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?”

Logan’s smile held a precocious

and kicked the door in frustration. “What’s that supposed

simply, “Exactly

‘the Boyds, and didn’t dare to embrace him. She just watched him, asking,

was saccharine. “Well, she’s been dining courtesy of the government, so she’s got no worries about

rage, grabbing Logan and lifting him. “Where did you learn to speak with such

Matilda teach you to talk like that, huh?”

Everyone around me says the same thing. That my mom’s been to

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Chapter 10

and set Louan down roughly, his words seething through clenched teeth.

at him. “You may want to use me to threaten

that their loathing had seeped into

was around. Matilda was a nervous wreck, desperate to flee. That’s why she moved from Sea City to

so infuriated, smashed

“Yvan, please stop breaking things…”

and stormed

seated on the couch, his

son, both angry, mirrored each other perfectly.

to Logan, her voice filled with concern, “Did that scare

shook his head.

his reddened eyes betrayed his shock.