A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 35

Matilda jerked awake from a nightmare in the middle of the night, her breath ragged and her heart racing.

Logan, ever the thoughtful son, fetched her some medicine with the same care and concern that belied his young age. He might not have understood the complex words on the pill bottle, but he knew these were the magic beans that would soothe his mom’s troubled mind.

Her hands trembling, Matilda took the pill from him.

Logan, attuned to her needs, hopped out of bed to pour her a glass of water.

With the pill swallowed down with the tepid water, she caressed Logan’s head, her touch gentle. and loving.

The little guy seemed to bask i

the reliance his mother placed on him, cuddling up to her. “Momma, don’t be scared. I’m here, and so is Uncle.”

The hand resting atop his head quivered, and Matilda’s eyes glistened with unshed tears. “Logan, I’ll always be here for you, too.”

time she met Yvan, the rebellious heartthrob on campus, wearing his school uniform like a badge of defiance, loose and carefree. The whistle he blew upon seeing her had been playful

shadows of deep thoughts, the

in the reflection of those memories in

Daddy… did something happen again between you two?”

precocious sensitivity weighed heavily on Matilda. She hated that Logan, at his tender age, was burdened with such

mouth to speak, deciding on the truth. “Your daddy wants to take you

by her answer, giving her a comforting smile. “I guess

a smile though her heart was heavy. “Yeah… Your dad offered us a lot of

transfer had come through that afternoon.

million, not a cent less.

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the notification, she stared at the screen,

son–all of it was reduced to an insult by Yvan with five million