Chapter 8
I let go of Hayden and turned to see Theodore, Scott, and Ivanna.
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Ivanna glanced a few times at Hayden. She reluctantly tore her eyes away from the Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist before turning to address me.
She complained, “Janice, we’ve been going crazy trying to find you. Theo asked everyone, friends and relatives alike. We didn’t expect to find you here with another man…”
Theodore’s face was dark with rage. “Janice, so you really got back together with Hayden? And you insisted nothing was going on.”
Hayden replied with disdain, “Do I need to remind you how you stole her from me back then?”
Theodore took a deep breath, seeming to recall something. “So what? She became my wife.”
“She’s no longer your wife. Need I remind you that you’re already divorced? You were the one who tricked Janice into divorcing you.” Hayden didn’t mince his words.
Theodore’s slightly reddened face, which was simmering with fury, paled instantly at those words.
His voice trembled as he tried to explain, “It was just temporary. Janice, I know you’re angry because we lied to you. Scott and I both realized how wrong we were. I came here with Scott to apologize to you.”
www.
He gave Scott a nudge.
Scott bit his lip and walked over to me, handing me
Scott was my son, after all. I still felt a close
a
bouquet of carnations. “I’m sorry that I lied to you. Please forgive
- me.
him as his mother.
When he was little, he would help me wash the dishes and sweep the floor. He would give
himself for Mother’s Day.
When had that changed?
At some point, he began to drift away from me.
me
handmade cards that he drew
Whenever I scolded him about his studies or homework, he would always bring up how nice Ivanna was
“Ivanna would never scold me like this.”
“Ivanna would definitely buy me fries.”
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“Ivanna…”
One day, during an argument, he shouted at mother? Why isn’t Ivanna my mom instead?”
voice filled with resentment
dissatisfaction. “Why are you my
I froze. For a mother who loved her child dearly, words like that cut the deepest compared to anything else in the world.
Scott and I fell into a long period of giving each other the cold shoulder. It went on for a very long time until Theodore made
Scott apologize to me.
looked closely at him now, trying to gauge how much sincerity there was in his simple apology.
Scott looked at me and called out again, “Mom.”
That one word reminded me of what I had overheard outside the hospital room.
“Mom is so easy to fool.”
If it weren’t for love, who would be foolish enough to fall for a blatant lie like that?
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illness to
“Scott…” I began.
He and Theodore looked
at me with
hope.
1
said,
deceive
asked me why Ivanna wasn’t your “You once
I’ll me. So,
grant your wish. I’m
по
longer your
mom. To
mother.”
make
her
your
mom, you
went
SO far
as
to fake
an
All
the color drained from Scott’s
face.
“Mom, I’m sorry.
I’m
really sorry
for
everything.”
But
even as
he
broke down crying, I
didn’t
give in.
“And
you,” I
to look I hissed, turning
at Theodore.
Chapter 8
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