A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 10

Gideon’s call came as a lightning bolt from the blue, his voice tense as he explained he hadn’t picked up Logan from preschool. The principal had seen someone take him – and it was undoubtedly Yvan.

Matilda rolled out of bed in a panic, her movements erratic as she yanked open the drawer and shoved the pills, long neglected, down her throat. She gagged, forcing the bitter tablets down her dry throat, then wiped away the tears that had stained her cheeks and stood up with a new

resolve.

Her eyes, tinged with red from crying, blazed with unmistakable hatred. Her hands trembled as she clutched the fabric over her heart.

“It’s okay. Don’t be scared. Yvan, you’ve taken everything from me, and now I’ll fight you with everything I’ve got!” She told herself.

Logan had been whisked away by Yvan at three o’clock, taken directly to the grand Boyd

estate.

Violet, Yvan’s mother, was taken aback the moment she laid eyes on Logan.

The old woman murmured through her tears. “Are you… are you a Boyd?”

Logan remained silent.

Violet’s sadness seemed genuine, but he had no desire to engage.

“Who are your parents?”

you.” Logan’s smile held a precocious edge. “Who my father is doesn’t matter

and kicked the door

simply, “Exactly what I said.”

dare to embrace him. She

the

grabbing Logan and lifting him. “Where did you

Matilda teach you to talk like

mom’s been to jail,

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seething through clenched teeth. “Did you learn from your mother how to be a thorn in my side?”

him. “You may want to use me to threaten my mother, but all it

that their loathing had

was a nervous wreck, desperate to flee. That’s why she

why he was so infuriated, smashed things around

followed, begging, “Yvan, please

just snorted and stormed

the

angry, mirrored each other

sat next to Logan, her voice filled with

his head.

eyes betrayed his