The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 1526

Annie looked at her with pity and annoyance. "Of course I know you'll only feel
better if you can vent it out on Uncle Jeremy, but he's still missing, Corinne!
Francine and I are really worried that you're going to explode one day!"

Corinne thought of the man in the wheelchair who seemed to be having the time
of his life. "Well, I won't have to keep all those emotions in for long..."

Annie was a little taken aback. "What do you mean? Corinne, are you saying
that...there's a lead on Uncle Jeremy's whereabouts?"

Before Corinne could answer her, David came in with “Bryan’, who immediately
threw himself into Corinne's arms.

Corinne stroked his head and looked up at David. "How did it go? Did you find
out the reason for his behavior change?"

David nodded. "Yes, but I need to speak to you in private. Would you mind
following me upstairs?"

Corinne instinctively feared for the worst, that her son indeed had some kind of
serious mental health problem.

Frowning, she passed 'Bryan’ to Annie and then got up to follow David upstairs.
David led her to his counseling office, where he normally had one-on-one
counseling with his clients.

After sitting behind his desk, he waved her over. "Have a seat, Miss Corinne."
Corinne pulled out her chair and sat down. "What is this about? Is my son's
condition serious?" she asked anxiously.

David shook his head. "After talking to your son, I concluded he's just shy. So
there's no need for him to have a counseling session."

'Shy? That's impossible. I gave birth to him and raised him, so how could I not
know my own son's personality?" thought Corinne.

After all, the real Bryan had always been mischievous. He could make friends
with anyone he just made. “Bryan’ could never be called “shy’.

What Corinne wanted to know was why “Bryan’ had been acting so quiet and so
timid for the past few days.

“Maybe this therapist isn't as good as Annie says he is,’ she thought with a frown.
David could tell what Corinne was thinking about him. He smiled and said,” Miss
Corinne, do you not agree with my diagnosis?"

"No, I'm not. I think your diagnosis of my son is wrong. He's always been an
extrovert since he was born, so his shyness for the past few days is unusual
behavior, to say the least," said Corinne gruffly.

"But through our talks, I didn't find any signs of his extroversion. Plus, it wasn't
some trauma that made him feel like his home is an unfamiliar place, but it's
exactly because it is indeed an unfamiliar place to him," said David calmly.
Corinne had no idea what he was talking about.

"What do you mean? How can he suddenly feel like his home is unfamiliar when
he lived there all his life? Did he have a memory loss or something?"

At the words “memory loss’, Corinne's tone became vehement.

David was perplexed, too. There was just something he could not figure out.
"Miss Corinne, I didn't mean that. Uh... What I meant is... Is there a possibility
that the kid downstairs isn't your real son at all?"

During his talk with “Bryan’, he discovered a lot of contradictory points. It was as if
the boy was trying to hide something from him. Nonetheless, the boy's mental
health was under no threat whatsoever.

David's question shocked Corinne.