“Uncle Dom!" Austin grabbed Dominic's arms excitedly. "It's really you!"
"Of course it's me!" Dominic snorted and glared at him.
Austin giggled, unable to contain his joy. As the two talked, someone stormed past them toward the car. Mike
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtpressed against the car window and strained to look inside, banging on it. "Nick?! Nicky!”
Alexander, Austin, and Dominic fell silent. Ultimately, Alexander went over and patted Mike's shoulder. "He's not in
there."
"You're lying!" Mike pushed Alexander's hand off him, refusing to accept the truth. "If Dominic can come back, why
can't my son?"
Mike pointed at the old man as he roared.
Alexander looked at him deeply. "You know your son's scenario is different."
"How is it different? He's just a kid!" Mike shouted, almost bursting into tears. Since he was on the brink of breaking
down, it was too much of a blow to him that the embassy had released Dominic but not Nick.
"You know they're treating him as a test subject like Lily," Alexander said calmly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMike knew, but he just could not accept it. He even wanted to take Nick's place in the experiment if he could. Mike
sank to his knees with his hands still on the car.
Seeing him so, Dominic and Austin walked over. The old man said, "I saw your son."
Mike looked up at Dominic with hopeful eyes. "Really?!"
The old man nodded thoughtfully. "I only saw him once. Isn't he about this tall?"
Gesturing, he continued, "He looks like a well-behaved kid with a pair of big eyes. He also speaks steadily like a
grownup, right?"
Mike nodded repeatedly as the old man described Nick.