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