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

parked his car, overheard Logan and kicked the door in

“Exactly

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

been dining courtesy of the government, so

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

you to talk like that, huh?”

fearless, retorted, “Who taught me? Everyone around me says the same thing. That my mom’s been to jail, that she’s a murderer. You said as much

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Chapter 10

roughly, his words seething through clenched teeth.

like me, send me back.” Louan looked straight at him. “You may want to use me to threaten my mother, but all it does is

admission that their loathing had seeped into their very bones,

desperate to flee. That’s why she moved from Sea

why he was so infuriated,

begging, “Yvan, please stop

and

on the couch,

son, both angry, mirrored each

called the staff to clean up and sat next to Logan, her voice filled with

shook his head.

reddened eyes betrayed his