Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 486

"What's wrong?"

Samuel became serious as he felt that Joseph was a bit strange.

"Nothing. Nothing."

Joseph shivered slightly, trying to free himself from Samuel’s hand. However, he did not succeed. He knitted his eyebrows. It seemed that he was in a lot of pain.

Suddenly, Samuel rolled up Joseph's sleeve.

His arm was bruised. It was so severe that Samuel couldn't bear to look at it.

"Vincent! What the hell is wrong with you? It's your son!"

It had only been a while since Samuel saw Joseph last time. And now he was covered in bruises, many of which were caused by whipping. Samuel was shocked.

The child, who was just four years old, had been tortured.

Joseph looked much healthier and his face was not pale now, but the bruises under his clothes irritated Samuel.

He rolled up Joseph's shirt.

His belly was also black and blue. Samuel pulled Joseph aside. Then he grabbed Vincent's collar and shouted, "He is your son, not your soldier! He was only four years old! Vincent, what were you doing when you were four? Do you remember? You were playing in the mud! Look at the bruises. The old days have gone. Do you still believe that beating makes a dutiful son?"

"Samuel, he is my son. Don't worry. I know how to educate him. A boy won't make progress without punishment. Besides, I was wasting time when I was four years old, so I struggled when I grew up. Look how successful you are. What about me? We are at the same age. What have I achieved? My son should not be as ordinary as me. He's suffering a little now, but he'll be grateful to me when he grows up!"

"Nonsense!"

Samuel has raised Joseph for four years and he was very affectionate to the child. It was painful for him to see Joseph badly treated by Vincent.

"Listen, from now on, I will take care of Joseph. You can do anything you want, but you should not vent your anger on the child. You were not educating him at all! Have he done anything wrong? Why did you beat him so bad? Mom and Lucas had wondered why they didn't see Joseph recently. It turned out that you had locked him up and abused him."

Vincent was a little angry.

"What do you mean by abuse? I only asked him to stand at military posture and practice horse stance. But he failed. There are so many children in the base. All of them can do that. Why can't he? Why can’t Vincent Green's son do that?"

Vincent pushed Samuel away.

Samuel finally knew where Vincent had taken Joseph. He stared at Vincent doubtfully.

"You took Joseph to the base? Where did those children come from? Don't you know? They are all orphans! And the youngest one is at least ten years old, right? How old is Joseph? How old is your son? He's only four years old!"

Samuel felt that Vincent was crazy.

What had he gone through in the past five years?

Why did the gentle and elegant Vincent become so violent?

Joseph was his own flesh and blood!

How could he do that?

Joseph was so frightened that he trembled. He was not as innocent and outgoing as before.

Samuel felt sorry for Joseph.

"Vincent, Joseph has been raised by me. You are his biological father. But if you maltreat Joseph again, I won't forgive you."

As Samuel finished, he picked up Joseph to leave. However, Vincent coldly said, "Samuel, five years ago, I took the woman you abandoned. Five years later, you want to take my son away from me. Do I have to back down and hand everything you like to you?"

Samuel stopped.

"What did you say? What do you mean?"

Samuel found that Vincent had changed.

What exactly happened in the past a few days that he left? He felt that Vincent was rather distant.

Vincent stared coldly at Samuel and said word by word, "You abandoned Riley, didn't you? You married Nicole. Riley was so heartbroken that she left Seapolis. She met me in Yunnan. I thought she liked me, but it turned out that I was just a substitute for you. She didn't even tell me that I had got a son. Instead, she came back to Seapolis City to find you. She had my son raised under your name for four years. Samuel, don't you feel that I have been cuckolded? Now you are even taking my son away from me. What else do you want?"

Samuel was shocked by what he said.

"There's nothing between me and Riley. Mind your words."

"Who knows? You are so concerned about my son. Perhaps he is your child."

"Vincent!"

Samuel was about to explode.

He put Joseph at the door and whispered, "Go find your Mommy. I have something to say to your daddy."

Joseph was afraid of Vincent, but he held Samuel's hand and said, "Uncle, don't quarrel with my daddy. It's all my fault. I have let him down. I didn't meet Daddy's requirements."

Looking at Joseph, Samuel felt rather uncomfortable.

"It's not your fault. Just go to your mommy. Don't worry."

As Samuel finished, he shut Joseph out of the study.

He turned around to look at Vincent and said solemnly, "You have kept these words in your heart for five years, right? Tell me everything you want to say. I'll listen to you. I want to know what my brother has been thinking of me all these years."

Vincent loosened his collar, as if he had been suppressed by it for a long time. Then he sat down on the chair.