Crawling Back To Her Series Redemption and Refuse

Book10 Chapter8

"You're talking nonsense!" Aaron rarely confronts Doris directly. He knows I care deeply for Doris and doesn't want to provoke my displeasure, so he usually avoids interacting with her.

But now, he stands up fiercely, shouting, "Mom's birthday is today! We share the same birthday! I wouldn't forget!"

Charles notices me and stands up as well. He doesn't say anything, but his face bears a hint of expectation.

"Evelyn," he calls out, awkwardly fumbling over my name, "Happy Birthday."

I walk over, calmly pulling out my keys to unlock the gate while keeping my eyes

on him. "I forgot to mention that I've changed my birthday."

After a moment, I add, "But such a trivial thing shouldn't be your concern, should it?"

used to love celebrating my

sense of ritual. Every year on my birthday,

us at

to college and couldn't celebrate my birthday at home, she would fly out to my city and celebrate with

was alive, I was never

Samantha

I

that time, was pregnant with Aaron and already in my third

hid all my discomfort

from her and

at me. We lived under the same roof,

treated me like I was