There was silence. No one talked at all while waiting for a response. They just watched Yuze tilting her head like she was thinking.
Although she looked a bit dumb but she had no choice. With a childish milky voice, Yuze finally spoke. "It's big brother. He said.. run... Then.."
She paused, seemingly thinking of what happened next, but she could see on the corner of her eyes that each of them seemed about to cry.
"Big brother said will stay… Can't protect… Then sleep.." Yuze said in a dumb speech. "Yuze run.. Big brother.. will get.. angry?.."
Her face shows confusion, but the way she answered made Almond Windsor bury his face on his palms while his shoulders started shaking.
'Oh, did I do it wrongly? I didn't say that Matthew died!" Yuze can't help feeling distress. It's not easy to act since she's not an actress.
"..." The system would really roll its eyes if it had one as it answered in a scornful way. 'The way you said it did sound like Matthew Davidson died.'
Yuze: "..." It's hard to act, you know!
She looked at them with a puzzled face. Yuze could see their eyes were already red while grandpa and Mr. Windsor both looked at the ceiling, trying to stop their tears.
How could they not cry? Yuze Davidson was a smart child. She could speak clearly since she was three, but now she speaks like she hasn't spoken for so long. It was like a child still learning how to speak.
Also, the way Yuze innocently spoke about running away sounded like she followed her brother's words due to fear that he would get angry.
"Where is your big brother?" Mr Windsor, sitting next to his wife, finally spoke. It was in a low gentle voice as if he was afraid that he would frighten Yuze. "Do you remember?"
"Hiding.." Yuze claimed. 'He is safe and sound, peacefully hiding in my space.' She added silently then said verbally. "Secret." While placing a finger in her lips.
Somehow, this answer gave a bit of hope that Matthew Davidson was still alive. It was then they could finally breathe with relief.
Although Yuze didn't want them to feel hurt, there are things she needs to say to let them know what happened.
"Mommy.. Daddy.. Aunt.." her sweet milky voice sounded again, taking all their attention. "In a big fish tank.. Like brother.. Like Yuze.. swimming.."
"Doctor poke.. Many.." Yuze added as she pointed everywhere in her body. "Here.. here.. here.. and big brother.. Painful.."
'D*mn! It's so hard to act like a dumb child!' Yuze complained in her mind, but of course deep inside she was feeling guilty.
This information really made the whole Windsor family shaken to the core, their lips started trembling.
Though her words are unclear, they could understand the meaning behind it. She said 'doctor', what kind of doctor would put people in a fish tank? It must be a scientist! They could imagine what has happened to the missing clan members.
Rage began to form inside their heart, just think about a four year old child to experience such an inhumane treatment for two years would definitely make you want to kill those people.
"Yuze cried.. Big brother said run.. big brother sleep.. Yuze run.." Though she speaks fluently to Ashley Reynolds, Yuze decided to speak this way so she won't be asked too much.
Also, she needed to be careful of what she would say, otherwise it may really happen.
No matter how they reacted, Yuze pretended not to see and knew nothing as she continued to speak. "Doctor laughs.."
"Mommy, daddy, aunt sleep.. in a fish tank… but not poke.. Doctor said.. they.. dead.." Then she tilted her as she innocently asked. "What is dead?"
However, no one answered her question. Those words she spoke finally made everyone's emotions collapse. Yuze could hear Mrs Windsor sobbing silently as she pulled Yuze into a tighter embrace.
Even Mr Windsor was crying too. His best friends were dead, and the other was whom he treated as his own sister and took care of with them also died from inhumane people.
What's more was for grandpa Windsor, three of their best friend's children that they treated as their own were dead.
One was Yuze's father, the only child left of Davison clan, the other two were Robert Hall's only daughters, a twin who looked so much like their mother who was also his friend.
There were five people in their best friend circle, the old man Davidson who was already dead leaving an only child who was now dead, the old man Lawson, the old man Hall and his wife Mrs Jones and him Old man Windsor.
Their children grew up together while they treated each of them as their own family, watched them as they built their families and gave them lovely grandchildren.
Now, two of those lovely grandchildren have to go through those kinds of experiences.
The older one is still missing, they can't imagine the pain and suffering he had to experience as he tried to protect his little sister to survive, while Yuze, an innocent child had been tortured but finally returned alive.
There was only the sound of silent sobbing that surrounded the whole living room, but Yuze couldn't see their faces because she was buried in a tight embrace.
It took so long before everyone finally calmed down, but their teary and puffy eyes could not be ignored.
It was Yuze, who remained silent, finally tried to move away from Mrs Windsor's embrace. She felt a bit suffocated from being tightly embraced.
Fortunately, Mrs Windsor let go after realizing she might have held her too tightly, but Yuze remained sitting on her lap as Ellena caressed her like appeasing a little pet.
There are still a lot of questions they wanted to ask. But the child who knew everything seemed not the best person to speak with.
They can't let her remember those painful times. She may not even understand those things that happened.
As they looked at the child silently sitting and being obedient, their eyes began to water again. This is not how she was before.