My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 1428

Fate was unpredictable; Cooper certainly did not think that he’d have to go through a separation like this twice in this lifetime.

Cade’s condition had taken a turn for the worse. There were no medical treatments or procedures that had proven effective thus far, and since GvHD was a rare disease, there was only a 0.01% risk of anyone developing it, but when they did, it was almost always fatal.

Cooper tried to comfort himself. He had money, and he would invest billions into research and development if it meant he could come up with a miracle cure.

He didn’t mind investing any amount of money if it meant he could save his son.

In the meantime, Cade had arrived in Africa, whereupon he would be put to cryogenic sleep.

It was uncertain as to what lay ahead of him.

No one could tell what would happen after the cryopreservation. It would be ideal if he turned out to be the second Theo Fletcher, who had been put into a thirty-year-long cryogenic sleep, thereafter resurrected once they’d achieved technological advancement. Theo was living his best life now, and he experienced no side effects following the cryopreservation.

But what was considered to be an ideal situation was now only wishful thinking.

Upon hearing the news, Sophia and Linus flew over to Africa.

They were surprised to find out that Callum and Cade were also Cooper’s biological children. In retrospect, Sophia understood why she could never hate the both of them, even though they’d stolen her baby alpaca and refused to return it.

The family was now gathered in Michel Town in Africa.

Sophia, Linus, Michael, and Carmen were all there, and they’d brought Louis along with them.

This was the first time that Louis learned the truth behind Anna’s past, and along with that knowledge, he learned that Anna had another set of twins—a boy and a girl. However, he also discovered that Cade was about to be put into cryogenic sleep.

Louis had further been informed that Cade’s condition was deteriorating, and it seemed that nothing could stop it from worsening. All medical treatments proved futile, and in the absence of a miracle drug, Cade didn’t have much time left. Cryopreservation was the only way to buy him time while they looked for a cure.

Despair hung thick in the air as everyone staked out a spot in the treatment room.

Carmen had pulled up a seat next to the bed, and her tiny hand clasped around Cade’s big one, which had been poked through with needles. “I’m here to tell you that you’re qualified to become my uncle, and you will be my Uncle Cade from now onward. Promise me you’ll spoil me and go on ‘Let’s Go, Uncle!’ with me,” she said before she turned around and glanced at Callum briefly. “Uncle Callum has promised me, so now, it’s your turn.”

Cade nodded weakly. Over the course of a few days, he’d lost a significant amount of weight, and there was a green tinge to his skin. The disease was at its worst now, and the gunshot wound that Cade had sustained previously was now infected.

It had only been a couple of days, but it was as though a skyscraper had come crashing down without warning, and no one saw it coming.

“I’ll go on the show with you when I recover.” Cade promised in a labored voice. He sounded as if he barely had enough breath in him.

“Pinky swear!” Carmen reached out and wrapped her pinky around Cade’s, her little face looking solemn, as if she was signing a very important contract. “Pinky swear. No going back.”

Cade recited the words as he gazed at Carmen lovingly.

Later, Michael brought Carmen out of the room after she’d given her Uncle Cade a hug.

She was still far too young to learn about life and death.

Before Michael left the room, he cast a glance toward Cade.

There was a deep sadness in Cade’s eyes. He was still so young, in his mid twenties. He had yet to settle down with a family of his own, and he had so many more milestones to achieve in his career. All it took was an accident to rip all of these possibilities away from him.

He had so many sentiments toward the world and his family. He didn’t want to die—he wanted to live, but he was only too aware of the fickleness of mortality.

After Michael had left with Carmen, Sophia sidled up to the bed where Carmen had sat and began talking to Cade.

It had been a while since Sophia found out that the Yard twins were her brothers, but what she didn’t know was that she shared the same pair of biological parents with them, too.

“Sophia,” Cade called out. He was so weakened by the disease that he barely had enough strength to lift his hand. Sophia wrapped her hand around his, surprised to find that he had lost so much weight. It hadn’t been that long since they last saw each other, but Sophia could feel his bones through the thin layer of skin. At this, she felt as if she’d been gutted.