Timothy gave Agatha the same story he had given Magnus.
Except, Magnus hadn't believed Timothy's story of having amnesia and mistakenly thinking he was a member of that criminal organization. He had felt his claim of walking the path of a criminal and an accidental climb to the position as that organization's leader was nonsense.
Agatha, on the other hand, believed it all without question. Her heart even ached for Timothy. It pained her that he had been forced to do such things without even knowing who he was.
Timothy was the original, exalted heir of the Hardwell family. Agatha's heart ached at the knowledge that he had spent two years committing illegal deeds. She also felt terrible for him because he had to have suffered inside that criminal organization.
The Hardwells were the family that Timothy loved and cherished most. Yet, not only had they not searched for and rescued him, they had even brought home a replica to replace him.
This also distressed Agatha. She genuinely felt she had failed her precious son. Because of this, she once again threw herself into Timothy's arms and sobbed.
Agatha apologized to him as she hugged him tightly, saying things like they, as his family, hadn't rescued him when he was suffering the most, and so on.
Magnus and Grace were dumbfounded as they watched Agatha. They didn't even know what to say about her anymore. They couldn't understand how there could be someone this foolish on this earth. How could Agatha not see through such an obviously fabricated story?
Magnus and Grace also couldn't fathom how a mother like her could exist. Irvin and Timothy were both her biological sons. Yet, Agatha's treatment of them was so polarizing.
This time, it took a lot of effort for Agatha to stop her crying fit. Once it had stopped, the first thing she did was turn to Magnus and demand, "Now that Tim is back, everything that's rightfully his should be returned to him!"
She wanted Magnus to immediately go and make Irvin hand over everything in his power to Timothy.
At the thought of how Irvin was now barely hanging onto life, Magnus couldn't resist laughing sardonically.
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