Chapter 353 - Coming Home! (2/2)

”Child, you just arrive on time, Ben is ready to go home. I will go now to my bedchamber to rest...” the queen informed her.

”Thank you, Mother,” Jessy said.

Queen Margaret sauntered to the door and exited the study room quietly.

Jessy looked at the frozen guy. ”Time to go home, Ben, to see and talk to your wife for the last time,” she said wearing a glum expression on her face.

She touched Ben's arm and made the two of them invisible, she initiated the teleportation process in her mind.

A few minutes later, they landed outside Ben's house. It's already midnight and the entire neighborhood was already in a deep sleep except for the occasional bark of the dogs that echoes in the air.

Jessy made Ben visible and she knocked on the door five times.

The light in the living room come to life, somebody heard the knocking on the door.

After a few seconds, the window opened, and somebody took a peek into the window, then the door was opened widely.

”B-Ben...my son! Is that you?” asked the middle-aged man.

Jessy unfreezes Ben instantly.

Ben blinked and looked at his father. ”Dad, I'm home!”

”Ben has returned!” the father's voice rang loudly in the air.

The family members gathered around Ben, their faces were beaming with happiness. Everyone hugged Ben, including his two daughters.

The children rushed into their father's arms, shouting in glee...”Dad! Dad! You've finally come back to us!”

Ben carries them in his arms, then looked at his family members with puzzlement in his eyes. ”You guys acted as if I just return after being gone for a long time. I just come back from work,” he said smiling.

Ben's family members were looking at each other's eyes with questions running in their minds.

”You've been gone for two years, son,” the father said in a low voice.

Ben's eyebrows knitted together in confusion. ”Where is Arlene?” he was asking about his cancer-stricken wife.

”She's in the room waiting for you...” the mother said. All the pain and worries that she suffered after her son vanished without a trace was now replaced with happiness, after seeing that he finally returned in their midst, safe and sound.

Ben put down his daughters on the floor and walked slowly towards the room that he shared with his wife.

He opened the door and saw his wife lying on the bed, physically weak to even walk to his side and kiss him on the cheek.

Arlene's gaze wandered to her husband's eyes, with tears streaming down her face. Thank God, you've finally come back to us! I thought we will never see each other again...” she said, her voice trembled with too much raw emotion.

Ben sat down on the bed, planted a kiss on his wife's forehead and cradled her head on his lap lovingly. ”How's my beautiful wife doing?” he asked smiling.

Arlene giggled. ”I'm fine. Nice to know that I'm always beautiful in your eyes,” she looked at her husband's face, missing him so much.

Ben lies down on the bed beside his wife and wrapped his arms around her. ”Why everyone was saying I'm gone for—two years? How is that even possible? Was that a joke—?” he was seeking validation from his wife.

Arlene looked into his eyes. ”Yes, they're right. You disappeared two years ago and just come back today. But the thing that puzzled me right now... was the way you reacted to everyone as if you have no idea that you disappeared—why is that?” Arlene said sounding confused than ever.