From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 167

“Shut up!” Janet snapped, her voice harsh with disdain. “That woman doesn’t deserve to be called ‘mom! She’s not fit to be a mother”

“Is it possible… my mom isn’t really dead?” Gerard turned to face Janet, a flicker of hope in his eyes.

“I told you, she’s not your mother” Janet blurted out, perhaps realizing her volume had risen too much. She softened her tone, “Gerry, the really is dead.”

“is my mom really dead?” Gerard suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing as be locked eyes with Janet

That look, it was too intense for an eighteen–year–old.

It was as if he was trying to see night through her.

Feeling guilty, Janet couldn’t hold his stare. “She’s dead,” she insisted.

What was the point of a woman like Carole still being alive?

If at peace!

Better off gone, better off

Never before had Janet wished as fervently for someone like Carole to succumb to some terminal Illness and pass away.

It was clear from the look on Gerard’s face that he was not satisfied.

his voice steady. “Do you

kind of woman has no right to be your mother! Only Ms. Fletcher has that right. She’s from a good family, a perfect match for your dad. She’s waited for your dad half her life; how can you bear to make her wait any longer?”

cycles does a woman have in

gave the best years of her life to Jonah;

was flat. “Grandma, anyone

you, child!” Janet was becoming agitated, “You’ve been raised by Ms. Fletcher since you were a tot! How can

usually such a sensible boy.

see right from wrong

acknowledge a flirty woman as his mother than accept

worse, as if she was trying to expel her

and walked over to pat her back.

coming to her aid softened Janet’s heart. Regardless of everything, this boy

have long to live. She didn’t want to

such a good woman. Why couldn’t

said firmly, “I don’t like her, and

not?” Janet

“Just because.”

to win over Janet and

able to accept

Gerard’s dislike for Edna was just as strong as his dislike for the Fletchers!

just want to see my

had Gerard longed so much to see his mother.