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CHAPTER 488
The room fell quiet. The only sound was the faint rustle of the first-aid kit. Tedmond felt his pulse jump, warmth crawling up his neck.“I… yeah,” he said quietly, his voice rougher than he intended. “I missed you.”Persis held his gaze for a moment before nodding slowly. “Good.”She picked up another pad, her cheeks slightly pink. “Lift your head a little.”Tedmond obeyed, and she went back to tending his nose. Her movements were slower now, softer, like she didn’t want the moment to break too quickly.Persis took out a small band-aid, peeled it open carefully, and leaned in again.“Hold still,” she murmured.Tedmond stayed completely still this time. Her fingers were warm as they brushed the bridge of his nose, smoothing the band-aid gently into place.She pressed it lightly with her thumb, then reached for a second, smaller one.“You don’t need two,” he whispered.“Yes, I do,” she replied firmly. “You’re bleeding from two places.”She placed the second band-aid just under the firs
CHAPTER 487
Tedmond’s hand flew to his nose as pain shot through it. He had wanted to dodge the kick, but he had seen it was a woman’s heel and from h, ow she had jumped, if he were to move aside, she was going to fall over herself, and he didn’t want that to happen.So, he had decided to take the hit but had been too tired to be bothered to block it, and it was more like she had been waiting, and as soon as he took that one step, she would be flung toward him.“Tedmond Julius Washington! You finally decided to come home?!” The voice reached his ears, and he looked at the woman in front of him.“Are you having so much fun that you decided not to call?” she demanded, stepping closer to meet him.She peered up at him, and he looked down at her as she poked his chest.“Persis, you came back,” he said, eyes wide in surprise.He had no idea she was going to be home when he came back, and he hadn’t expected her to return to the country at all.Persis didn’t even give him a second to breathe.“Of cours
CHAPTER 486
In the hospital,Tedmond and Vivian stepped inside a ward. The ward was slightly dim, with two beds sitting across from each other, where Maxine and Max were lying. They both still had life support on their faces, and their eyes were closed.‘They still haven’t woken up yet,’ Tedmond thought.He hadn’t expected their accident to happen, and neither did he want them to die yet. He still needed them to wake up since they had to make up for what they had done and all the things they had caused.“They got hit pretty badly,” Vivian said, a look of disdain on her face as she stood in between both beds, her gaze scanning them one by one.With a blank look on his face, Tedmond nodded. “That’s right. It was a car accident.”Tedmond didn’t want to stay with the old lady either, and since he was done using her, he wanted to leave.“Come here, Tedmond,” Vivian said, making him meet her gaze. She had a slight smile on her face as she pointed at the machine connected to Max. “The machine seems to
CHAPTER 485
“Is there a need for you to go with your grandmother?” Evelyn asked, peering at Tedmond as he stepped into the car with Vivian.She didn’t want him to leave with Vivian. The old lady had promised him a house, and in Evelyn’s mind, the old woman might forget to transfer it if Tedmond wasn’t around. But now, since he was going with her, she would surely remember, because he wouldn’t let her forget.“It would be better for you to stay here. We were wrong for trying to chase you away. You should have stayed here since you came, so that you can come to the party with us,” Evelyn added.Tedmond shook his head. “Nope. There is no need for that. I want to go with Grandma.”He had no idea what she was scheming, but since he knew she was scheming, there was no way he was going with her, and he definitely wasn’t getting down from that car.‘She can keep trying,’ he thought.“Grandma has something to show me, and I don’t want to miss it, Mrs. Griffin,” he added, holding her gaze.Vivian nodded.
CHAPTER 484
Months later, Otis was excited, truly excited for the first time in months.His father had finally come back.And now Otis could finally introduce Mill to him properly.Now he could convince him to marry her, to let her stay, to make her officially the mother he always wanted.He couldn’t stop smiling.He ran down the stairs, through the long hallway, and then rushed toward the kitchen because Mill was always there at this hour.The comforting smell of fresh baking usually led him right to her.“Mill! Father is home! I’m going to—!”He didn’t finish.The smile on his face disappeared, and his feet froze.The world tilted, and the sudden, horrific reality of the scene before him slammed into his consciousness like a physical blow.There, on the cold stone floor, Mill was lying on her side, curled into a defensive ball.Her arms were wrapped tightly around her midsection, shielding her belly with desperate, heartbreaking urgency.And Evelyn, his aunt, was on top of her, hitting her over
CHAPTER 483
Otis Griffin – Otis’s historyOtis had always been an odd one growing up.He had been the child who never had a mother, and he had always hated that.And not only did he hate it, but he also had no explanation for why his mother was no longer there with him. Though all his cousins had mothers who took care of them, he had none, and he had always been alone during those times.His father had not been with him either. He was mostly left at home with his nanny or babysitters, and that had been the worst thing that had ever happened to him.To him, not having a mother was one of the worst things he experienced growing up. He had wished he could change it, but nothing happened. His father wasn’t getting remarried, nor was the man even dating anyone.Otis carried the fact that he was motherless like a brand.It wasn’t just a missing person; it was a gaping hole in his existence, a vulnerability that others, even children, sensed and exploited.He would often stand by the massive window of
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