Cooper nodded in response.
Old Master Fletcher gasped and took out his cell phone before dialing Michael’s number while mumbling, “I want to give Mikey a call…”
Cooper stopped him in his tracks. “Old Master, please don’t let anyone know about this for now. She has forgotten about her past and I don’t want to pressure her.”
He knew in his heart that Sophia would have to face her past the moment she returned.
As time passed them by, it seemed like she had completely forgotten her past. Why can’t we let things be the way it is for her? Let the pain and the happiness be forgotten and never to think about it again!
As soon as he stepped out of the Fletcher Residence, members of the Mitchell Family’s old faction quickly swarmed Cooper and inadvertently blocked his path.
“It’s really the family head!”
“Coop, it seems like you’re really back!”
Cooper felt comforted when he saw those people standing around him. It never occurred to him that twenty years would pass before he would see them again. Still, several of them had fervently been waiting for him to return home all those years.
“Well, I’m back now.” It was an understatement—they knew that his words carried an important implication deep down in their hearts.
Word now spread that Cooper did not in fact die, but he was smuggled to the coal mine and spent 20 years of life in hard labor. It was only now that he had been rescued from the trenches.
Sean did not feel like rationalizing what everyone else misunderstood. Coal? Sold to the mineshaft to mine coal? Only Old Master Fletcher can think of such an explanation.
It turned out that the Mitchell Family was divided into three factions in three respective homes—the old house that was adjacent to the West Family was now occupied by Alex while Cooper’s factions had moved away.
When Cooper dropped by to have a look, the situation was much better than he imagined. At least the Mitchell Family’s estate is still around even though it is crumbling.
The crowd warmly invited him to survey the estates that they owned.
The three factions currently fought each other like it was life and death—each party wanted to drown the other. Ever since Old Master Mitchell fell gravely ill, Cooper’s clan gradually lost their power and influence, becoming the weakest after being overruled by the other two factions.
Despite a mutual understanding and an unspoken agreement that was formed by the other two factions, each was persistent in wanting to emerge as the winner.
Now that Cooper was back, the situation in the Mitchell Family could finally be salvaged.
It only took a while for him to survey the estates before he formed an understanding of the current situation. He then declared lightly, “There’s no problem. It’s just a trivial matter.”
Upon hearing what he had mentioned, the people burst into tears. There’s no problem. It’s just a trivial matter. This is Cooper’s mantra when he was the head. Now that he is around, surely all of the world’s difficulties wouldn’t be so difficult to resolve.
Now that he returned, he would definitely take what belonged to him.
Years ago, he gave up on his last name, identity, family as well as his ancestry while creating a new name for himself—Fass Michel, someone who originated from Northern Europe. However, he regretted his decision.After he became a father, his perspectives and mentality had changed, allowing him to understand why Woody was compelled to act in the way that he did.
Returning to the Mitchell Family was something that he truly desired—he wanted to be Cooper Mitchell again.
Sophia had no idea about what happened in the Mitchell Family. Cooper had promised to bring her out that day only to suddenly rush off, so she allowed Linus to take his place instead. It so happened that he was also heading to Sarah’s pet shop to bring the dogs home.
Sarah also tagged along in the same car.
As they were about to head off, Judge barked before he rushed inside the car and insisted on following them. If I do not do so, I will be dressed up like a doll!
His barks were definitely directed at Sophia, who was also the one whom he wanted to admonish. I can’t believe you want to have fun and leave me to babysit your child! In your dreams! I have eaten X! Does that scare you?
Judge’s owner is named Stanley… Is he the same Stanley Fletcher whom she went on a blind date with the other day? Does that mean he is Carmen’s gay daddy too?
The world was filled with such coincidences—her blind date turned out to be a neighbor and it seemed that Cooper was well aware of it. No wonder he agreed to allow her and Stanley to go on that date! Sophia never expected her date to be a gay.
An attempt to enter this sort of high-end residential area to promote rat medicine? There are surely other reasons why she could not enter.
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