Chapter 142


    If the triplets grow up to approach life with the same zest as Blossom, she’d be over the moon.


    Positive, optimistic, living life to the fullest.


    “Almost nap time, you heading over to check on them?” Blossom asked.


    Elysia pondered for a moment. “Nah, I’ll let them get used to school. No need for me to disturb their


    routine.”


    “Alright then, wait for me. We’ll grab lunch together. It’s about that time.”


    “You can go out for lunch?”


    “Sure, today I don’t have to sit with the kids during nap time. We’ve got other teachers on duty. I just


    need to be back by 1:30,”


    “Okay.”


    They left the kindergarten and didn’t have to walk far to find a bustling food street nearby.


    Skewers, a mutual favorite.


    Chatting and eating, Blossom asked, “Did you leave early today to see that wild man?”


    “Yeah, and let me tell you, if you saw Elijah, you’d be stunned. He’s the spitting image of Evan! If I


    hadn’t been away from Jindale City when I gave birth, and that my kids never would’ve ended up with


    him, I would think Elijah’s mine. To be honest, I can’t stand that wild man, but when I see Elijah, my


    heart aches, especially when he throws those tantrums and breaks things. It’s pitiful.”


    Blossom suggested, “Maybe it’s ‘cause he looks like him. You see Elijah and you’re reminded of Evan.”


    “Yeah, that’s what I think too.”


    “Are you going to be hanging around their ce for a while now?”


    Elysia shook her head.


    “Not sure. We didn’t part on great terms today, no telling if he’ll want to see me


    “What happened? Did he give you a hard time?”


    Elysia thought it over and said, “Elijah’s condition is more serious than Corbin’s. I told youst night.


    Both of them have bipr disorder, but the causes are different. Corbin was kidnapped as a child and


    has psychological trauma, but Elijah’s condition stems from an excessive longing for his mother.


    Corbin’s easier to deal with. Every year there are simr cases, and the medical field has a pretty solid


    treatment n for these kids. But Elijah’s different. A psychological disorder caused by an obsession


    with his mother? That’s new to


    me.”


    round it. So many


    kids grow up in a single–parent Blossom remarked, “When you told mest night, I couldn’t wrap my


    head household, some even orphans, and you don’t hear about them getting sick from missing


    someone too much. But ‘Longing turned to sickness‘ isn’t a saying for nothing. There must be simr


    cases, just not in our radar.”


    “Yeah, rare, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”


    Blossom asked, “So the kid’s fixated on his mother. Where is she?”


    “No clue. The wild man said she vanished after giving birth to Elijah and hasn’t been seen since.”


    “She took off after having the baby? Why? Don’t tell me she was driven away by that wild man.”


    “Who knows? But with his icy demeanor, it’s a wonder he can keep anyone around at all. Always looks


    like someone owes him a fortune. Elijah’s mom must’ve been quite the woman–to date that guy and


    have his kid. Respect!”


    Blossom said, “You tell me he’s handsome and loaded, so why would a woman run off? There’s gotta


    be something wrong with him!”


    “I feel the same way. It’s just Elijah I feel sorry for. I haven’t had the chance to talk to him yet. I don’t


    even know if his illness reallyes from being too attached to his mother.”


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