Vincent woke up two days later.
The injuries on his head were heavy. Luckily, he was sent to the hospital on time. No severe sequelae was triggered. Still, the doctor requested him to have a really good rest.
Samuel and the old Beta took most of his work and asked him to stay in the hospital until he was fully recovered. Vincent didn’t argue with them. He just asked one question before Samuel and Harold left.
“How’s Talia?” he wanted to know.
Before he left the house, he had decided to end it with Talia, but he sort of changed his mind after he met that little girl at the fountain.
That little kid was apparently in a desperate need for her father. That was why she insisted on calling a random stranger “Daddy”.
Vincent felt that he couldn’t do it to Charlie. If the boy somehow spoke i
