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?”

a

car, overheard Logan and kicked

simply, “Exactly what

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

she’s been dining courtesy of the government, so

and lifting him. “Where did you learn to speak

teach you to talk like

around me says the same thing. That my mom’s been to jail, that she’s a

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Chapter 10

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

straight at him. “You may want to use me to threaten my mother, but all it does is make us hate you more,”

word–hate–hung in the air, an admission that their loathing had seeped into their very bones, becoming

why she moved from Sea City to Sapphire City five years ago just

not understanding why he was so infuriated, smashed

“Yvan, please stop breaking

and stormed

the couch, his

son, both angry, mirrored each

and sat next to Logan, her voice filled with concern, “Did that

shook his head. “No.”

reddened eyes