Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 490

Being the child of divorce is something most people dread, and Janice knew it all too well.

The fear that her two kids might be swayed by Nathan, their father, to act as his lobbyists, pleading with her to reconsider the divorce, weighed heavily on her. "Mom, we'd never do that. Neither would my brother," Lucinda reassured her.

They were coming to terms with the kind of man their father was, but their hearts ached for the years of suffering their mother had endured. They wouldn't side with him, nor would they pressure her.

This was their parents' tangled mess of love and pain, and it was theirs alone to sort out.

If their father ever earned their mother's forgiveness, they'd be overjoyed. But if divorce was the final chapter, they'd stand by their parents' decisions and choices.

A weight lifted slightly from Janice's shoulders.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "Lucy, how's your dad doing?"

Almost as if to avoid any misunderstanding, she quickly added, "I'm not concerned about him. I'm just worried he'll catch a cold and then I'll be expected

to look after him. That would drive me up the wall."

"Don't worry, Mom. My brother and Stefan will convince Dad to go inside and change. It's still warm out. Even if he's soaked to the bone, with Dad's constitution, he won't catch a cold."

"He's been shot before, nearly died. His health isn't as solid as you all think," Janice said absentmindedly.

After saying it, she paused, lost in thought.

Why did she remember Nathan's gunshot wound?

When had that happened?

It must have been when she had first lost her mind or during those long years of madness. The timeline was hazy.

She only remembered him throwing himself on top of her, and then the gunshot. Blood everywhere, her hands red with it, the memory so harrowing it stuck with her even through her madness.

And now, it slipped out so naturally.

"My dad's been shot?" Lucinda was shocked.

With all the skilled bodyguards

But he'd been shot.

mentioning their

Blue family, her dad's car would

how it happened. All I remember is your dad falling on top of me,

that terrifying moment made Janice's face turn

a random attack. Her dad had taken a bullet for her

to my husband. She hit me, several times. I was terrified, of her, and that your dad might die. He bled so much...it stained my hands red..." Janice couldn't go on. She was gripped by

Mom, what happened after that? Did Dad

her head, "I don't

clutched her head,

overwhelming

you can't remember, don't force it, mom, please

her mother only retained fragments of the past, not the

agony, she wrapped her arms around

fading as darkness enveloped her. She plunged into a world

wah..." The cries of

a moment, then ran toward

Lucy..." Her daughter was

mother's sight, she would cry bitterly, inconsolable by any nanny. Only in Janice's arms would she

Lucy, but the baby

been taken by

had to run faster, catch the villain, and reclaim

sprinted barefoot into the darkening night,

soaking her, but she was oblivious, fixated on saving

as breath remained in her, she would not give up

rage at

cut through the night, followed by someone running toward her with an umbrella,

Who was it?

She didn't know.

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