"I'm not overthinking this, Percy. I'm the worst mother in the world... I even managed to lose my own child. Raymond hates me, as he should... and also..." Isabel Smith said, her tears flowing harder than ever. Her voice seethed with despair as she choked on her words, "Raymond... he's told me many times that he despises his mother..."
Just think about how much Raymond eagerly anticipated his mother, and then later, gradually fell into despair.
Percy had witnessed it all along.
Raymond is, in fact, very gentle by nature. But his reaction today was the most violent Percy had ever seen since Raymond was born.
Percy had brought Raymond all the way to his Father, but for a moment, he did not know how to handle the situation.
But still, Percy made an effort to comfort Isabel Smith in a light-hearted tone, "Isabel, don't overthink it. Raymond must have just been shocked."