Chapter 134. Why Am I Here, Ben?

He lowered his voice as he whispered, "Mummy, please come back home, please. I miss you, mummy. I want to play with you. I don't want to come here to see you. I want you to come home." Then he placed his head against his mother's stomach and said, "Little Emma, don't disturb Mummy, okay? Ehn ehn, I would give you all my toys when you came out, okay? " 

Bernard heard his mother choke back a cry, and he almost couldn't hold it back as well. They hadn't told the boy since they didn't know how to say it. Intelligent Emma might be, but he was still a four-year-old kid anyway. Mama had suggested they leave it to Marissa to explain to him when she woke up, and they had all agreed.

Emma had started crying when it was time for them to leave that day, and that had gotten Mama started as well while she was consoling him before Esther and Mr. Iyke took him home.

Bernard had been feeling testy and restless since then, so he had declined everyone's request to stay the night,