You More Than Anything In The World
Chapter 638

"Grandaunt, just accept my dad's suggestion. Otherwise, if we come back to a collapsed house, you'll be upset!"

Even Gavin was convincing Mary to accept Benjamin's offer. In response, Mary ruffled his hair and said, "I don't wish to waste money on that."

"Grandaunt, it's just a small house," Arissa insisted.

Mary was touched by their words.

"Save the money for Tim's education. There's no need to build any new house. I'm fine with living in this one."

"Grandaunt!" Arissa whined to the elderly woman.

Mary did not know whether to laugh or to frown at that.

Benjamin turned to Arissa and announced, "I've made up my mind. I'm going to build this house."

"You don't need to waste money on that. Even if you build a new house, we won't be able to live in it. We'll only end up letting that disloyal son of mine get the house. What's the point of that?"

Mary no longer had any hope for her son, Raphael.

Arissa looked down for a moment, wondering if she should break the news to Mary right there and then.

"It's fine. At the very least, you'll be able to sleep tight when you come back here, so building the new house is worth the money. Tim will have to worry about your safety if you come back alone to stay in the old house."

Mary hesitated at their persistence, and she gave the old house another glance.

Truth be told, she was reluctant to part with it.

"What about this, Grandaunt? We'll renovate the old house to make it sturdier. Will that be all right with you?"

Benjamin decided to take another approach when he noticed Mary's reluctance.

Thinking that he would really just renovate the old house and thus would not spend much, Mary finally nodded.

"Okay then. Just renovate it a little."

Her agreement made the others breathe a sigh of relief.

Benjamin then instructed Ethen, "Assign someone on this. Build walls according to the old house's style, and change the roof to glazed tiles. Keep the kitchen where it is. In other words, try to keep things the same way they look now. You can come up with a design draft first, and show it to me."

"Of course, Mr. Graham." Ethen then noted that down into his list.

Mary's eyes reddened as she listened to Benjamin's instructions.

Right then, Tim returned with a man named Seth, who used to live in the same house as James.

Mary then gave him instructions for certain things at home and asked him to take care of the fields at home.

"I wouldn't dare to plant anything in your fields if Raphael were to come back and kick up a fuss. However, I can still do the prayers, but I think it's best for me to leave the fields as they are."

Seth knew about Raphael, so he did not dare to take over the management of the fields.

"He won't be able to kick up a fuss. Just be at ease and use the fields. If anything happens, go to the head of the village," Benjamin told him before turning to Ethen to make arrangements for that.

Hearing that, Seth glanced at them and asked Mary, "Who are they?"

"Oh, this is Tim's father, and this is Tim's mother. They're about to take me to a different place to treat my illness."

Seth beamed. It was obvious that Arissa and Benjamin were not from an impoverished family, so he was happy for Mary and Tim.

"You don't need to worry about the things here. I'll be watching over the place for you."

"Okay, thank you!" Mary said earnestly.

"You don't need to thank me. James took care of my family when he was around. Just be at ease and go for your treatment. Do call us and tell us that you're doing fine too," Seth merrily said.

"Sure!" Mary replied with a nod. She then turned to Arissa and the others and said, "Let's go."

After Arissa greeted Seth, she brought Mary up into the car.

"Bye, Mr. Seth!" Tim said to Seth.

Seth hugged the boy for a while. "Take good care of your grandma."

"Okay!" Tim nodded fervently.

"Bye, Mr. Seth!"

The other children waved and bid him farewell as well.

When Seth realized that they all looked the same, he was stunned.

"You've all got the same face!"

The children giggled.

"Yes, we're sextuplets!" Jasper replied.

Seth patted his head and chuckled. "You have to take care of Tim. Don't bully him."

"Don't worry, Mr. Seth. We'll take care of Tim and Great-grandaunt," Gavin replied solemnly.

That made Seth smile in relief.

"We'll have to trouble you to take care of this place," Benjamin said to the man who was nice to his son.

"It's no trouble. I should be the one thanking you for taking Mary to go for treatments."

Benjamin nodded. He then gave Ethen a look.