Chapte
I remember teaching you to be polite and not to lie to anyone, Ansel at how many times did you lie to me for Holly’s sake?
You chose to protect her over me during that accident because the pave you snacks I didn’t and allowed you to play with toys never got you. You lied to me so you could see her.” Sabrina
She’d thought she wasn’t mad about this amore, but sering Ansel again made her realize she still resented him. She’d almost lost her life giving birth to him, and she’d once had high hopes for him. That was why she’d named him Ansel–she wanted him to inherit the best parts of her and be safe for life.
Sabrina remembered she’d never taught him to lie, yet he’d done it repeatedly under jordan’s influence. She continued, “gave you a chance. When you and your father started seeing Holly behind my back, I asked where you were headed and confirmed that you were heading somewhere that wasn’t Holly’s will. How did you answer the
Upon discovering Jordan’s atta, she’d comforted herself and told herself that at least she still had Anel. That was why she’d transferred all her love to him, thinking that she would divorce Jordan Al was older. Yet her love had been wasted on him beras he still hadn’t loved her.
“I didn’t gee you those snacks because of your weak constitution. You would get a stomachache after having those snacks or even end up in the hospital. Don’t you remember the doctor reminding you of that during every checkup? Or did you not even bother listening?
“As for those boys, it’s not that I didn’t want you to play with them. There were germs on them that would make you end up in the hospital after an allergic reaction. The ones I gave you were all disinfected; the ones Holly gave you were cheap and dirty. In surprised you managed to stay alive for so long”
Sabrina’s one became mocking toward the end of her sentences
After a year apart, Ansel knew he’d made a mistake. He could only bow his head and cry silently while listening to her reprimands.
In the past, Sabrina’s heart would’ve ached at the sight. She would’ve pulled him into her arms and comforted him. Now, however, she merely watched him indifferently.
Just then, her phone rang. When the answered it, Isabel’s voice rang out on the other end of the line. She sounded aggrieved as she asked, “Didn’t you say you and Dad would be back soon, Mom Why aren’t you guys her now that I’ve woken up? I’m scared..”
Sabrina’s expression softened as she listened to Isabel. It contrasted starkly with the iciness she’d shown ansele good, Isabel You have your nanny with you, right? Go to bed now–we’ll be back when you wake up again.”
Before she could get any further, Ansel’s head suddenly shot up. He shouted, “Who are you? Don’t call my moms that
This didn’t just make Sabrina jump. It scared bibel, In
“Mam..” She sounded like she was about to cry.
Sabrina glared at Ansel before consoling Isabel “Don’t may, okay? I love you, so be good. That was just another child throwing a tantrum–he wasn’t talking to you. Stop crying, darling”
She’d never claredat Ansel in the past, so he felt aggrieved by this His tears started flowing again.
It took a while for Sabrina to make Isabel stop crying and go to bed Only then did she hang up and look at Ansel
He started crying in earnest now that she wasn’t on the phone. “How can you let another kid call you ‘Mom? You’re my mom! I won’t let anyone the call you that! You can only be my mom!”
He reached out to stap ber phone away as he cried
“Ansel Faust!” Sabrina couldn’t help raising her voice. Ansel’s cries were giving bera beadache
He lapsed into silence at her roat, unly dating to weep softly
She asked, “Why did you call someone else ‘Mom‘ when you’re my child, then?”
He thoroughly stopped crying and looked at her with red eyes. She continued calmly, “Do you know how horrible I tell when I saw you calling someone else your mother?”
She couldn’t accept her son calling the woman who’d wrecked her marriage and ruined her family “Mom“. It only made her life seem like a joke,
“What you need to do now is realize where you went wrong and try to correct it. Focus on growing up well–stop thinking about anything that has to do with me from now on
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“Mom Mom!” Ansel burst intoteats again.
