LXXII

"But Kieran is such a thoughtful and kind person" Arabella commented.

"Really? What gave you that impression?" Everly asked.

It was the first time she heard someone refer to her son as someone thoughtful and kind. Kieran was always referred to as someone aloof and ignorant of others' feelings. He barely spoke and when he managed to do so his words cut deep and roughly like a blunt knife trying to cut through butchered meat.

"Well, yesterday he was really helpful and got me a meal before the doctor asked him to do so. It seemed like he knew his way around the hospital so much as if he had been there for a long time"

"Oh really?" Everly could not hide her shock about the matter. She has often begged her son to pay the slightest attention to her but he treated her just the same way his father did. It was one of the things that caused depression and loneliness for the woman.

"Yes," Arabella nodded. Everly studied her face. I did not look like she was trying to blow the trumpet of Kie