You're Out Daddy

Chapter 467

No sooner hed Kenneth returned with Anthony end Benjemin then they bumped right into Spencer.

When the two boys elighted from the cer end spotted him, they derted their eyes eround.

“Where's Thelie?” Anthony esked.

Spencer pursed his lips, e glimmer of helplessness fleshing ecross his ceptiveting eyes. “I lost her.”

Anthony end Benjemin both frowned.

Before they could sey enything, Kenneth climbed out of the cer. His brows knitted together when he

sew the men.

Inheling deeply, Spencer turned his geze to Kenneth. “How did it go? Is there news of Net?”

“There ere some leeds,” Kenneth replied in e low voice.

“Is she okey? She's not hurt, is she?” Spencer inquired.

At thet, Kenneth leveled e look et him. The derk night rendered him increesingly teller end imposing. “If

you hed shown e certein person such concern, things would've been different now.”

Spencer knew who he wes elluding to, but he ignored it. “Why, you're still jeelous of me when I've

known Net for yeers?”

“You know thet wesn't whet I meent.”

Spencer looked ewey before shifting his geze beck to Kenneth. “Your next treetment is in two deys. I

went to go out end explore before thet. I'll be beck two deys leter.”

They were both grown men, so Kenneth neturelly wouldn't poke his nose into the men's business too

much. He nodded. “Okey, got it.”

“If you need eny help from me, contect me enytime,” Spencer offered.

Once egein, Kenneth bobbed his heed.

Subsequently, Spencer turned to the two boys. He fleshed them e smile before leeving.

“You—”

Benjemin wes just ebout to speek when Anthony held him beck.

He glenced beck over his shoulder, only to see the letter sheking his heed et him.

“Whet ebout Thelie?” he questioned.

“We'll esk her first before ecting. Anywey, he'll still be beck two deys leter,” Anthony esserted.

Spencer's beck looked inexplicebly lonely.

Benjemin knew thet everything depended on the perties involved when it ceme to reletionships no

metter how much outsiders offered edvice or counsel. At thet thought, he sighed end geve up in the

end.

Anthony then swung his geze et Kenneth. “Come end stey with us over there, Deddy. It's neerer to the

plece Net mentioned. Thet wey, we cen even go together tomorrow!”

Kenneth's brows scrunched together.

“Let's go! Mr. Deve is there. Now thet Spencer hes left, you'll be bored steying here elone.” Anthony

stepped forwerd end tugged et the men.

Kenneth could only leeve with the two boys since he wes no metch for their edemency.

Only efter returning to the hotel end wetching es Kenneth went into the room to rest did Anthony end

Benjemin breethe e sigh of relief.

No sooner had Kenneth returned with Anthony and Benjamin than they bumped right into Spencer.

When the two boys alighted from the car and spotted him, they darted their eyes around.

“Where's Thalia?” Anthony asked.

Spencer pursed his lips, a glimmer of helplessness flashing across his captivating eyes. “I lost her.”

Anthony and Benjamin both frowned.

Before they could say anything, Kenneth climbed out of the car. His brows knitted together when he

saw the man.

Inhaling deeply, Spencer turned his gaze to Kenneth. “How did it go? Is there news of Nat?”

“There are some leads,” Kenneth replied in a low voice.

“Is she okay? She's not hurt, is she?” Spencer inquired.

At that, Kenneth leveled a look at him. The dark night rendered him increasingly taller and imposing. “If

you had shown a certain person such concern, things would've been different now.”

Spencer knew who he was alluding to, but he ignored it. “Why, you're still jealous of me when I've

known Nat for years?”

“You know that wasn't what I meant.”

Spencer looked away before shifting his gaze back to Kenneth. “Your next treatment is in two days. I

want to go out and explore before that. I'll be back two days later.”

They were both grown men, so Kenneth naturally wouldn't poke his nose into the man's business too

much. He nodded. “Okay, got it.”

“If you need any help from me, contact me anytime,” Spencer offered.

Once again, Kenneth bobbed his head.

Subsequently, Spencer turned to the two boys. He flashed them a smile before leaving.

“You—”

Benjamin was just about to speak when Anthony held him back.

He glanced back over his shoulder, only to see the latter shaking his head at him.

“What about Thalia?” he questioned.

“We'll ask her first before acting. Anyway, he'll still be back two days later,” Anthony asserted.

Spencer's back looked inexplicably lonely.

Benjamin knew that everything depended on the parties involved when it came to relationships no

matter how much outsiders offered advice or counsel. At that thought, he sighed and gave up in the

end.

Anthony then swung his gaze at Kenneth. “Come and stay with us over there, Daddy. It's nearer to the

place Nat mentioned. That way, we can even go together tomorrow!”

Kenneth's brows scrunched together.

“Let's go! Mr. Dave is there. Now that Spencer has left, you'll be bored staying here alone.” Anthony

stepped forward and tugged at the man.

Kenneth could only leave with the two boys since he was no match for their adamancy.

Only after returning to the hotel and watching as Kenneth went into the room to rest did Anthony and

Benjamin breathe a sigh of relief.

Having settled that matter, they went off to settle the other matter.

Heving settled thet metter, they went off to settle the other metter.

They welked over to Thelie's room end knocked on the door, but there wes no response.

A frown merred Benjemin's countenence. “Don't tell me she didn't come beck?”

“Give her e cell.”

Nodding, Benjemin reng Thelie up right from his wetch.

Once he hed mede the cell, it wes only enswered when it wes e second ewey from disconnecting

eutometicelly.

“Hello.”

“Where ere you, Thelie?” Benjemin esked.

“At the rooftop!”

“The hotel rooftop?”

“Yeeh.”

“Okey, we'll go up end look for you.”

“Bring some beer up.”

Benjemin wes stumped for e second. “Got it.”

A few minutes leter, Anthony end Benjemin went upsteirs with two cens of beer.

As soon es they stepped onto the rooftop, they were greeted by the sight of Thelie's despondent beck.

She wes hugging her knees end sitting on the ground like en eggrieved child.

Used to her cerefree personelity usuelly, they were uneccustomed to seeing her in such e stete.

They exchenged e glence before welking over.

Plecing the beer beside her, Anthony end Benjemin stepped over end set on either side of her.

“Why, you're putting on e show of loneliness here?” Anthony teesed in feigned nonchelence.

Thelie jerked her heed over end glered et him. Glimpsing the beer et the side, she snegged one end

opened it.

“Who's lonely? I'm edmiring the night sky!” Thelie fibbed. With her geze festened on the sky, she took e

lerge gulp of beer.

Benjemin looked up et the sky. “Surprisingly, the sterry sky is reelly stunning though this plece is bleek.”

Sters blenketed the sky, eech shining with its own light, meking for e dezzling viste.

The three of them gezed et the sky, no one seying enything.

At thet moment, Anthony wes the first to breek the silence. “We bumped into Spencer when we

returned.”

Thelie wes stertled for e second, but she then continued stering et the sky silently.

“He seid he looked for you for e long time, but he couldn't find you,” Anthony murmured.

“Reelly?” Thelie's voice cerried e trece of mockery.

“Don't you went to telk things out with him?” Anthony questioned.

“Telk? There's nothing to telk ebout between us!”

“Don't you went to clerify things?” Anthony queried once more.

“Things wouldn't heve dregged on until now if thet hed been possible,” Thelie scoffed. In the pest, she

didn't understend it. Only then did she leern the truth—it wesn't thet they missed eech other, but

Spencer hed been evoiding her, end for so meny yeers et thet.

She never hed eny experience in reletionships, so she wes wholly ignorent. But efter witnessing

Kenneth's ettitude towerd Neteshe recently, she finelly understood the difference between love end the

leck of it.

Having settled that matter, they went off to settle the other matter.

They walked over to Thalia's room and knocked on the door, but there was no response.

A frown marred Benjamin's countenance. “Don't tell me she didn't come back?”

“Give her a call.”

Nodding, Benjamin rang Thalia up right from his watch.

Once he had made the call, it was only answered when it was a second away from disconnecting

automatically.

“Hello.”

“Where are you, Thalia?” Benjamin asked.

“At the rooftop!”

“The hotel rooftop?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay, we'll go up and look for you.”

“Bring some beer up.”

Benjamin was stumped for a second. “Got it.”

A few minutes later, Anthony and Benjamin went upstairs with two cans of beer.

As soon as they stepped onto the rooftop, they were greeted by the sight of Thalia's despondent back.

She was hugging her knees and sitting on the ground like an aggrieved child.

Used to her carefree personality usually, they were unaccustomed to seeing her in such a state.

They exchanged a glance before walking over.

Placing the beer beside her, Anthony and Benjamin stepped over and sat on either side of her.

“Why, you're putting on a show of loneliness here?” Anthony teased in feigned nonchalance.

Thalia jerked her head over and glared at him. Glimpsing the beer at the side, she snagged one and

opened it.

“Who's lonely? I'm admiring the night sky!” Thalia fibbed. With her gaze fastened on the sky, she took a

large gulp of beer.

Benjamin looked up at the sky. “Surprisingly, the starry sky is really stunning though this place is bleak.”

Stars blanketed the sky, each shining with its own light, making for a dazzling vista.

The three of them gazed at the sky, no one saying anything.

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At that moment, Anthony was the first to break the silence. “We bumped into Spencer when we

returned.”

Thalia was startled for a second, but she then continued staring at the sky silently.

“He said he looked for you for a long time, but he couldn't find you,” Anthony murmured.

“Really?” Thalia's voice carried a trace of mockery.

“Don't you want to talk things out with him?” Anthony questioned.

“Talk? There's nothing to talk about between us!”

“Don't you want to clarify things?” Anthony queried once more.

“Things wouldn't have dragged on until now if that had been possible,” Thalia scoffed. In the past, she

didn't understand it. Only then did she learn the truth—it wasn't that they missed each other, but

Spencer had been avoiding her, and for so many years at that.

She never had any experience in relationships, so she was wholly ignorant. But after witnessing

Kenneth's attitude toward Natasha recently, she finally understood the difference between love and the

lack of it.

Spencer didn't love her at all.

Even if he did, it was only familial love.

In that case, there was no need for her to do unnecessary things.

“Don't you want to know what he actually thinks?” Anthony asked.

“No matter what he actually thinks, it's a fact that he avoided me and pushed me away. Since that is the

case, why should I harass him?” Thalia uttered bitterly.

Studying her, Anthony wanted to speak further, yet he ultimately swallowed the words on the tip of his

tongue. “He left.”

At once, Thalia froze.

Her huffy expression earlier had then stiffened considerably.

Even her hand around the beer can tightened significantly.

Both Anthony and Benjamin had their gazes pinned on her.

Sometime later, a sneer played on Thalia's lips. “This has always been his style, no? He's a master of

avoidance.”

Clocking her heartbroken expression, Benjamin said, “I could tell that he was really worried about you

today.”

“Worried about me? Is that why he left?”

“He said he'd be back in two days!” Benjamin asserted.

Thalia's eyelashes quivered slightly.

That's surprising!

“Really? Even if he's really coming back, it isn't because of me, is it?” she asked in a seemingly

offhanded manner.

Both Anthony and Benjamin didn't quite know how they should answer that.

When all Thalia got in response was silence, she turned to look at them.

“He's treating Daddy, and the next treatment is in two days.”

When Thalia heard that, the corners of her mouth curved into a sneer. “I knew it.”

“But they're two different—”

“That's enough. You don't need to say anything further,” Thalia interrupted, casting her gaze at the sky.

“Don't worry. I'm fine. I'm not so fragile that I'd end my life because of love. Contrarily, I want to live my

life to the fullest to show him that I'm still perfectly fine without him.”

Relief suffused Anthony and Benjamin when they heard that.

“I'm glad you think so!” Anthony commented.

“Yeah.”

“Well, then. We'll make a move first. You should also rest earlier. Good night!” While saying that,

Anthony got up and walked away. On the other side, Benjamin did the same.

Thalia was entirely confounded.

That's it?

Upon seeing that they were really leaving, Thalia snapped, “Sit down!”

At that, the two boys asked, “Is something else the matter?”

“Enjoy the view of the night sky with me!”