Chapter 123. Where Is the Baby?

Francis put down his cup of tea and tried to explain, “Oh, don’t think anything of it, mother. She is not angry with you. She was feeling under the weather this morning, and that’s why she’s not here with me right now. You’re overthinking it. Please, mother, just relax. You will see your grandson in due course.”

“So, Scarlett couldn’t come, and Carlos wouldn’t either?” Francis’s father was doubtful.

“He wasn’t feeling the best either.”

“Have you taken him to see the doctor?” His father asked, concerned. Francis’s father cared for Carlos deeply– after all, he was Francis’s first child. In addition, he didn’t think that Scarlett and Francis’s match was scandalous like the rest of the family did. He did, however, wonder if Scarlett was too young for Francis. What would become of him if she moved on to greener pastures in due time– to another man, to build a whole new family? She had time, but Francis did not.

“Of course. And the doctor said it was nothing serio