Chapter 3699
“Really? Mom, are you coming back next week?” Sonny asked excitedly. “Is New Year coming soon? I want to light fireworks!”
“We can’t light fireworks here,” Liberty explained. “If you want to see them, you’ll have to go to your uncle’s hometown.”
At the foot of Wildridge Manor, there was a large lawn where they could light fireworks. It wasn’t permitted in other areas due to the fire risk. While fireworks and firecrackers were banned in the city, they were still allowed in the countryside. However, Liberty didn’t plan on taking Sonny back to the Hunt family for New Year’s.
Their grandparents still lived in the old house left by their parents. Despite the distance, Liberty and her sister might visit before the holiday. After all, their grandparents were still family, and they could bring gifts and money for the occasion. But that would be the extent of it—nothing more.
“Then let’s go to my uncle’s house to watch fireworks!” Sonny eagerly suggested. Titus had told him how fun it was to light fireworks during New Year. FC Manor also had a large lawn, making it perfect for fireworks.
Liberty smiled warmly. “Alright, Sonny. Now give the phone to your aunt. You and Titus can go play.”
“Okay! I’m going to see baby sister Avah. She’s so cute, Mom! I want a sister too,” Sonny said as he handed the phone to Serenity. He loved baby sisters like Avah, but unfortunately, Avah was Titus’s sister, not his. He only got to see her when he visited. If he had a sister, he wouldn’t have to feel jealous of Titus.
Serenity smiled. “Sonny, maybe in a few years, your wish will come true. If your mom doesn’t give you a sister, I will!”
Who wouldn’t want both a son and a daughter? Serenity certainly did. She especially wanted both to break the pattern of the York family only having one of each.
Having sons.
Sonny happily ran off, telling Titus, “My aunt said my mom will give me a sister soon, and if not, my aunt will! So, I’ll have a sister one day.”
Titus already had a sister and a brother, but he sighed, “I have a sister and a brother, but I don’t have an older brother.”
Although Titus was the eldest among the kids and was the same age as Sonny, he still wished for an older brother.
At that moment, Jane came upstairs with Avah in her arms and overheard Titus. She couldn’t help but recall Titus’s past. He did have a brother—his cousin—but he hadn’t survived. He, along with Titus’s parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and many other relatives, had been killed in a conspiracy.
Titus was the only one to escape, thanks to his nanny. He also carried the Labbe family’s token and had their totem branded on his back. Without those, even if the enemy wiped out his family, they could only act as temporary heads of the family. They could manage the people and property but could never truly claim leadership.
That’s why the murderer was so determined to erase Titus and his lineage—he didn’t want to work hard only for someone else to inherit everything. The family’s true power resided in the token and totem that Titus still held.