Those words almost caused a heart attack in Gaston, something that did not go unnoticed by the old warrior.
Albert saw this as a signal to launch the plan he had formulated with his grandson. "Okay, Gaston, thanks for your time; if you know anything, let us know."
"Yes, of course I will," Gaston said nervously.
"Already outside the post office."
"Did you know he was lying?" Lincoln said.
"Yes, is that very obvious?" Albert answered seriously.
"You know what we have to do." Lincoln pointed with his cane down the street where the police station was.
The next day, a search was made at the post office.
Albert was talking to the sheriff: "Thank you for helping us, Carter."
Carter smiled at the old man and said, "No problem, Albert. Anything for my old friend and veteran."
In the office, all the policemen searched every corner, even in the warehouses, while Gaston looked at them with feigned annoyance. 'I am offended,' said the postman indignantly.
"I'm sorry, Gaston, but this isn't the first complaint of undelivered mail your office has received," the sheriff said, leaving the building.
Gaston walked with the Sheriff, Albert, and the other policemen to the door. "I have already told you that whatever is missing from the State Office should be there, not me."
Suddenly a car pulls up in front of the office, and Lincoln gets out of the car with a large man dressed as a lumberjack with bulging muscles. "Thank you for bringing me Jean-Paul," Lincoln thanked the lumberjack.
"No problem, petite Lincoln," the good-natured man replied with a French accent.
Lincoln went to the back of the truck full of bags. "You almost fooled us, Gaston, but next time you hide evidence, try not to do it in your house.
When the sheriff opened the bags, he discovered that this was the missing mail. Gaston saw how, within a second, a blind child, out of clever planning so as not to get caught, took his own life.
-End of flashbacks-
"On the same day, Gaston was arrested and sent to trial for mail fraud," Lincoln recounted.
"The last we heard from him was that he's now at the FBI," concluded the grandfather.
"Wow, did you uncover the mail scam yourself?" Lori said admiringly that she never believed her brother, in the state he was in, had so much determination.
"I was not alone; Pop Pop was with me."
"And what about all the undelivered mail?" Clyde asked.
"As far as I know, they'll hand it over to us tomorrow. There's obviously a lot to sort out; that bastard has been stealing other people's mail for years."
"Lincoln. May I ask you something?"
"Sure, Lily. Shoot."
"What about your teeth? Are these canines implanted or something?"
The family was expected. Well, they were also curious about this detail about their son and brother.
"Well, if I'm being honest, I don't even know why they are there. They started growing at the age of thirteen. But I'm not complaining. They turned out to be very useful." Lincoln's explanation was not what they expected. But it was enough for now.
The dinner was perfect from start to finish; it was all funny and nostalgic stories for everyone except Lisa, who went up to her room after finishing dinner without realizing that Lily was following her. She had wanted to spend time with her older sister for a long time, but for obvious reasons, she never had that opportunity. Slowly, without alerting Lisa, she looked out the door to see what she was doing. On her table, Lisa mixed some chemicals that had been strictly checked because of the court order.
"Excellent; if all goes well, I should be able to permanently cure Lincoln and restore his sight," said Lisa, shaking a bottle of purple liquid inside. Lily became more curious and got a little closer until she got close to Lisa, which made the girl genius realize her presence.
"Lily, what are you doing here?" Lisa asked
"I… I just wanted to know what you were doing and hear what you said. Can you seriously heal Lincoln's eyes?"
Lisa stops what she is doing and looks at Lily. Hopefully, Lily." Lisa shows Lily the bottle. "This can revitalize and repair the damaged cells in Lincoln and thus restore the sense of sight."
Lily looked at the bottle containing the purple liquid. "Hey Lisa, is it normal for it to bubble a lot?"
Lisa looked at the liquid, and her face changed into a worried face, just like the one she had on that day three years ago. "No, it shouldn't explode."
-while in the room-
The family drinks coffee for the elderly and hot chocolate for the little ones.
"It's good to be home," said Lincoln, sipping his coffee, when an explosion shook the foundations, making everyone jump up from where they were sitting and pour their drinks.
"What was that?" Luan asked, getting up from the floor with her cup overturned on her head.
"What do you think it was? Or rather, who do you think it was?" "That was that crazy," replied Luna, getting out from under the chair that had tipped over and keeping her head still. "I thought she couldn't do experiments anymore."
"Where's Lily?" asked Rita. This alerted everyone in the house; there was only one place she could be. The loud family and McBoy quickly ran upstairs and saw smoke coming from Lisa's room. Luna wasted no time and grabbed Lisa by the collar, ready to punch her. "You've done it again, haven't you? Three years after Lincoln's blindness? Now what have you done with Lily? Where is she?" Luna screams hysterically as she shakes Lisa.
"Luna, stay away from her." Rita separated them.
Lynn took Lisa by the arm. "What have you done to our little sister? Where is she?" Lisa could only slowly point towards her room, and there was a cloud of purple smoke.
"You need to wear this," said Lisa, as she offered everyone some gas masks, and they all obeyed and put them on to enter the room.
Once the smoke had cleared much of Rita, the girls—Mr. Loud, Albert, and Clyde—were left with their mouths open. Beside the bed, there was a blonde girl about Lucy's age, her clothes tattered not by the explosion but by the growth spurt she had given herself. It was Lily herself who huddled between the bed and the desk; she only brought her clothes and pants and covered her arms and her newly appearing breasts, but she was retarded.
Lily looked at her family and said, "I'm cold."