When Nathan stepped into the room, he saw that other was lying on the bed. He had been this way since the day that he had been brought home by the three bodyguards that he always took with him.
The doctor who belong to the Jesda family was the one who had tended to him during the previous weeks. And according to the report that the doctor had given, Arthur's condition wasn't life-threatening at all.
But there was a single problem, it was for the fact that Arthur may not be able to walk again. In other words, he might have been crippled for life. This was something that Nathan could not accept.
Arthur was his only son at the moment. Although he had two other daughters, they didn't have any chance at taking the position of the family head.
Even though Arthur was someone who liked to play and didn't mind the family business that much, Nathan didn't care about that. Since he was not going to take the position as a family head, then at least his son had to take the mantle.
If possible, he would have had his eldest daughter to compete for the position of the family head. But there was an ironclad rule in the family. There was no way that a woman was going to take the position of the family head.
According to the ancestors who had said this rule, they had thought that if the daughters of the house inherited the position of the family head, then their husbands would find a way of controlling the whole family.
So as to avoid the situation where the family and all its assets fell into the hands of another person who wasn't part of the family, they had decided on making sure that only the male children were going to take the position of the family head.
As for the female, it didn't matter to them even if they were married or not. As long as they were women, they were not allowed.
Nathan himself knew that his son was incompetent for the position of the family head. But what choice did he have? He was a person who was hungry for power. And by the position of the family head being held by his son, then he could control all the assets of the family.
This was something that he wanted. In other words, he was planning to use his son as a puppet. Although Arthur was going to make the front as the family head, he was the one who was going to make all the decisions concerning the family.
And this was the exact reason as to why he had been trying to restrict Arthur from doing anything that would make the old man of the family refuse to hand over the position to him. As for whatever trouble he caused out there, he had make sure to handle it well and hide it from the eyes of the old man.
But now, there was a problem here. Other than the fact that Jonathan was back to the family after a one-year period of his disappearance, Arthur had gotten himself crippled. This had gone ahead to limit the chances that he had for the position of the family head.
Nathan himself had been trying to take care of Jonathan, trying to eliminate him from the competition of the family head. But all his efforts ended up in vain.
Other than the fact that he had to hide his tracks so that they would track anything towards him, Jonathan was abnormally lucky. He had managed to evade several assassination attempts that he had made for him.
And as such, all the money that Nathan had spent in hiring all the assassins was wasted. When he finally hired spider, he had thought that spider would take care of Jonathan. But in the end, Jonathan was back and his activities were now more fierce than they ever were.
Initially, Jonathan was the person who had the highest chance of acquiring the position of the family head. And now that he had begun working even harder to ensure that his actions were noticed by the old man, then this was no different from him trying to cement his position as the new family head even before the selection was done.
Although he was frustrated, Nathan could only swallow his anger and bitterness as he looked at his son who was currently unconscious. He knew that he had to make a move soon.
He had already managed to convince the other people who were trying to compete for the position of the family had to back down. This was something that he had done during the one year that Jonathan was not around.
When Jonathan disappeared without a trace, he had thought that perhaps his son would get the position of the family head. As such, he had offered a lot of benefits to the other competitors of the position of the family head.
And then, he had allowed other to be free for a while. But who knew that all his plans would come crashing down at once? Not only was Jonathan not dead, but even Arthur, the person that he had been trying so hard, so that he could achieve the position of the family head was now crippled.
He was currently sure that if Arthur did not managed to get back on his feet as soon as possible, then they could only wave goodbye to the position of the family head.
Without him noticing, minutes went by and soon, over 30 minutes had gone by since he entered the room. He only came back to his senses only when he heard the sound of sheets moving from the side where the bed was.
He looked towards the bed and saw that his son was finally awake. He was trying to move his arms around, but all his efforts were futile.
Currently, Arthur was covered in all white. Bandages were all over his body added together with the areas where his limbs were broken. So, it was quite a difficult task for other to move his hands or legs. The only thing that could ever that moment was the neck that was spared.
But even so, the head was inspired by the assailant. The person had made sure to beat up other on the head. And as such, only the slits of the eyes the nose and the mouth were left uncovered by the bandages.
Nathan gritted his teeth thinking about the person who had done this to his son, his only ticket to the position that he had ever been dreaming of.
Still, he managed to come down as he came close to Arthur. He then asked, "Who is the person that did this to you?"
That is right, what Nathan cared the most about at this moment was, who was the person who had attacked Arthur. He didn't even care about his son's health at all. At the end of the day, he wasn't a doctor and there was nothing that he could do even if he knew that Arthur was in pain.
Arthur was first confused about what was going on. He had just woken up from a long slumber and as a result his memories were a mess. And after a while, he had managed to organize these memories together before saying whatever he was thinking at that moment. "A fake Jonathan!"
"What nonsense are you saying?" Nathan asked. He was wondering if his son had gotten confused after he was beaten up this brutally, or there was a game that he was trying to play here.
"The one that had beaten be up this way was the fake Jonathan. No, in fact, there were to Jonathans and all of them beat me up." Arthur replied in a frenzied voice.
Previously, since he was the one who was on the losing end, he could only go ahead and receive the beating from Jack. But now that you was in front of his father, his only backer, he was going to tell the truth about what had happened on that day.
He really wanted to get his revenge as soon as possible. And as such, he didn't even care about the retaliation that would come if he dared to attack Jack again. According to him, his father was invincible in the family.
Nathan on the other hand was getting even more confused about the situation. He was wondering if his son had already gone mad after receiving the beating.
He frowned as he thought of the solution to this problem. He had already asked the three bodyguards about what had happened to Arthur. In the end, those three gave him the same answers.
They said that Arthur had told them to stay away from him for a while. After that, he had left. They as his bodyguards of course wouldn't let him go away without protection. So, they had make sure to track his location and followed him closely.
In the end, they had waited for a long period of time but Arthur didn't even show up. So, they had decided to storm into the room that he was in. But what they found was a crippled Arthur, whom they took to the hospital directly, before he was brought back to the family manor.
Since Arthur was unconscious at that time, Nathan had no choice but to wait until he woke up so that he could get the first-hand report from him. But still, he had made sure to keep an eye on all the three bodyguards so that they would not slip away.
"Can you get serious and tell me who the hell injured you in this manner?!" Nathan yelled at Arthur in both anger and frustration.
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