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

a special sense of ritual. Every year on my birthday, she prepared a huge spread of dishes, a beautiful cake,

was just the two of us at home,

and couldn't travel far. But after I went to college and couldn't celebrate my birthday at

was alive, I

my birthday, Samantha came to my

I

with Aaron and already in my third

so hid all my discomfort

the pregnancy from her and eventied,

looked at me. We

like I was