Chapter 58 Seeds of Doubt

2 min left

Alistair dropped Eloise off at the kindergarten entrance. Instead of waving goodbye as usual, she tilted her little face up and stared at

him with a serious expression.

Alistair touched his face in confusion.

What was wrong? Did I have something written on it?

Eloise's small face showed signs of worry. "Daddy, are you feeling

sick?"

"Not at all. Daddy's perfectly healthy and feeling great," Alistair replied.

To prove his point, he flexed his muscles in front of Eloise. "See? Daddy's super strong, I might not be able to fly or burrow underground, but I'm not far behind Superman."

Eloise responded with complete seriousness, "Can Superman make delicious creamy garlic shrimp pasta? Can Superman braid my hair? In my eyes, Daddy, you're a hundred times better than Superman!"

Her sweet words, flowing like honey, made Alistair's heart bloom with joy.

21:03

Chapter 58 Seeds of Doubt

2 min left

After Eloise walked into kindergarten with her teacher, the gentle smile on Alistair's face instantly gave way to worried uncertainty.

While brushing his teeth that morning, memories of his miserable six years had triggered recollections of Liam sobbing uncontrollably in front of him.

Liam had cried like a child then-terrified and helpless, completely stripped of his usual authority.

It had completely broken Alistair's heart.

Who wouldn't collapse under the weight of a ten-year prison sentence?

Yet six years later, when Alistair recalled the incident that had also dragged him down, an inexplicable heaviness settled in his chest, perhaps due to his changed perspective.

a lump sum payment of two million dollars from Liam, threatening him with ten years in prison if

for a traffic accident was only three years

of doubt, once rooted in his mind, grew

21:04

Seeds of

2 min left

fruit that left

make sure he wasn't mistaken, he hastily rinsed the toothpaste

he found made his blood run

sentence for vehicular manslaughter really was

how had it become ten years in

something the victim's family could rewrite to suit their desires, deciding arbitrarily how many years someone

serve.

only

briefly.

surfaced with undeniable

accident happened first, and Rebecca only approached him

predicted the

calm his racing

21:03

58 Seeds of

2 min left

Liam and Rebecca had

showed any interest in Alistair's life, never attending a single parent– teacher conference. If Alistair hadn't mentioned it, Liam wouldn't even

find Liam's contact information, it probably

when Rebecca was drunk, that Alistair finally discovered why, out of so many

drinking heavily late into the night and smashing everything breakable in her apartment. Then, with arrogant disdain,

Rebecca curled up on the sofa, alternating between crying and laughing, consumed by bitter resentment

seemed like ages, she fixed

58 Seeds

* 2 min left

of nowhere, she asked, "Do you know

question came without context,

wondered about this himself. He and Rebecca had no connection whatsoever, so why had this singular "privilege"

turned out he'd had an unpleasant encounter off campus with Richard, who was known for his narrow-mindedness, and Richard had been

he hate you the

to have his flesh

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255