A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 27

Yvan couldn’t fathom how Matilda had managed these past few years. Seeing her sobbing into Logan’s shoulder, a peculiar pang of discomfort twisted in his gut.

Drying his mother’s tears with a tissue, Logan gently said, “Mommy, let’s go home, okay? Please don’t be sad anymore.”

Hugging him tightly, Matilda trembled. “With you, I can make it through. With you, Mommy can survive…”

Looking up at his fragile mother and then at Yvan standing in the doorway, Logan sighed. “Mom, I told you before. Dad came to pick me up today. I know you hate him, but he is… my dad.”

His young voice carried an undeniable resolve. “Even though I’m not fond of him, having a daddy feels… safe. But if you don’t want to go back to him, Mom, I won’t interfere. Your choice is my choice.”

The tears welled up in Matilda’s eyes once more. “Logan, Mommy’s not afraid anymore. How about we go back and live a good life with Uncle?

The words. “Let’s pretend you never met Yvan and you never had a father went unsaid.

After putting Matilda to bed, Logan stepped out of the hospital room, his m

Yvan’s anxious one.

“How is she?” Yvan asked.

“She’s calmer now… not as agitated as before.”

gaze meeting

was evident to any discerning eye that they were father and son.

had given him such a precocious

it Mom gets better, I have one condition, Logan announced, standing on his tiptoes. “You have to let us

to that so–called home? What, you want

of his son suffering

care about

hard, leaving

Mom. You can visit whenever you want. I’ll talk

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fine on

go back to

at Logan’s face and felt a

have such insight… It was heart–wrenching.

After all, a Boyd

Logan to visit her every day after preschool. She soon emerged from her

thought to himself that at least

fragile and slender, even thinner after her stay in the hospital. As they moved through the busy hospital. tobby, she

woman that drew his repeated

skipping alongside her, Yvan followed them to he

up, his closeness to Logan making it

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