"So... it wasn't the elder Master Smith who had sent you abroad but it was your mother who had done the deal to leave your father against all the business upon your shoulders?" Jennifer asked again to confirm what she had heard to get a nod from his side.
"My mother knew that everything might be snatched from our hands if we trusted my father. Because, if a man can actually not care about his son's wish, what can he even do with all three of us? It isn't only for me but also for my mother and my father, a protection layer.." Jack explained in detail, giving Jennifer the insight that nothing was as simple as it appeared to be to her.
Rather, she could conclude that most of them had to go through tough decision-making in the end to lead a secure life.