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?”

to you.” Logan’s smile held a precocious edge. “Who

having just parked his car, overheard Logan and kicked the door in frustration. “What’s

replied simply, “Exactly what

especially towards ‘the Boyds, and didn’t dare to embrace him. She just

of the government, so she’s

lifting him. “Where

you to talk like

Everyone around me says the same thing. That my mom’s been to jail, that she’s a murderer. You said as much yourself in front

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Chapter 10

and set Louan down roughly, his words seething through clenched teeth. “Did you learn from your mother how to be a

looked straight at him. “You may want to use me

admission that their loathing had seeped into their very bones,

That’s why she moved from Sea City to

so infuriated, smashed

begging, “Yvan, please stop breaking

snorted and

the

son, both angry, mirrored

called the staff to clean up and sat next to

his

reddened eyes